What are the different types of conflicts

What happens once in a minute twice in a moment and never in a thousand years?

London includes a quote about john thornton as he is observing hal attempt to motivate the exhausted dogs "it was idle, he knew, to get between a fool and his folly". if the word "idle" is defined as "of no real worth, importance, or significance", what does this statement mean with regard to hal? who is the fool? what is hal's folly? why would john thornton think it of no real worth or useless to intervene?

How do "the jilting of granny weatherall" and "the love somg of j alfred prufrock" differ?