Which of the following choices provide the best definition for external conflict? a struggle between the protagonist and natural obstacles an inward struggle that a character experiences the societal pressure a character must endure a struggle between a character and an opposing force

A struggle between a character and an opposing force.

Explanation:

An external struggle is one that is experienced by a character but that does not come from within. Doubts and insecurities, for example, are not external struggles because the entire battle takes place inside the character's mind.

An external struggle is a fight that the main character might have with an antagonist, a disagreement with a friend, or even a complex situation that involves some other type of external force that is independent of the main character himself.

the speech this question is referring to is president kennedy's special message to the congress on urgent national needs, may 25, 1961

kennedy responds in a very direct and concrete way to those thinking that communism is a positive system:

"yet their aggression is more often concealed than open. they have fired no missiles; and their troops are seldom seen. they send arms, agitators, aid, technicians and propaganda to every troubled area. but where fighting is required, it is usually done by others--by guerrillas striking at night, by assassins striking alone--assassins who have taken the lives of four thousand civil officers in the last twelve months in vietnam alone--by subversives and saboteurs and insurrectionists, who in some cases control whole areas inside of independent nations." (kennedy)

president kennedy presents communism as cowardly, as a hidden and treacherous weapon that strikes from the shadows like thieves, he represents the system as not even being capable of showing and open and overt attack or confrontation. to finish up the response, he expresses that the system attacks even a country's idependence and freedom.