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Quarter 4-Module 5
Types of Literary Conflicts and
theirNon-Violent Solutions

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English – Grade 7
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Quarter 4 – Module 5: Types of Literary Conflicts and their non-violent solutions
Second Edition, 2021

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONTENT PAGES

WHAT I NEED TO KNOW……………………………………………… 1

WHAT I KNOW 2

WHAT’S IN 3

WHAT’S NEW 4

WHAT IS IT 4

WHAT’S MORE 6

WHAT I HAVE LEARNED --------------------------------- 7

WHAT I CAN DO ---------------------------------------- 8

ASSESSMENT 9

ANSWER KEY 10

REFERENCE LIST 11
 What I Need To Know

In today’s very complicated situation of our community due to this pandemic, we

try to find ways and means to while away the time fruitfully and at the same time feel
relax and motivated to continue with life. Nevertheless, in our chosen practice to
survive with this pandemic, we might encounter misunderstanding with other people
and hurt them or there might be some obstacles that may come our way and hinder
the things that we want to do. By then conflicts can be created.
In this point, it is helpful and important to know about how our chosen practices
to survive in this pandemic affect people around us. If we have created a conflict, we
need to understand that there is always a solution for it and this need not to be
violent.
This module provides discussion about the lesson with appropriate
examples and activities for you to browse and answer religiously. The activities are
simply designed to cater to your needs in completely knowing the non-violent ways of
solving conflicts.
Begin by reading and understanding the Most Essential Learning
Competencies and Learning Objectives. These will tell you what you should know and
be able to do at the end of every lesson.
It is not enough that you acquire content or information. You must be
able to demonstrate what you learned by doing the activities prepared for you. In other
words, you must be able to digest the lesson through your effort in giving answers to
all activities in your activity notebook.

Learning Competencies:

Discover the conflicts presented in literary selections and the need to resolve
those conflicts in non-violent ways. EN7LT-II-a-4

1. Define conflict as a literary element.

2. Identify the types of conflicts with their non- violent solutions.

3. Appreciate the different non-violent ways of solving conflicts.

Please take note that all answers shall be written in your activity notebooks,
and that there should never be any markings placed in this module.

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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 in your
activity notebook.

1. _ 2. _

3. 4._ _

5.

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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 in your activity notebook.

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.

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.

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 WHAT’S NEW

Direction: Identify the following solutions as VIOLENT or NON-

VIOLENT.
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.

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.

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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 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.

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 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.

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.

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

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down and writhing in chest pain. He regretted it but the damage has already
been done.
Do this…
COLUMN A
1. Delia hated Eddie because of
their mother’s death.
2. Eddie’s senses clouded with
hate and took the centipede
from Berto and threw it to
Delia
3. Delia stabbed Biryuk’s eye.
4. Delia dislikes the heat from
the sun.
5.
6. Delia’s mother died of birth
delivery.
WHAT I HAVE LEARNED
Directions: Review the lessons above, then write your reflection in
your notebook by finishing up the unfinished statements below.
I have learned that
COLUMN B
a. Death is a natural
occurrence, so Delia must
learn to accept it and should
not have blamed Eddie.
b. Berto could have talked to
Eddie to be patient instead
of handing in the centipede.
c. Delia should love Eddie
being her younger brother
despite her illness. They
could be best buddies for life
in the absence of their
mother.
d. The heat of the sun can also
be good for our health in a
moderate exposure. Delia
must learn to appreciate it.
e. The animals do not have to
deal with the
misunderstanding of human
beings; Delia should have
never hurt Biryuk because
she hated Eddie.
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I have realized that

I will apply

WHAT I CAN DO

Directions: Read the short selection carefully. Then answer the questions
after.

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

Directions: MATCHING TYPE: 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 a. Individual vs. society
the struggle with the different
opposing forces.
b. Individual vs.
2. It is known as the struggle between technology
two opposing forces. c. Internal conflict
3. An issue between a character and d. Characters
the outside forces. e. Conflict
4. An issue that a character face within f. Individual vs. self
himself/herself.
5. A plane crashed on an island in the
g. External conflict
middle of the ocean, Argie must h. Individual vs. nature
survive. i. Individual vs.
6. He wants to ask someone to the individual
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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 REFERENCES

“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

“5 Types of Conflict in Literature with Examples”. (2021, February 3).

https://www.booksoarus.com/types-of-conflict-literature-examplE

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