Define the term conflict as it relates to literature and explain its importance in narrative writing. Briefly describe the different types of internal and external conflict.

Conflict in relation to literature is struggle between two or more identities and or characters of a story. You can also think of conflict as a friction that needs resolved. It's an important aspect of nearly all literature. It is your intent in a narrative to explain or express the experiences of yourself or someone else. This is done by first setting up and explaining a situation, then explaining the conflict and finally how it was resolved. Narratives always has conflict and always has conflict resolution. The story would not be complete without some sort of conflict whether it be internal or external. Internal is like your feelings like struggling with ethical or emotional situations. and external is the physical and comes from some other source, ie. another character. Think of internal as not getting along or disagreeing with yourself (the character). The inner battle. External as you (the character) not getting along or disagreeing with someone else, the outward battle.