The Homecoming Conflicts

There are many different types of conflict in “The Homecoming.” While some are as simple as a Christmas cactus freezing overnight to something much more serious such as a father not coming home, it varies in a way that keeps the story stable throughout. The three conflicts I will be visiting today are all “man versus,” conflicts. In these conflicts, Clay-boy is exposed to different scenarios which lead him to his decisions. Clay-boy is the oldest of the Spencer siblings and is the more mature one of them all. He helps his mother out around the house and knows how to keep his temper down around his bickering siblings.
The first conflict is a “man versus nature,” in which Clay-boy gets… attacked by a deer. The start of this conflict is when Clay-boy sees a doe. Clay-boy begins to think about how he would’ve shot her if he brought a gun. All of a sudden the doe begins to freak out, ultimately landing herself into a deadfall. Clay-boy comes to help the doe get free until an albino buck sees him. The buck was said to be in a rut, and that’s why it began to charge at Clay-boy. In the whim of the moment, Clay-boy takes cover under a pine tree in which he was going to cut down. The buck begins to slam against the tree, and Clay-boy stays in
Becky’s attitude rubs one of her brothers the wrong way and causes her to get shoved off of the porch into the snow. This makes her extremely frustrated as she makes her way back to the porch, ready to fight her brother. Clay-boy breaks the two of them up, which makes Becky think about how she wants to chop her toe off next summer so her siblings would be nicer. This is the solution to the conflict, surprisingly. Clay-boy making the two of them quiet solved the