Conflict Speech - 790 Words

Good morning teachers and peers, today Im going to discuss conflict, the affects it has on people with examples from two texts. | What is conflict? Conflict is another word for fighting, battling, or struggle. Conflict can be expressed in many ways, such as; war, hate, aggression, bullying, and competiveness. Conflict has negative effects on people. Conflict can result in death, mental illness, suicide, and destruction. Conflict is cause by many reasons including differences in values, desires, needs, habits, and wealth. | The first text Im going to discuss today is a poem called Dulce Et Decorum Est by a famous poet named Wilfred Owen. The poem is based on first hand experiences in France, in world war one. The poem describes owen’s†¦show more content†¦| The two texts I have studied are both similar and different in various ways. Both the texts are expressed from a first person view. They both tell us about how negative and destructive conflict actually is. However the poem is told from the front line and the film is told from a different perspective yet still tell us how negative conflict is. | My personal opinion on conflict is a negative one, after studying these two texts my perspective has changed on conflict. Conflict should be a last resort for resolving matters, not the first. It is simply to destructive for anyone to have a positive view on it. Thank you for listening to my speech and have a nice day. | | | |Show MoreRelatedA Way Of Talking By Patricia Grace1712 Words   |  7 Pagesfirst person narrative. By keeping the narrator consistent, noting character development is easier and more apparent. The narrator, Hera, copes with internal and external conflicts that revolve around dialect. Her internal struggle stems from the external conflict caused by the characters Jane Frazer and Rose. The external conflict is when Jane Frazer makes a casually prejudiced comment and Rose confronts her. 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