Read the following sentences from the story "The Black Sheep."
One day, how we don't know, it so happened that an honest man came to live in the place. At night, instead of going out with his sack and his lantern, he stayed home to smoke and read novels.
The thieves cam, saw the light on and didn't go in.
This went on for a while: then they were obliged to explain to him that even if he wanted to live without doing anything, it was not reason to stop others from doing things. Every night he spent at home meant a family would have nothing to eat the following day.
The honest man could hardly object to such reasoning.
The type of conflict portrayed in these sentences can best be identified as
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• man vs. man.
• man vs. nature.
• man vs. society.
• man vs. himsell.