What is human versus idea/phenomenon? There are several types of literary conflicts. A literary conflict is a struggle between two or more forces shown in a story. Some conflicts include more than one concept, trend, or group. Human versus idea/phenomenon includes technology, medicine, and progress. This type of conflict creates a struggle between people and concepts or trends that are shown throughout many stories. In the essay “Money Isn’t Everything,” there is a contrast between merit and financial wealth. Yglesias focuses his conflicts between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Matthew Yglesias writes, “with his net worth of $66 billion, Gates still sits atop the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans, as he has since 1995” (Yglesias 591). This proofs Gates being wealthier than Steve Jobs in the computer industry. Not only was there competition in money, but as well in technology. Yglesias states, “comfortable with its lead in PCs, Microsoft has never been able to follow Apple into the world of mobile devices like phones and tablets” (Yglesias591). Even
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Le Guin focuses on the happiness that the city Omelas brings, but it didn’t always seem that way. Le Guin writes, “often the young people go home in tears, or in tearless rage, when they have seen the child and faced this terrible paradox” (Le Guin 599). Some citizens in Omelas knew about the caged child, the child was sacrificed to allow the city to live in peace and happiness. Justice can be cruel and happiness can be precious. The speaker reveals, “sometimes also a men or woman much older falls silent for a day or two, and then leaves home” (Le Guin 600). Some people in the city were incapable of true happiness once they knew about the caged child and caused them to leave because of the guilt they felt. This essay showed the struggle that some of the people in Omelas faced when dealing with
Le Guin focuses on the happiness that the city Omelas brings, but it didn’t always seem that way. Le Guin writes, “often the young people go home in tears, or in tearless rage, when they have seen the child and faced this terrible paradox” (Le Guin 599). Some citizens in Omelas knew about the caged child, the child was sacrificed to allow the city to live in peace and happiness. Justice can be cruel and happiness can be precious. The speaker reveals, “sometimes also a men or woman much older falls silent for a day or two, and then leaves home” (Le Guin 600). Some people in the city were incapable of true happiness once they knew about the caged child and caused them to leave because of the guilt they felt. This essay showed the struggle that some of the people in Omelas faced when dealing with