mom31257 Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 (edited) It's late and my brain is getting tired. Could you all help me make a list of well-known stories (fairy tales, fables, etc.) that could be an example of these different types of conflict? Thanks! man vs. man man vs. nature man vs. self man vs. society Edited September 25, 2012 by mom31257 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted September 25, 2012 Author Share Posted September 25, 2012 Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elevee Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 What age group? I'm thinking in my daughters age (5th or so) Man vs Man: Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe, Holes. Man vs Nature: The Cay, Julie and the Wolves, Hatchet, Man vs Self: A Wrinkle in Time, Juniper, Dicey's Song, Matilda Bone Man vs Society: Homecoming, Shabanu Most simple tales and fables and most fantasy are Man Vs Man, it seems, or you have to go into Jungian sybolism to tease out the more complex meanings. Picture books are more complex (going to bed stories are Self). You could go for the Odyssey for Man vs Nature (god, fate) and the Illiad for Man vs Man and Self, and Hamlet for Man vs Self, all in retellings if needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted September 25, 2012 Author Share Posted September 25, 2012 Thanks for the suggestions. It's for 3rd-6th, but I hate to say I don't know some of those stories. Maybe I should check them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittleWonders Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 The Little House books are great for man vs. nature; and Laura illustrates some great man vs. self (if you want to look at it as what she knows she should do vs. what she wants to do) or man vs. society (what she wants to do vs. what society says little girls "ought" to do). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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