Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Conflicts within "Out of the Silent Planet"

In the reading that i have done so far i have noticed a few conflicts. The three that i noticed were:

  • Man vs. Nature/Ransom vs. Malacandra: I say this because Ransom was faced with a whole new environment that was totally different from earth's. He was all alone and noticed many differences between earth and Malacandra such as all the lakes, streams, and rivers were all warm, the plants and mountains were oddly tall and thin and gravity was significantly less on this plant. He didn't know what to expect or even how he was going to stay alive.
  • Man vs. Man/Ransom vs. Sorns: I say this because while they were all on the spaceship awaiting their landing on this planet, Ransom over hears Devine and Weston talking about whether they should drug him before handing him over to the sorns or allow him to stay conscious which he then fears the worst and as they get off of the ship they have an encounter with them and thats when Ransom escapes, the sorns going after him. So now he has to watch wherever he goes making sure the sorns arent around.
  • Man vs. Self/Ransom vs. Himself: I say this because after he escapes from Devine and Weston he is all by himself on this strange planet with no one to talk to. He then starts talking to himself just to keep himself calm and to help him get through the days/nights not knowing whether he is going to survive the next day.

These were the most prevalent conflicts in my story so far but as i read i will probably come across more

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