Psychological Conflicts In Literature(1) :: essays research papers

We all experience psychological encounters, knowingly or unknowingly. They involve psychological involvements among our thoughts, emotions, and sharp thinking. It may be the most dangerous conflict of all due to the battleground in which it take place in -- our mind.There are numerous examples of psychological conflicts in the stories we have read. In "Leiningen Versus the Ants" by Carl Stephenson, Leiningen battled not only on his South American plantation, but in his mind. He struggled with the issue of zip away and letting the ants take over his plantation. He wasnt a quitter and enjoys the mental aspects of things. But when the ants and the reality of death came, he had to resolve the conflict whether to stay or flee. This was especially true when he ran to the dam wheel. He could of fled then or died, but he chose to try to save the plantation and workers. He was faced with the conflict living or, perhaps the greatest psychological conflict, which he resolved when he chose to run to the wheel.In "The Contents of the Dead Mans Pockets" by Jack Finney, Tom overly faced a psychological conflict. The story was mainly focused on his physical conflict, but near the end he experienced psychological conflict. As with Leiningen, Tom faced the choice to die or to live, and he realized with that conflict how much his wife meant to him. He overcame the conflict when, as we read, the yellow makeup flew out the window again, but he left to be with his wife.In "Blues Aint No Mockinbird" by Toni Cade Bambara, Granny experienced a psychological conflict with her past treatment and her current conflict with Smiley and Camera. She struggled to break and maybe actually kill them or fall into depression, but she was successful in winning the conflict.