Today we shared what we predicted for the primary conflict. Most of you said it was going to be
person vs. person conflict. While those will be the most
frequent kind of conflict, it is not the
PRIMARY conflict. We see that as soon as the first vote occurs on page 11, when 8 is the only one who votes "not guilty." That sets up the entire story, and it won't be resolved until the group convinces 8 to go along with a guilty verdict, or he convinces all of them to vote not-guilty...or it's declared a hung jury.
So the answer is....
CENTRAL CONFLICT =
person vs. group, with 8 vs. the rest of the jurors!
Other conflicts we saw today (up to about page 20):
- 3 vs. 8, when three is the most vocal critic of 8 holding out.
- 3 vs. SELF, when we hear about his past.
- 10 vs. 5, when 5 stands up to 10's bigotry and reveals that he is from the slums.
- F vs. 10, when 10 calls him a K-I-D
HOMEWORK: none.
