Psychological Conflicts in Literature(1) Essay

We all experience mental passage of armss, knowingly or unknowingly. They involve psychological contravenes among our thoughts, emotions, and rational thinking. It may be the most dangerous conflict of all due to the battleground in which it take place in our mind.There are some(prenominal) examples of psychological conflicts in the stories we have read. In Leiningen Versus the Ants by Carl Stephenson, Leiningen battled not only on his South American plantation, but in his mind. He struggled with the issue of running away and letting the ants take over his plantation. He wasnt a quitter and enjoys the mental aspects of things. But when the ants and the reality of death came, he had to resolve the conflict whether to tolerate or flee. This was especially true when he ran to the dam wheel. He could of fled then or died, but he chose to try to save the plantation and workers. He was face up with the conflict living or, perhaps the greatest psychological conflict, which he resolve d when he chose to run to the wheel.In The Contents of the Dead Mans Pockets by Jack Finney, Tom also faced a psychological conflict. The story was mainly focused on his physical conflict, but near the end he experienced psychological conflict. As with Leiningen, Tom faced the choice to die or to live, and he realized with that conflict how much his wife meant to him. He overcame the conflict when, as we read, the yellow paper flew out the window again, but he left to be with his wife.In Blues Aint No Mockinbird by Toni Cade Bambara, Granny experienced a psychological conflict with her past treatment and her current conflict with Smiley and Camera. She struggled to break and maybe actually kill them or fall into depression, but she was successful in winning the conflict. When she hummed in a high pitch or else of low, it showed that she had finally won.In conclusion, psychological conflicts are important. They can be very dangerous because we are rubbish within ourselves and our r ational reasoning. And when we fight within ourself it is hard to win. Psychologicalconflicts can be won, however, by target priorities and moral standards.