Internal Conflit An example of internal conflict in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is when Huck is trying to decide whether he should turn Jim in or keep on helping him get to freedom. Huck was taught that helping slaves, befriending them, and even socializing with them was a wrong thing to do. He is now stuck on whether he should do what society thinks is right and turn back in Ms. Watson's "property" or go with his conscious and help Jim to freedom because he is just like any other person in the world. He learned to view Jim as a person no property.
This conflict affects the plot by showing you the progression that Huck has made since the beginning of the book. You would of never thought that a guy like Huck Finn, would be doing something like this. |
External Conflict An example of and external conflict in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is when the conman sells Jim to a farmer, and tells him that Jim is a runaway slave and there is a reward price for whoever that finds him. Now Huck has to find a way to get Jim out of that situation without him getting sent back to St. Petersburg and still help him get to freedom.
This conflict affects the plot because now, all of the challenges and obstacles that Huck and Jim have gone through were basically all for nothing. |
External and Internal Conflict Huck's father, "Pap" kidnapping Huck is another example of External Conflict. This is external because Pap is abusing Huck and not taking care of him. This conflict could also be an internal for Pap because he is not only doing this to get Huck's money, but also because he feels that Huck is trying to be better than him in many ways. Huck is actually getting an education and somewhat acting civilized in the beginning of the book.
This conflict affects the plot because Pap kidnapping Huck is one of the main reasons that Huck ran away. He was tired of the abuse from his father and wanted to get very far away and not have to deal with him, or anybody else. |