There are four basic categories of conflicts in stories: man against man (stories in which characters are against one another); man against nature (stories in which the protagonist struggles against a force of nature, like environmental change); man against self (stories in which the main struggle of the story is internal within the protagonist); and man against society (stories in which the protagonist struggles against an institution or social dynamic). There are elements of all four conflicts in How to Bee — make a list for each conflict and try to see how many different conflicts from the book you can name. In your opinion, which of these four is the central or prevailing conflict in the book?
