An Author's Use Of Conflict In Short Stories

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“We fight, not because we truly disagree, but rather because we fail to understand one another,” Douglas E Rice. Everywhere there is conflict. Conflicts can strengthen people up or make one stumble and fall. Conflict has been introduced everywhere even in literature. Author’s apply conflict to make the reader feel emotional towards characters. Conflict in characters’ can influence them in countless ways. In the three short stories, “Raymond’s Run,” “The Tell-Tale Heart,” and “Flowers for Algernon,” the characters face conflicts.
First, In the story “Raymond's Run” there's a conflict of Squeaky vs Gretchen. This conflict is found on some pages in this short story. For example the book states, “ ...but people ain’t grateful, so now she hangs