During a baseball game, Tanner tried to tag a player leaving first base. When the umpire called the player out, Tanner immediately informed the umpire that he in fact did not tag the runner. Two weeks later, the very same umpire was at another one of Tanner’s baseball games. Tanner was playing short stop and tagged a runner as they approached third base. When the umpire called the player safe, Tanner didn’t say a word, but the umpire noticed the surprised look on Tanner’s face. “Did you tag the runner?” she asked Tanner. When Tanner told her that he did tag the runner, the umpire changed her decision and called the player out. The coaches and parents were furious, but the umpire stood by her decision.

What is the theme?

Alan had very few responsibilities, but one of them was to clean his room. It did not take long, but Alan still didn't like doing it. One day Alan thought of a way to save some time. Rather than putting everything neatly back in its place, he decided to just throw all the stuff on the floor into his closet. His mom would think that he had cleaned his room, and it would only take a fraction of the time. Alan was pleased with himself for thinking of this brilliant idea. He figured that this would save a lot of time and energy. The next time his room got messy, he piled everything up in the closet and the pile grew. It grew and grew. Then Alan's friend Steve called. "Alan, everyone is playing baseball at the park. Do you want to play too?" Alan loved baseball. "That sounds great, Steve. I'll be right there." Alan went to grab his baseball mitt when he realized that it wasn't in its usual place. Alan thought to himself, I guess it's in the closet. When he opened up the closet door, he was faced with a huge, unnavigable mess, some of which poured out as he opened the door. Alan began digging through the pile in a frantic attempt to find his mitt. He dug and dug, and as he dug his room got messier and messier. Soon his room was the messiest that it had ever been, and he still hadn't found his mitt. Alan sighed in despair. By the time he found his mitt, the boys had long concluded their game and Alan had hours of cleaning ahead of him before he'd be allowed to leave.

What is the theme of the story?

A story's main theme might be difficult to figure out

because:

If a character is bitten by a dog, it is this type of conflict…

When a character goes up against the laws or beliefs of a group, it is called character vs. __________. 

The main character clashes with another character.

Jimmy and Eric compete for the same position on the baseball team.

Which would be an example of man vs. man conflict?

Which would be an example of man vs. society conflict?

In the final battle, Robin beats Slade without his weapons to save the town. What type of conflict is this?

When Mulan found out that her father was going to have to fight in the war, she decided to take her fathers place. Since the law said that girls can not be warriors, she cut off her hair and dressed as a boy. What type of conflict is this?

In the final moments of the movie "Titanic", we see hundreds of people jumping off the sinking ship and into the freezing water. Soon after entering the water, the passengers would struggle to swim and stay warm. What kind of conflict is this?

NAME THE TYPE OF CONFLICT:

As far back as Brendon could remember, he only wanted one girl, Alice Dailey. To Brendon, she was perfect in every way. There was just one problem: every time Brendon tried to talk to her, he felt butterflies in his stomach and then he threw up in his mouth. To overcome his fear, Brendon enlists the help of the coolest guy in the school, Max Mansion, to teach him how to talk to girls. Will Brendon be able to summon the nerve to ask out Alice with Max's help, or will he just puke in his mouth again?

When Nemo's dad travels across the ocean to rescue him, he runs into a group of deadly sharks. After Dory hit he nose, the leader of the sharks, Bruce, smells it and attacks Nemo's dad and Dory. What type of conflict is this?