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Conflict In Mr. Princey's Wet Saturday
Wet Saturday is a dark story with an interesting conflict within the characters. The story features the very self centered and evil character, Mr. Princey. Mr. Princey has an ongoing conflict with everyone else in the story, due to him not wanting to get caught up in his daughter, Millicent’s, murder case. The conflict occurs within Mr. Princey’s family; his daughter, son, and wife. Soon, the conflict turns to Smollett, who overheard Mr. Princey and Millicent’s conversation. The conflict is resolved with a shocking twist ending with Mr. Princey calling the police to turn in the murderer after making a deal with Smollett to cover it up. Throughout the story, you can see Mr. Princey’s selfishness and the ending of the story further reveals how
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