In The Man Who Cycled the World, by Mark Beaumont, Mark faces several conflicts as he navigates around the world on his road bike. Mark Beaumont is a british cyclists who has been preparing to break the world record for the cycling around the world Mark faces conflicts every single day around every corner and the ones that I am about to tell you are just a few of the hundreds of issues he had on his journey around the world. One major problem that Mark faces is that the locals of the regions that he travels to do not speak english and he is unable to communicate with people. Mark has to learn how to operate on his own and to keep his body healthy. Another issue that he runs into is trying to keep his equipment in operating condition in order for him to continue on his journey. …show more content…
In one instance he arrives in a small town in Pakistan and when he tries to talk to a man the man just tells him to leave. So Mark goes to the police station to see if anyone in the town speaks english and can help him. There he finds one man who is able to speak some english. Luckily for Mark this man agrees to go with him to get supplies at a local store in order to help him communicate with the man running the shop. I believe that this resolution is very realistic and I think that Mark did the right thing in this situation. This conflict makes the book interesting because it is entertaining to hear what some people say to him in attempts at communication with