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English
Quarter 4 -Module 5:
Types of Literary Conflicts
and their Non-Violent Solutions
English – Grade 7
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 4 – Module 5: Types of Literary Conflicts and their Non-Violent Solutions
First Edition, 2020

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English
Quarter 4 - Module 5:
Types of Literary Conflicts
and their Non-Violent Solutions

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 What I Need to Know

You have a lot of changes to surge your understanding of the world as

you keep yourself abreast with changes. By expanding your awareness
regarding traditional ways of life while utilizing the available technology and
scientific advancements, you will be able to explore beyond your comfort
zone.
After reading this module, you should be able to discover through
Philippine Literature the need to work cooperatively and responsibly in
today’s global village, specifically you should be able to:

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. define what conflict is;
2. enumerate the types of conflict; and
3. identify the conflict and resolution to a given situation.

In going through the module, you will be equipped in accepting

inevitable changes that are happening around and be ready to go with an
eternal flow of variations.

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 What I Know

Pre-assessment

Directions: View the illustrations comprehensively. Label each as

INTERNAL CONFLICT or EXTERNAL CONFLICT. Write your answers
directly on your answer sheet.

1. K 2.

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3. 4.

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Lesson Types of Literary Conflicts and
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What’s In

Directions: Read and analyze the following lines taken from literary pieces.
Match each line to the type of conflicts inside the box. Write your answers
directly on your answer sheet.

Man vs. Man Man vs. Society Man vs. Self

Man vs. Nature Man vs. Technology

1. The ship sank. It made a sound like a monstrous metallic burp.

Things bubbled at the surface and then vanished.
 Nature serves as the obstacle for characters. You could choose to
write a particular scene around a natural calamity such as a
typhoon or tsunami.

2. “You are an idiot! Can you stay out of my sight?”

 These sorts of conflicts are the most common. Your characters will
be opposed by or will oppose the actions, reactions, motivations of
another character or characters.

3. “I certainly am. I do my best to love everybody. It’s never an insult to

be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how
poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you. So don’t let Mrs. Dubose get
you down…”
 These are conflicts where your characters’ firm beliefs are against
norms that the entire society as a whole endorses. It could be
social evils or discrimination practiced by society that is opposed
by a minority.

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 4. Utterly unprepared for this gesture, Binoy remained frozen, unable to
respond. Back home, he repeatedly cursed himself for this minor
lapse.
 These are internal battles that character’s wage within themselves;
these are internal issues that affect their actions, motivations and
interactions with other characters.

5. A student lost his report because his laptop has run out of power.
 This problem occurs when man becomes dependent on technology
which failed to do its function.

What’s New

Directions: Identify the following solutions as VIOLENT or NON- VIOLENT.

Write your answers on your answer sheet.

1. Somebody calls you a “name” you do not like, so you approach the
person and punch him to his nose.
2. Your friend has been talking behind your back. You called her
attention and talked with her privately and asked why she did it.
3. Your ballpen got lost just before your exam. You shouted at your
classmates demanding to know who took it.

What Is It

What is Literary Conflict?

In literature, a conflict is a literary device characterized by a struggle

between two opposing forces. Conflict provides crucial tension in any story
and is used to drive the narrative forward. It is often used to reveal a deeper
meaning in a narrative while highlighting characters’ motivations, values,
and weaknesses.

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There are two categories of Conflict.

 Internal conflict is when a character struggles with their own

opposing desires or beliefs. It happens within them, and it drives their
development as a character.

 External conflict sets a character against something or someone

beyond their control. External forces stand in the way of a character’s
motivations and create tension as the character tries to reach their
goals.

The 6 Types of Literary Conflict

1) Character vs. Self

This is an internal conflict, meaning that the opposition the
character faces is coming from within. This may entail a struggle to
discern what the moral or “right” choice is, or it may also encompass
mental health struggles.

2) Character vs. Character

This is a common type of conflict in which one character’s needs

or wants are at odds with another’s. A character conflict can be
depicted as a straightforward fist fight, or as intricate and nuanced as
the ongoing struggle for power.

3) Character vs. Nature

In a nature conflict, a character is set in opposition to nature.
This can mean the weather, the wilderness, or a natural disaster.
This is the essence of the man versus nature conflict: man struggles
with human emotions, while nature charges forth undeterred.

4) Character vs. Supernatural

Pitting characters against phenomena like ghosts, gods, or

monsters raise the stakes of a conflict by creating an unequal playing
field.
Supernatural conflict also covers characters who have a fate or
destiny and struggle to accept the sacrifices that come along with it.

5) Character vs. Technology

A character conflicts with some kind of technology. Think of the
tale of John Henry, the African American folk hero. In American
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 folklore, Henry was a former slave who worked as a steel-driver on the
rail line. To prove his superiority over new technology, he raced a
steam-powered rock drilling machine and won. However, he suffered a
heart attack after winning the race.

6) Character vs. Society

A character vs. society conflict is an external conflict that occurs

in literature when the protagonist is placed in opposition with society,
the government, or a cultural tradition or societal norm of some kind.

Characters may be motivated to take action against their society

by a need to survive, a moral sense of right and wrong, or a desire for
happiness, freedom, justice, or love.

Given the different situations in “What’s New”, we can see there

the different ways on how the conflicts were resolved, and numbers 1
and 3 were both violent approaches. Most of the time, they create
more trouble than being resolved. We must remember that there are
many ways on how we may resolve conflicts and they do not have to
be violent. Number 2 shows us that when someone wrongs us that
we do not need to attack the person aggressively right away, but we
may approach them in a straightforward but civilized manner.

So, for number 1 for instance, when someone calls you a

“name” that you do not like hearing, you can actually tell the person
firmly and properly that you do not like what he/she calls you. And if
the person continues to do so, there are other people who you may
seek help from to help in reminding the person.

And for number 3, when you lose something, before demanding

from people to return it, maybe what you can do is to thoroughly
search your things first because for all you know, you might have
only misplaced it.

And if you still cannot find it, then you may ask politely, “Has
someone seen my ballpen?”.

Conflicts are inevitable no matter how we try to avoid making

one or being in one. However, what we can do is to try as much as
possible to practice patience and to try to resolve them in a peaceful or
non-violent way.

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 What’s More

Directions: Read the summary below. Under do this, match the characters
in conflict found in Column A with the possible non-violent solutions that
they can do in Column B. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

The Centipede (a summary)

A boy named Eddie hated his sister Delia. This started when Delia
beat his dog Biryuk. He wanted to stop her but can’t since Delia has a weak
heart.

A flashback shows that Eddie and Delia treat each other as rivals.
Delia was 8 years old when Eddie was born and her mother died, which
seems to be the reason why she also hated Eddie and blamed him for the
death of their mother.

Delia is also jealous of Eddie since the latter gains more attention.
While Eddie loves animals and insects, Delia does not, which is why she
tortures them just to make Eddie more miserable.

This went out of hand when Delia stabbed Eddie’s dog in the eye. He
wanted revenge. A helper named Berto gave Eddie the centipede. He wished
to frighten Delia. His senses were clouded with hate.

While Delia embroidered a white cloth on couch, he threw

the centipede on his sister’s lap. He returned to his senses and saw his
sister down and writhing in chest pain. He regretted it but the damage has
already been done.

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Do this…

COLUMN A COLUMN B

1) Delia hated Eddie A. Death is a natural occurrence, so Delia

because of their must learn to accept it and should not
mother’s death. have blamed Eddie.

2) Eddie’s senses clouded B. Berto could have talked to Eddie to be

with hate and took the patient instead of handing in the
centipede from Berto centipede.
and threw it to Delia.
C. Delia should love Eddie being her
younger brother despite her illness.
3) Delia stabbed Biryuk’s
They could be best buddies for life in
eye.
the absence of their mother.

4) Delia dislikes the heat

D. The heat of the sun can also be good
from the sun.
for our health in a moderate exposure.
Delia must learn to appreciate it.
5) Delia’s mother died of
birth delivery.
E. The animals do not have to deal with
the misunderstanding of human
beings; Delia should have never hurt
Biryuk because she hated Eddie.

What I Have Learned

Directions: Review the lessons above, then write your reflection in your
notebook by finishing up the unfinished statements below. Write your
answers on your answer sheet.

I have learned that

___________________________________________________________________________

I have realized that

___________________________________________________________________________

I will apply
___________________________________________________________________________

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 What I Can Do

Directions: Read the short selection carefully, then answer the questions
after. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

Hercules and the Wagoner from Aesop’s Fables

A farmer was driving his wagon along a miry country road after a
heavy rain. The horses could hardly drag the load through the deep mud,
and at last came to a standstill when one of the wheels sank to the hub in a
rut.

The farmer climbed down from his seat and stood beside the wagon
looking at it but without making the least effort to get it out of the rut. All he
did was to curse his bad luck and call loudly on Hercules to come to his aid.
Then, it is said, Hercules really did appear, saying:

"Put your shoulder to the wheel, man, and urge on your horses. Do you
think you can move the wagon by simply looking at it and whining about it?
Hercules will not help unless you make some effort to help yourself."

And when the farmer put his shoulder to the wheel and urged on the
horses, the wagon moved very readily, and soon the Farmer was riding along
in great content and with a good lesson learned.

Guide Questions:

1. What is the conflict in the story?

2. What type of conflict is it?
3. What was the violent way of the wagoner in solving the problem?
4. What was the non-violent way of the wagoner in solving the problem?
5. What is the beauty of solving conflicts in a non-violent way?

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 Assessment

MATCHING TYPE

Directions: Match the situations in Column A with the descriptions in

Column B. Write the letter of your answer directly in your activity notebook.

Column A Column B

1. A literary element which will face the A. Individual vs. society

struggle with the different opposing
B. Individual vs. technology
forces.
2. It is known as the struggle between two C. Internal conflict
opposing forces. D. Characters
3. An issue between a character and the
outside forces. E. Conflict
4. An issue that a character face within F. Individual vs. self
himself/herself.
G. External conflict
5. A plane crashed on an island in the
middle of the ocean, Argie must H. Individual vs. nature
survive.
I. Individual vs. individual
6. He wants to ask someone to the dance,
but he is too scared. J. . Individual vs.
7. In twilight, Edward, and Jacob battle supernatural
for Bella’s affection.
8. Elsa has to hide from the outside world
because of her magical powers.
9. Auggie has to struggle for acceptance
from his classmates because of his
facial deformities.
10. Sarah failed to reply a call from her
college school due to power
interruption.

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 Additional Activities

Blast from the Past!

Directions: Think of a story from your childhood when you played a prank
on a sibling, friend, or parent. If you are still in good terms with that person,
interview him or her so that you can get a more complete view of that
episode. Complete the statement that follows the grid.

How did you make amends with the person you pranked to make him/her
be in good terms with you once again?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

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 Answer Key

What I Know What’s More

1. External 1. C
2. External 2. B
3. External 3. E
4. External 4. D
5. Internal 5. A

What's In What I Can Do

1. Man vs. Nature 1. One of the wheels of the wagon sank to the
2. Man vs. Man hub in a rut.
3. Man vs. Society 2. Man vs. Nature
4. Man vs. Self 3. He cursed his bad luck and called loudly
5. Man vs. Technology on Hercules to come help him.
4. He followed Hercules' advice and put his
shoulder to the wheel and urged on the
horses to move.
5. (Answers may vary depending on the
student's reply to the question: "What
is the beauty of solving conflicts in a
non-violent way?")

What's New
1. Violent
2. Non-Violent
3. Violent

Assessment
1. d
2. e
3. g
4. c
5. h
6. f
7. i
8. j
9. a
10. b

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References
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

“About Stock Images Licenses”. (n. d).

https://www.dreamstime.com/about-stock-image-licenses

“Some Ways to Resolve Conflicts”. (n. d).

https://www.clackamas.us/ccrs/resolve.html

“Summary of the Centipede-A Shorth Story Written by Romy V. Diaz”. (2019,

November 25). https://philnews.ph/2019/11/25/summary-of-the-
centipede-a-short-story-written-by-rony-v-diaz/

“What is Conflict in Literature? 6 Different Types of Literary Conflict on How To

Create Conflict in Writing-2021”. (n. d).
https://www.masterclass.com/articles/what-is-conflict-in-literature- 6-
different-types-of-literary-conflict-and-how-to-create-conflict-in- writing#the-
6-types-of-literary-conflict

Ma. Antonieta Q. Bacang. Qtr.4 Mod.5 Types of Literary Conflicts and their Non-
Violent Solutions, Negros Oriental Division

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