The struggle and need for control. All fears are stemmed from the fear of loss of control therefore people feel the need to fight for what they want and what they think is right.
Vermin
The Iliad starts with a conflict between Achilles and Agamemnon, two Greek leaders in the Trojan War. The opening scene sets the tone for the epic poem by highlighting themes of pride, honor, and the destructive power of anger. It also introduces the central conflict that drives the narrative forward.
A conflict begins usually when different sides disagree. This can lead to dispute and conflict.
Crisis
* conflict * crisis * incident * FTB (finding the body, murder mysteries)
Conflict starts when love birds start loosing trust on each other.
An instigator.
The conflict is what it is a conflict. A story can have many of both. But the climax is the falling action. So in the tortoise and the hare the conflict is the race but the climax is when the tortoise starts to win
Lightning starts hundreds of fires every day, during fire season. Human carelessness accounts for a large number of fires in some areas that are accessible to humans.
There are a number of conflicts which drive the play. There is a conflict between Hermia and Lysander on the one hand and Egeus and Demetrius on the other over who should marry Hermia (and who should decide). Theseus' answer to Hermia causes friction with Hippolyta in many productions. As the lovers' plot develops, conflict erupts between Hermia and Helena. The play starts also with conflict between Titania and Oberon over the Indian boy.
Mr.Andersen wants to cut down the trees. Cassie and her family don't want that. Therefore, it starts a conflict.
The part of a short story that explains the motives, conflict, and characters before the action starts to rise is called the rising action.