CONFLICT REVIEW - GR. 8

It's the year 3030 and society is completely dependent on computers and robots. A young boy named Domino is flying his hover board to school when all of the machines start acting up and attacking people due to a powerful computer virus. What will Domino do now that the machines that are supposed to help him have turned against him?

• Character vs. character

• Character vs. society

• Character vs. technology

• Character vs. circumstance/fate

A farmer is trying to get his scared animals out of a barn and he is suddenly struck by lightning.

• Character vs. nature

• Character vs. society

• Character vs. character

• Character vs. circumstance/fate

A policeman comes face to face with the criminal who killed his father.

• Character vs. nature

• Character vs. society

• Character vs. character

• Character vs. circumstance/fate

A boy tries to tame a wolf cub as a pet, but it proves to be uncontrollable and becomes a menace to the community. Eventually he realizes that the cub isn't an ordinary cub. It is a werewolf cub.

• Character vs. nature

• Character vs. society

• Character vs. supernatural

• Character vs. circumstance/fate

A boy wins a full scholarship to college. He can’t decide whether or not he should go, or stay home and work to help support his sick mother who was abandoned by his father several months ago.

• Character vs. character

• Character vs. society

• Character vs. circumstance/fate

• Character vs. self

A boy wins a full scholarship to college. He can’t decide whether or not he should go, or stay home and work to help support his sick mother who was abandoned by his father several months ago.

• Character vs. character

• Character vs. society

• Character vs. circumstance/fate

• Character vs. self

Jerome and his family are vacationing on an island in tropical paradise. The waters are clear, the skies are big, and sand is clean. Suddenly, when a rumble shakes Jerome's sister off of her beach chair, Jerome remembers that the island on which they are staying is one big volcano. Soon the mountain releases its wrath and the eruption threatens every person on the island. Will Jerome and his family ever make it back home?

• Character vs. character

• Character vs. society

• Character vs. circumstance/fate

• Character vs. nature

Kyle thought it was a little weird this morning when his neighbor tried to eat him, but it wasn't until about half way through first period that he realized why: Kyle's community is under a full-scale zombie attack. Kyle escapes from the zombie principal's office to find help, but the school's former bullies are now zombies. Kyle is going to have to get creative to survive this one.

• Character vs. character

• Character vs. nature

• Character vs. circumstance/fate

• Character vs. supernatural

Ever since Ziggy lost his twin brother in a tragic car accident, Ziggy hasn't been the same. He has been dragging his feet through through life with a glazed look in his eyes. His grades have dropped, he doesn't want to hang out with his friends or family anymore, and he barely leaves his bedroom. Ziggy's mother cannot bear to lose two sons, so she sends Ziggy to an intensive survival bootcamp program far away from home. Will Ziggy learn that life must go on?

• Character vs. technology

• Character vs. self

• Character vs. society

• Character vs. circumstance/fate

Kirstin was once teased for being heavy, but then she lost a lot of weight. Now Kirstin is very skinny, but there is just one problem: she still sees an overweight girl when she looks in the mirror. Her friends and family try to convince her of how beautiful she is, but she doesn't believe them. Worse still, she is continuing to diet. Will Kirstin be able to align her body image with reality or will she destroy herself?

• Character vs. self

• Character vs. circumstance/fate

• Character vs. technology

• Character vs. society