Romeo and Juliet – Romeo and Juliet’s love is forbidden due to their feuding families.
(External Conflict: Character vs. Society)
Jurassic Park – The characters struggle to survive against dinosaurs after a failed experiment.
(External Conflict: Character vs. Nature)
Macbeth – Macbeth battles his own ambition and guilt after committing murder to gain the throne.
(Internal Conflict: Character vs. Self)
Spider-Man – Peter Parker must choose between a normal life and his responsibility as a hero.
(Internal Conflict: Character vs. Self)
Divergent – Tris must choose between loyalty to her family and her true identity in the faction system.
(Internal Conflict: Character vs. Self)
Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief – Percy battles against gods and monsters while trying to reclaim Zeus’ stolen lightning bolt.
(External Conflict: Character vs. Supernatural)
To Kill a Mockingbird – Atticus Finch defends a Black man in court against deep-seated racial prejudice.
(External Conflict: Character vs. Society)
Moby Dick – Captain Ahab obsessively hunts the white whale, leading to his downfall.
(External Conflict: Character vs. Nature)
The Fault in Our Stars – Hazel Grace struggles to accept her illness and its impact on her relationships.
(Internal Conflict: Character vs. Self)
The Maze Runner – Thomas and the other Gladers struggle to escape the dangerous maze controlled by an unknown force.
(External Conflict: Character vs.Technology)
Lord of the Flies – Ralph and Jack clash over leadership and the direction of the group.
(External Conflict: Character vs. Character)
The Hunger Games – Katniss Everdeen fights against the oppressive Capitol to survive and bring justice to her people.
(External Conflict: Character vs. Society)
Finding Nemo – Marlin faces numerous oceanic threats while searching for his lost son.
(External Conflict: Character vs. Nature)
Coraline – Coraline fights against the Other Mother, who tries to trap her in a parallel world.
(External Conflict: Character vs. Supernatural)
The Giver – Jonas wrestles with whether to obey the strict rules of his dystopian society or rebel against them.
(Internal Conflict: Character vs. Self)
