Read the excerpt from Part 2 of "To Build a Fire." He spoke to the dog, calling it to him; but in his voice was a strange note of fear that frightened the animal, who had never known the man to speak in such a way before. Something was the matter, and its suspicious nature sensed danger-it knew not what danger, but somewhere, somehow, in its brain arose an apprehension of the man. It flattened its ears down at the sound of the man's voice, and its restless, hunching movements and liftings and shiftings of its forefeet became more pronounced; but it would not come to the man. He got on his hands and knees and crawled toward the dog. This unusual posture again excited suspicion, and the animal sidled mincingly away. This is an example of which type of conflict? character vs. self character vs. others character vs. society character vs. nature

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Taylor Mckenzie

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13 October, 15:14

Read the excerpt from Part 2 of "To Build a Fire." He spoke to the dog, calling it to him; but in his voice was a strange note of fear that frightened the animal, who had never known the man to speak in such a way before. Something was the matter, and its suspicious nature sensed danger-it knew not what danger, but somewhere, somehow, in its brain arose an apprehension of the man. It flattened its ears down at the sound of the man's voice, and its restless, hunching movements and liftings and shiftings of its forefeet became more pronounced; but it would not come to the man. He got on his hands and knees and crawled toward the dog. This unusual posture again excited suspicion, and the animal sidled mincingly away. This is an example of which type of conflict? character vs. self character vs. others character vs. society character vs. nature

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Ryland Graham · Answer 1

I believe this is an example of character vs. others.

The dog is the other (he cannot be thought of as nature). There is obviously a type of conflict between the man and the dog, given that the dog suddenly started being afraid of the man because he sensed in his voice that something is wrong.