Read the excerpt from Part 2 of “To Build a Fire.” He spoke to the dog, calling it to him; but in his voice was a strange note of fear that frightened the animal, who had never known the man to speak in such a way before. Something was the matter, and its suspicious nature sensed danger—it knew not what danger, but somewhere, somehow, in its brain arose an apprehension of the man. It flattened its ears down at the sound of the man's voice, and its restless, hunching movements and liftings and shiftings of its forefeet became more pronounced; but it would not come to the man. He got on his hands and knees and crawled toward the dog. This unusual posture again excited suspicion, and the animal sidled mincingly away. This is an example of which type of conflict?
The man is trying to call the dog to him, but the dog senses something is wrong and backs away. The conflict is between two characters—the man and the dog—rather than between the man and nature, himself, or society. Therefore, the best answer is character vs. others.
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