In the short story “The Birds” by Daphne Du Maurier there are millions of birds that attack people and kill them. In the birds the main character Nat notices that the birds are becoming restless and start attacking. Nat then tries to help save his family from being killed by the birds. The main conflict in the story is when the birds start attacking people. The central theme of “The Birds” is to never give up hope. Nat never gave up he kept trying to protect his family each time the birds attacked, and he also kept boarding up the windows and keeping his family safe. When the birds first attacked and Nat’s daughter had to go to school he walked to the bus to get her. He made her ride home with his neighbor Mr. Trigg, while he walked back to