5.1 Before You Read

Practise

Read the description of the story. Determine the protagonist (central character) and antagonist (opposing force). Then describe the type of confict (example: person vs. nature).

It's the year 3030 and society is completely dependent on computers and robots. A young boy named Domino is flying his hover board to school when all of the machines start acting up and attacking people due to a powerful computer virus. What will Domino do now that the machines that are supposed to help him have turned against him?

The protagonist is

The antagonist is

The type of conflict is