Select the correct answer. Which type of conflict is featured in this excerpt from "The Bully" by Roger Dean Kiser? How many times that sorry guy had made fun of my big ears in front of the girls in my class? How many times this sorry son-of-a-gun had laughed at me because I had no parents and had to live in an orphanage? How many times this big bully slammed me up against the lockers in the hallway just to make himself look like a big man to all the other students? He raised his hand and waved at me. I smiled, returned the wave and turned back around and began to eat my breakfast. A. the external conflict of character versus character B. the internal conflict of character versus self C. the external conflict of character versus nature D. the external conflict of character versus society

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Select the correct answer. Which type of conflict is featured in this excerpt from "The Bully" by Roger Dean Kiser? How many times that sorry guy had made fun of my big ears in front of the girls in my class? How many times this sorry son-of-a-gun had laughed at me because I had no parents and had to live in an orphanage? How many times this big bully slammed me up against the lockers in the hallway just to make himself look like a big man to all the other students? He raised his hand and waved at me. I smiled, returned the wave and turned back around and began to eat my breakfast. A. the external conflict of character versus character B. the internal conflict of character versus self C. the external conflict of character versus nature D. the external conflict of character versus society

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This is an example of external conflict of character versus character (A).

As opposed to internal conflicts where a character is experiencing an inner strife, in external conflicts, the character confronts forces independent from him/herself. Here, the narrator struggles with a bully. In character vs. character conflicts, the protagonist faces an antagonist. This means that the main character is in a struggle or has a disagreement with another character who represents what the protagonist needs to go through for the plot to move forward.