A+Mountain+Journey

Short Stories - Literary Devices Title: A Mountain Journey

- Third Person/ Omniscient
 * Point of View: **

- Dave Conroy
 * Protagonist: **

- Dynamic and round
 * What type of character is the Protagonist? **

- Nature, and Dave Conroy himself
 * Antagonist: **

 - Time: late 1800's to early 1900's  - Place: on a cold mountain near Hoodoo creek in Jasper  - Mood: suspenseful, tense
 * Describe the setting: **

- Man vs. Environment, and Man vs. Himself (internal conflict)
 * Type of Conflict: **

- Dave Conroy trying to survive against the unsafe environment.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Describe the main conflict: **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- When Dave decides to rest while on his way to the second cabin. This is the highest part of the rising action, and nothing new is introduced afterwards.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Describe the Climax of the Story: **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Dave Conroy changes because near the end of the story, he gives up, realizing he had made too many bad decisions. He was fully aware that he was at the point of no return, and knew it was time to give up.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- The title is “A Mountain Journey”, which leads the reader to believe that it will be a lot about experiences, and adventures across this mountain. The theme is also about experiences, and how we are forced to make abrupt decisions in certain situations. These decisions aren't always the wisest.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- The main conflict is about Dave Conroy against himself, and his surrounding environment. He is forced to make decisions on his journey, because of the brutal, unsafe environment. His own decisions and experiences throughout the journey help illustrate the theme.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- The climax of the story was when he decided to rest on his way to the second cabin. This helps illustrate the theme because he makes a risky decision. His decisions are influenced by the internal conflict he has with himself. He decided to rest, which was the most fatal decision of them all.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes): **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- “He gathered his muscles together, summoned his strength that was slipping from him like a loosened garment.”
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Simile: **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- “The cold was an old man’s fingers feeling craftily through his clothes.”
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Metaphor: **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- “If he slept, his fire slept with him.”
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Personification: **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- "But the light of the sun was dim, as if a brighter light shone from behind it and the sunlight was its shadow." The lights was a symbol for his death.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Symbol: **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- At the end of a paragraph, the story says that water had seeped into his boots and gloves. Based on the climate, this indicates a bit of a problem that may occur later on. This would make it hard for him to continue his journey, and this is proven later on when he could not light a fire because his hands were frozen.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Foreshadowing (give both elements): **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- An example of irony could be the simple fact that he was a trapper, who was trapped on a mountain himself.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Irony: **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- “Dark green trees came out of the thinning mist towards him, touched him with outflung branches, passed in a flutter and flurry of snow-dust.” I believe this is a very descriptive phrase that helps paint an elaborate picture in my mind.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Imagery: **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Humanity is represented throughout the theme of this short story. Dave Conroy makes many brave decisions, even though some of them don’t lead to the right path. As humans, we make both good and bad decisions. Some lead us to bad experiences, much like the ones Dave Conroy experienced. He repetitively made bad decisions, which is sometimes what we do as humans. It is natural to make decisions based on what we feel is right and the situation that we are in, and it’s one factor of humanity.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story: **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Completion 5/5 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Effort 5/5 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Content 5/5 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Total 15/15 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Excellent Work!