The+Birds+Conflict

 The story The Birds has a man vs. nature conflict. Throughout the story birds are attacking everyone and are killing people left and right, to the point where Nat and his family are the only people for miles. This is a man vs. nature conflict because the entire story the people are fighting these birds and the birds keep killing the people. For example, the Hocken family takes a trip to the phone near the bus stop but there is no service, then they see the body of the postman on the side of the road and notice that there is no smoke coming from the other cottages. Nat and his family represent the "man" and the birds represent the "nature". The conflict with man vs. nature is a never ending conflict. At the end of the story it says that "Nat is going to strengthen the windows better with barbed wire and that he is smoking his last cigarette." Therefore it is an inconclusive ending. The story ends inconlusively because the conflict between human nature and wild life nature will never end.