Read each passage and identify the type of conflict. Then, in a few sentences,
explain your reasoning.
1. John's hands trembled in the cold as he fished through his coat pockets for a match. He had
already gathered scraps of wood and piled them up to make a fire. Now, he had to figure out
how to kindle it. The sun had already set and all light was quickly fading from the sky; John
could feel the temperature dropping just as rapidly. Without a match, there was no way to get
this fire going, and without a fire, he wasn't sure how he would survive the night. Nobody
knew he was stuck out there, alone, without food or shelter. His best hope was to try to avoid
freezing, then head out at dawn to find help.
Type of conflict:
External Person vs Nature
Reasoning:

Read the excerpt from david foster wallace’s infinite jest. my silent response to the expectant silence begins to affect the air of the room, the bits of dust and sportcoat-lint stirred around by the ac’s vents dancing jaggedly in the slanted plane of windowlight, the air over the table like the sparkling space just above a fresh-poured seltzer. the coach, in a slight accent neither british nor australian, is telling c.t. that the whole application-interface process, while usually just a pleasant formality, is probably best accentuated by letting the applicant speak up for himself. in this excerpt, the narrator is providing a, both objective descriptions and subjective commentaries. b. only objective information about people, setting, and events. c. only subjective responses to the things he sees and experiences. d. a compromised interpretation of events due to his unstable condition.