Conflicts- Internal and External

 In the story John faces many conflicts, one being a great internal conflict. The conflict was to choose to either travel to the Forbidden East or not. He has heard many stories through out his life about how dangerous the East is. The East being the "Land of The Gods" meant that there was a chance that he wouldn't make it back and become a slave for the Gods. Even though there is also a thought that if he was to make it back from the East he would be famous and known as a hero. So he chooses to take the journey to the East and on the way there he faces his external conflicts. The climate around him, wild animals such as dogs chasing him, and also having to sleep some where he was a stranger to. He faces many other external conflicts that are making his trip hard to make, but without the external conflict i think the story would be dual, boring. It would just be like a trip through candy land, smiling all the way through. Nothing gain or lost just a walk through candy land, thats no fun.