Preparing for a Group Discussion In this task, you will analyze theme and conflict in a short story to prepare for a group discussion.
Analyze conflict and theme in one of two stories-- "The Queen Bee" by Carl Ewald or "The Runaway Whale" by Captain
O. G. Fosdick.
If you completed the lesson "Developing Multimedia Presentations in this unit, you can reference the multimedia
presentation you created on this topic. If not, pick one of the given stories and read it now.
Provide evidence and support from the story while answering these questions.

1. What is the conflict in the story?
2. What is the theme of the story?
3. How do the characters of the story influence the theme and conflict?
4. How does the setting influence the theme and conflict?
5. How does the plot influence the theme and conflict?