A+Mountain+Journey



**Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: A Mountain Journey**

Point of View: The point of view is Third person, The author is telling the story, and says things like "Dave Conroy, blah blah blah." -Protagonist: The protagonist of the story is Dave Conroy, he is the one the author is describing.

-What type of character is the Protagonist? Dave was a static character, because he kept on making the wrong choices, which lead to his death. Also, he was a flat character, because he had a few traits. The only changes i saw were when he went from being persuverant , to giving up and resting. He does come to a realization at the end; therefore, he is dynamic.

-Antagonist: The antagonist in the story was nature, because throughout the whole story Dave is trying to survive against nature. - Man vs. Nature.

-Describe the setting The setting took place in steep, snowy mountains near Hoodoo Creek, and the time it took place was in between the late 1800s and early 1900s. The story probably took place during these times, because of the use of Dave needing to go to the railroad, the use of horses, bells, and Daves equipment. The overall mood of the story was ironic, because at first Dave is saying how stupid people are for traveling in the mountains alone, how people always go father than they should, and freezing themsel v es, in the end Dave ends up doing exactly that. Mood? -Type of Conflict: It was both internal and external, because he was thinking of what he should do and weighed the options internally. But externally he was fighting the freezing cold, etc. (Man vs. Nature)

Describe the main conflict: The main conflict in this story like I said, is man vs. nature, because he was trying to survive Describe the Climax of the Story: The climax of the story is when Dave falls into the river, because he could've done something after he fell in, but wasn't very prudent didn't make a fire, and then he froze to death, by resting. If this is the climax then everything that follows is conclusion. Does this make sense? no.. The climax of the story is Dave stopping to rest, everything from then on is the falling motion.

-How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? The protagonist doesn't really change through this story, his traits stay the same, in the beginning he is just trying to survive, and in the end as well. He does make some bad desicions in the middle, but that doesn't affect his personallity. The only change I could clearly see, was that he went from perseverant to exhausted, and wanting to give up and sleep. He was getting tired in the middle as well i could tell, which caused some of the catastrophic choices. Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. The relationship between the title and theme are that they go together fairly well. The theme is wilderness survival, the title is a mountain journey, he is going on a journey in the mountains surviving, they go together. What is the __metaphor__ between the title and the theme?

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? Well, the main conflict goes a lot with the the theme, because the main conflict is man vs. nature, and the theme is all about wilderness and suvival, so they both fit together.

-How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? The climax of the story, where Dave falls into the river and doesn't do anything, shows the difficulty of wilderness survival.It shows that you need to be very strong willed, and quick acting.


 * Give examples of each of the the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):**

-Simile: Here are some examples of Similes; "At every step too, he had broken trail and his skis had sunk a foot in the new snow, white and soft as flour." -"A beggared moon from behind a grey rack of clouds wandered in the sky above the earth's desolation and in its lights he preceived on the slope above him, where the fire had leaped from the cabin, stiff, branchless trees, like a parade of skeletons climbing up the mountainside. -"They were cold and white and unresponsive as a dead man's.

-Metaphor: ﻿"The cold was an old mans fingers feeling craftifly through his clothes." -Personification: "Set the forest moaning beside him." "That tree, like a strong and lonely woman, called to his weary body to stop." "With a snow covered tree, sweating in the heat of the fire." "His heart thumped, and hissed in his breast."

Symbols: "The world growing small, dying slowly in the darkness of the sunlight.' "Macdonald frowned and shook his head, and spoke some words Conroy could not hear"  These symbols represent Dave dying, and him making the wrong choices.  What are these symbols for? ie What do they represent?

Foreshadowing (give both elements): "his mouth was dry, with the taste of salt." "He was tired than he had any right to be""On his shoulders he had lifted upwards with him at every step his pack of food for another five days on the trail, his blankets, axe, and fifty pounds of fur for the market"

-Irony: ﻿The story was very ironic in more ways than one. In the wording below the title it says he has a gnawing fear of death, he ends up dying. He also talks aboutthe men who froze their limbs, and made bad choices, he also ended up doing that.

Imagery: "Across the valley he saw a cottage he had never seen before- a white cottage, low-roofed, with green trees beside it and an open door." "Conroy saw close to him the black butts of congregated logs, a corner of the cabin draped in white, rising lonely as a monument left by men a hundred years ago"

Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. The class theme is mystery, In the story it includes some my s tery -like language as well. The plot is myterious, there is some mysterious figurative language, like the description of the fog, etc. Information is also being withheld from the readers. such as? Completion 5/5 Effort 4/5 Content3.5/5 total 12.5/15 **Character Sketch:**  The year, (approximately) 1870, Dave Conroy, the ambitious, passionate, and somewhat indecisive man decided to take up fur trading, at the time fur was quite fashionable, and sold at a good price, so he decided it would make a good career. Dave did not know what he was in for, like he says “A man is a fool to travel alone in the mountains...” Along the journey Dave had made some fatal mistakes, which could have been avoided entirely with a change in his personality.Dave is ambitious, too ambitious, in the story his personality is like, I can do it lets go,(too informal) ”…still have 5 miles left in me”, his thoughts, and body were not on the same track, for the most part. Dave seemed also too passionate about his job, at the beginning he states “…He thought if he were to come out in March, the cold would be less severe, and the ice with a crust for traveling on…” If one were not passionate about their job, they would have waited until March, or as further away as possible, at the easiest time. Dave is indecisive in the key parts of the story, he knows what is best, but he is tired. He is never sure if he wants to be better﻿ of f righ t at the moment, or in the future. For example,"But it was late. It would mean swashing for another night under a tree." Here Dave indecisive, this was a critical part of the story. With Dave’s characteristics, he gives an example what not to do in rough decisions. I  think the moral of the story is that if you are patient, and do not give into the siren call of whatever harmful, but practical seeming thing, you will always come out on top. ﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿ 4.5/6 

5/6 ﻿﻿Rachelle's paragraph Marked by Carlie Good structure, and use of quotes.