To Be or Not To Be

Conflict is an integral part of a literary work. Many authors use conflict as a technique to help the reader feel exactly what the character is going through in he/she’s internal battles and struggles. Both of the fictional pieces, “The Fifth Child” by Doris Lessing and “’N’ Is For Noose” by Sue Grafton, contain significant conflicts between characters which are brought out through the use of many scenarios within the novels. The novel, “…showed first 75 words of 712 total…

…showed last 75 words of 712 total…more conflict within herself than ever before. Conflict is a major element in literary works that a lot of the time is the high point of the plot. In both “The Fifth Child” and “’N’ is for Noose”, the main characters are faced with internal conflicts based on the actions of a loved one. Both protagonists fail in their attempts at success against the conflict and are led to more distress in their hectic lives.