Question

“Thinking back later he could never decide whether the hands or Beatty’s reaction to the hands gave him the final push toward murder. The last rolling thunder of the avalanche stoned down about his ears, not touching him. Beatty grinned his most charming grin. “Well, that’s one way to get an audience. Hold a gun on a man and force him to listen to your speech...Go ahead now, you second-hand litterateur, pull the trigger.’ He took one step toward Montag” (Bradbury). Which of the following literary terms is the BEST matched with the quote above?

Answer 1

'External Conflict: Man versus Man' is the best matched with the quote above.

Explanation:

• Man against man conflicts involve instances where characters are against each other, like this one given above.

• This is a type of external conflict.  

• The conflict might be straight opposition, as in a robbery or a gunfight, or it might be a more subtle struggle between the longings of two or more characters, as in romance.  

• This type of conflict is very conjoint in traditional literature, myths, and fairy tales.