Harry Latimer's Use Of Conflict In 'The Carolinian'

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In The Carolinian, the author uses conflict to teach us to be certain of our direction in life. In the Carolinian we have characters like Harry Latimer the main protagonist, Sir Andrew a royal governor, Myrtle the love of Harry and daughter of Andrew, and Captain Mandeville a loyalist officer. The author of The Carolinian shows the consequences of choosing one desire over the other, For example, we see the apparent breakdown of the relationship of Harry and Andrew who were once close now split by Harry’s choice of action during the American Revolutionary war. At one point Harry was a wealthy man set up to be a rich lord in the American colonies, but he is newly converted to the ideals of the revolution and thus comes into conflict with Sir