6 types of conflicts
in a story

1. Person against person

Example of literary work

Agatha Christie - And Then There Were None

Literary Work

Example of real world

A divorcing couple

Conflict of real world

2. Person against nature

Example of literary work

Ernest Hemingway - The Old Man and the Sea

Literary Work

Example of real world

Trying to summit Mount Everest

Conflict of real world

3. Person against self

Example of literary work

William Shakespeare - Hamlet

Literary Work

Example of real world

A stutterer preparing for a public speech

Conflict of real world

6. Person against technology

Example of literary work

Arthur C. Clarke - 2001: A Space Odyssey

Literary Work

Example of technology affecting lives

Factory machine malfunction

Technology

5. Person against supernatural

Example of literary work

Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe

Literary Work

Example of superstitions

Black cat crossing your path

Superstitions

4. Person against society

Example of literary work

J. D. Salinger - The Catcher in the Rye

Literary Work

Example of real world

A loner struggling to fit in at school

Conflict of real world