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A 3x3 grid titled "CONFLICT IN LITERATURE" with columns CLASSICAL, MODERN, POSTMODERN, each panel showing Daffy Duck. Captions: "MAN vs. NATURE" (Elmer Fudd aims a shotgun at Daffy), "MAN vs. SOCIETY" (a "DUCK SEASON" sign), "MAN vs. TECHNOLOGY" (Daffy faces a robot), "MAN vs. MAN" (Daffy fencing Sylvester), "MAN vs. SELF" (Daffy pouring gasoline on himself), "MAN vs. REALITY" (Daffy as a flower), "MAN vs. GOD"…

Daffy Duck Explains Conflict in Literature

A Looney Tunes grid casts Daffy Duck in every type of literary conflict, from man vs. nature to man vs. author, for anyone who survived Saturday morning cartoons and English class.

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A 3x3 grid titled "CONFLICT IN LITERATURE" with columns CLASSICAL, MODERN, POSTMODERN, each panel showing Daffy Duck. Captions: "MAN vs. NATURE" (Elmer Fudd aims a shotgun at Daffy), "MAN vs. SOCIETY" (a "DUCK SEASON" sign), "MAN vs. TECHNOLOGY" (Daffy faces a robot), "MAN vs. MAN" (Daffy fencing Sylvester), "MAN vs. SELF" (Daffy pouring gasoline on himself), "MAN vs. REALITY" (Daffy as a flower), "MAN vs. GOD"…

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