The hero’s main conflict is his internal struggle because the internal struggle completes the monomyth. According to Joseph Campbell’s monomyth, the monomyth ends when the shadow is defeated. It is very clear in both the Hobbit and the Hunger Games that the story has ended when the internal conflict is resolved. The external conflict in the Hobbit was to defeat Smaug. Smaug did die however the story was not completed. It was continued. The internal struggle was when Bilbo had to decide who to give the Arkenstone to. Bilbo has the option of hiding it or he could give it to Thorin. The disadvantage in the first scenario is hiding the Arkenstone will create war. The disadvantage in the second scenario is by giving the Arkenstone to Thorin, he