Which situation is an example of an external conflict (apex)

A). A man tries to stop his community from tearing down a historic building.

Explanation:

Conflict is described as the clash or disagreement with the combatant forces. It has been categorized into external or internal that a character suffers and brings action to the plot in order to drive the narrative forward.

External conflict is described as the struggle of a character with an outside force that could be nature, society, antagonist, etc.

As per the question, the option that exemplify an external conflict would be option A as there is a struggle between the man(character) and the community(society as an opposing force). Such conflicts occur when two conflicting wishes(the community wants to tear down the building while man wishes vice versa) or wants combine together leading to the conflict. Thus, option A is the correct answer.

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explanation:

i believe the answer is b.