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Brian faces both internal conflict and external conflict. His internal conflict was all, just all facing the fact that he was alone in the woods, him dealing with the secret of his mother cheating on his father. He didn't deal with the secret very well at first, he would let that get to him. He conquerred the thought of the secret. His external conflict was Human Vs. Nature. Nature including animals in the woods, nature including only the use of natural resources. Brian grows as a person through out the whole battle, the secret and the woods helped him grow. He really needed the whole experience just to get over the secret.