Waiting+For+Normal;+Conflict+Assignment

The man versus man conflict in the book was Addie and Mommers. They are argueing off and on during the book about food, money, bills, Mommer's boyfriend and anything else. Mommers believes that with the way things are going in the begining, they'll be fine. She just trying to get, whatever she's doing with all those office supplies,"off the ground". They are basically living off of Dwight's monthly checks he sends, and Mommer's boyfriend sometimes let's Mommers have his credit card. Obviously, with her "all or nothing" attitude, this doesn't help their financial situation much either. Addie always tells Mommers that they need food, of other things, and Mommers brushes her off a lot. And, that starts their fights because Addie will get really frustrated with her mom and yell. They'll get into a fight most of the time, and Mommers never really apologizes.
 * Waiting For Normal; Conflict Assignment.**
 * Man vs. Man;**

Man vs. Society: Soula Elliot and Addie all have BIG problems with the snow plows thact come to their corner. During the winter, the snow plows pile large amounts of snow into the gas station parking lot. This prevents their customers from coming and getting gas. They yell at the drivers, and drivers simply say that they cannot quit doing what they are dong, because it is their job. Luckily, Addie, makes the best out of a bad situation and goes and plays on their "Mountain" and has fun. They even put a for sale sign on it.

Man vs Nature; There wasn't much of a man versus nature type of conflict in the book. Addie slightly has a problem when she goes to return her flute to her old school.It is really cold outside and she walked so far that her legs were numb. There was a lot of slush from the snow and it made the cars slip a bit on the road as she walked across it.

Man vs. Self. Addie has dyslexia. Where, when she reads or writes the letters and numbers are backwards. This interferes a lot in school. Mommers says she doesn't have what she calls "the love of learning".She does have somthing to help her. It's a notebook that she writes down new words in the she doesn't know. The she looks them up in her Webster's Dictionary and writes down the definition. She mentions it a lot in the book. When Dwight talks to her about her mom and uses big words, she writes them down when she gets home, and she finally understands what he was saying about Mommers. Still, she feels envious of her sister, who even though she's young is very smart. = = =**EXCELLENT ANALYSIS OF THE CONFLICTS IN THE NOVEL!!............ A+**=