A+mountain+journey

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Short Stories - Literary Devises Title:__A Mountain Journey__

Point of View: Third Person (Omniscient/Limited?)

Protagonist: Dave Conroy What type of character is the Protagonist? Round and dynamic.

Antagonist: Himself. “Any man who froze his hands or feet had only himself to blame...”

Describe the setting: The story takes place sometime between 1925-1940. Dave Conroy is by the Snake Indian River in the Canadian Rockies, near Jasper, Alberta. Mood and Atmosphere?

Type of Conflict: Man vs. Himself

Describe the main conflict: Dave Conroy has to make the right choices while battling cold and anxiousness to get to the railway station and home.

Describe the Climax of the Story: Conroy had frozen hands and feet. He could not get a fire started, so he decided to keep on going. At the top of a ridge, he paused to catch his breath, and he stayed there. The turning point is where he decided to stop and rest.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story?: He realizes that he is going to die, and gives up trying to keep going. “They would come and get him, Conroy thought-Macdonald, Macmorgan, someone would come and get him.”

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme: The theme that we have concluded of the story is looking at the big //and// small picture. It relates to the title because journeys are one of the many situations that need thought of the big //and// small picture. What we mean by “small picture” is that if you were going to buy groceries, the big picture would be just getting there and buying some, The small picture would be: how you’re going to get there, how much time it will take, and making a grocery list.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme?: The conflict helps illustrate this because the choices he faces continue him along his journey. During these choices he faces himself whether he should rest or keep going.

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? The climax illustrates the theme by ending his journey and meeting the small picture iwth the big one.

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

<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Simile: "...The tree was like a lonely woman..."

<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Metaphor: "...The cold was an old man's fingers..."

<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Personification: "The cold hung stubby icicles..."

<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Symbol: "The cabin's door was open..."

<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Foreshadowing (give both elements): Dave Conroy thinks about the man who gets his feet frozen and cut off. This is the first element of foreshadowing. The second element is that his feet and hands are eventually frozen.

<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Irony: When Conroy falls through the ice on the river, it is ironic because the frozen river is what makes travel easier for him, but it betrayed him.

<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Imagery: "...The trees were like skeletons..."

<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story: The class theme is choices. In this story he has to make many <span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">changes. MORE! <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Completion 4.5/5 <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Effort 4/5  <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Content 4.5/5  <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">total 13/15  <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">

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<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Dave Conroy, an interesting fur trapper, found himself in a deadly situation. He tried to venture through the mountains and ended up freezing to death. While he was alive he had interesting <span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">qualaties <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">. For one, he was impulsive, he did things without thinking. He passed safe shelter while he still had a chance. In the end, <span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">where <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> his hands were frozen to a point where he could not light a fire, he regretted this. Dave Conroy was also strong-willed. He did not give up even without days of sleep and only short breaks every day. This, coupled with his impulsiveness, helped end his life. If he was <span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">n't <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> as determined, he would have stopped for rest while he still could. The most important trait of his was the fact that he was sure of himself. He thought he could go without rest or heat for a long time. All of these traits, together made him feel almost immortal. He did not stop for rest and in the end it killed him. =====

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