Question

the sniper during reading activity

1. directions: identify examples of the following types of conflict in the sniper. for each conflict type, provide a brief description and a quote from the text that illustrates the conflict.

	description	textual evidence
person vs. society
person vs. technology
person vs. nature
person vs. supernatural	none	none
person vs. fate
person vs. self

1. do you think the protagonists internal and external conflicts are resolved by the end of the story? explain your reasoning.

Explanation:

• Person vs. Person: The sniper is in a direct shoot - out with an enemy sniper. Textual evidence: "Then the sniper turned over the dead body and looked into his brother's face."
• Person vs. Society: The sniper is part of a civil war, which is a societal conflict. Textual evidence: "Here and there through the city, machine guns and rifles broke the silence of the night, spasmodically, like dogs barking on lone farms."
• Person vs. Technology: There is no clear instance of the sniper directly struggling against technology in the story.
• Person vs. Nature: There is no significant encounter with nature in the story.
• Person vs. Supernatural: As stated in the table, none.
• Person vs. Fate: The sniper's realization that he has killed his own brother could be seen as a cruel twist of fate. Textual evidence: "Then the sniper turned over the dead body and looked into his brother's face."
• Person vs. Self: The sniper experiences internal conflict when he is wounded and has to overcome his fear and pain to continue fighting. Textual evidence: "His teeth chattered, he began to gibber to himself, cursing the war, cursing himself, cursing everybody."

For question 8, the external conflict of the sniper being in a battle is resolved when he kills the enemy sniper. However, the internal conflict is not fully resolved as he discovers he has killed his brother, which will likely haunt him.

Answer:

Conflict Type	Description	Textual Evidence
Person vs. Society	Sniper in civil - war situation	"Here and there through the city, machine guns and rifles broke the silence of the night, spasmodically, like dogs barking on lone farms."
Person vs. Technology	None	None
Person vs. Nature	None	None
Person vs. Supernatural	None	None
Person vs. Fate	Realization of killing his brother as a cruel twist of fate	"Then the sniper turned over the dead body and looked into his brother's face."
Person vs. Self	Overcoming fear and pain when wounded	"His teeth chattered, he began to gibber to himself, cursing the war, cursing himself, cursing everybody."

1. External conflict is resolved (killed enemy sniper), internal conflict is not (killed his brother).