The two central conflicts of the story are Ray coming to business disagreements with the McDonald brothers and his marriage to Ethel (Laura Dern), whose support he either ignores or, when she dares to ask fairly basic questions about the tenability of his plans, outright dismisses. (markreviewsmovies.com)
What prevents Homefront from being the kick - ass action flick it could have been is the dilution of the movie's central conflict between Broker and Bodine by bringing in the bikers. (filmfreakcentral.net)
English language arts teachers could use the framework as a lens for identifying and exploring central conflicts in works of literature; (gse.harvard.edu)