Vampire Teeth

Conflict is the essential element to every story no matter how it is told. Usually there are two opposing forces represented the characters of a hero and a villain. The hero, protagonist, the reader or viewer can easily identify with. It is often from the hero's point of view that the story is told. The villain, antagonist, is a force that opposes the hero. In most stories it takes the form of a character, but sometimes it may take any form as long as its opposes the hero and provides conflict to drive the story. At the end of the story the conflict is traditionally resolved. However, there are some stories where the conflict goes unresolved. 

Here is a story from the movie, Where the Wild Things Are, told by the character Max to his Mother: 

There were these buildings....these really tall buildings, and they can walk. Then there were some vampires. One of the vampires bit the tallest building and his fangs broke off...then all his other teeth fell out... then he started crying...and then all the other vampires said, "Why are you crying, aren't those just your baby teeth?" 

He said, "No those are my grown up teeth." 

And the vampires knew he couldn't be a vampire anymore so they left him. The End. 

Internal conflict is difficult to illustrate and easy to get bored with as a reader or viewer. But sometimes it can be mysterious. This story so simple and still very complex. It is hard to understand that it is about becoming an adult. The vampire's teeth symbolize a child's imagination, which helps protect the psyche from loss. 

Here is the story taken from the movie and animated on youtube: