Sometimes in order to solve an external conflict, we must solve our internal conflict first. In his short story “The Interlopers”, H.H. Munro presents the “character vs. self” conflict as the most significant. This is because it affected the inciting incident, rising action of the story, and climax.
The first reason of why the “character vs. self” conflict was the most important, is because it created the inciting incident. In the beginning of the story, it says, “The neighbor feud had grown into a personal one since Ulrich had come to be head of his family; if there was a man in the world whom he detested and wished ill to it was Georg Znaeym.” This quote shows that hatred inside their heads grew bigger between generations because of their …show more content…
self” conflict affected the climax. The story says, “‘No, I can scarcely see anything; there is so much blood caked round my eyes," said Georg, "and in any case, I don't drink wine with an enemy.’...Ulrich was silent for a few minutes, and lay listening to the weary screeching of the wind. An idea was slowly forming and growing in his brain, an idea that gained strength every time that he looked across at the man who was fighting so grimly against pain and exhaustion. In the pain and languor that Ulrich himself was feeling the old fierce hatred seemed to be dying down.” This quote shows the change in state of mind and how the two became friends. After feeling really poorly between the other, Ulrich began to have some compassion for the man suffering next to him. He realizes that the feud they had was silly and changed his mind. If this “character vs. self” never happened, the two would have forgiven each other. And if they never forgave each other, the climax would have been different.
In conclusion, the characters of Munro’s book showed the importance of the “character vs self” conflict. This is because it affected the inciting incident, plot, and climax. This showed the reader the significance of internal conflicts in each external conflict. Without solving the internal conflicts first, the external conflicts can’t be
The first reason of why the “character vs. self” conflict was the most important, is because it created the inciting incident. In the beginning of the story, it says, “The neighbor feud had grown into a personal one since Ulrich had come to be head of his family; if there was a man in the world whom he detested and wished ill to it was Georg Znaeym.” This quote shows that hatred inside their heads grew bigger between generations because of their …show more content…
self” conflict affected the climax. The story says, “‘No, I can scarcely see anything; there is so much blood caked round my eyes," said Georg, "and in any case, I don't drink wine with an enemy.’...Ulrich was silent for a few minutes, and lay listening to the weary screeching of the wind. An idea was slowly forming and growing in his brain, an idea that gained strength every time that he looked across at the man who was fighting so grimly against pain and exhaustion. In the pain and languor that Ulrich himself was feeling the old fierce hatred seemed to be dying down.” This quote shows the change in state of mind and how the two became friends. After feeling really poorly between the other, Ulrich began to have some compassion for the man suffering next to him. He realizes that the feud they had was silly and changed his mind. If this “character vs. self” never happened, the two would have forgiven each other. And if they never forgave each other, the climax would have been different.
In conclusion, the characters of Munro’s book showed the importance of the “character vs self” conflict. This is because it affected the inciting incident, plot, and climax. This showed the reader the significance of internal conflicts in each external conflict. Without solving the internal conflicts first, the external conflicts can’t be