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bama
bama
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What is the main conflict in the novel The Water is Wide?

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Posted by bama on Wednesday July 22, 2009 at 1:10 PM and tagged with conflict.

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  1. lhc
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    A major conflict, man vs. nature, is the development that sets Pat Conroy's memoir into motion; industrial waste is threatening the livelihood, and thus very existence of the people on a small island off the coast of South Carolina, Yamacraw Island.  Because of this dire situation, they are going to need to find the persistence and initiative to develop new lifestyles that can sustain them now that the sea cannot.  For this to occur, they will need formal education, and for that to occur, they are going to need a teacher, as there currently is none on the island to teach them.

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    Posted by lhc on Wednesday July 22, 2009 at 4:49 PM