The Bargain Ox: Conflict Of Man Vs. Man Essay, Research Paper

The Bargain Ox: Conflict of Man vs. Man

The type of conflict in this story is Man vs. Man. The father is fighting

against Cramer to grow the biggest pumpkin. The author sets this conflict up by

Stanley writing an article in the newspaper and Cramer seeing it. Cramer then

teases Sam about growing pumpkins. This is because for the past few years it

was Cramer who won the contest. So throughout the entire story Sam is trying to

grow this giant pumpkin when the ox just goes and tramples the pumpkin patch.

Sam seems almost devastated. He even asks God for hail over his crops, but then

it seemed to Sam a miracle happened. The biggest pumpkin ever grown there had

grown in the crushed pumpkin patch. Cramers pumpkins could not even compete

with Sam’s enormous pumpkin.Therefore, Sam won the battle and beat his

protagonist.