A+Mountain+Journey

Short Stories - Literary DevisesTitle: __A Mountain Journey__

Point of View: third person

Protagonist: Dave Conroy

What type of character is the Protagonist? Round & Dynamic

Antagonist: Nature

Describe the setting: On a mountain near Jasper, Alberta, Canada around the 1920‘s. The mood is lonely, there’s no one for miles.

Type of Conflict: Man v.s Nature

Describe the main conflict: Dave struggles against the weather on the mountain and is in a hurry to get off the mountain.

Describe the Climax of the Story: The climax of the story is when he was having a last attempt at trying to survive trying to get to Frank MacMorans cabin, but he decides to rest and he gets done in by the cold.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? He changes when at the end he gives up on going any farther.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. The relationship between the two is Dave is done trapping and he has to go on a journey to get off the mountain.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? The main conflict helped to illustrate the theme by showing us how much mistakes we can make when we're under pressure.

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? It helped illustrate the theme by showing how we can make bad decisions one after another if we don't think it through.

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

Simile: "That tree like a strong and lonely woman,calling to his weary body to stop."

Metaphor:"His skis had sunk a foot into the snow, white and soft as flour."

Personification: "The cold was an old man’s fingers feeling craftily through his clothes."

Symbol: "The cabin was a symbol of warmth and safety."

Foreshadowing (give both elements): "He knew as he stood on the summit that he should have made camp two miles back in the timber and crossed the divide in the morning." this quote is foreshadowing that he makes rash decisions.

Irony: Duncan MacDonald, who trapped in the Beaver River country and who had walked thirty miles to the railroad on frozen feet to have them amputated by the doctor. He opened a cobbler shop because he couldn't trap anymore.

Imagery: Whose breath hung stubby icicles on his mustache.

Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. The relationship between the class theme and the story is that no matter where we go we're only human so we make mistakes.

Completion 5/5 Effort 4/5 Content 4/5

total 13/15