A+Mountain+Journey

Literary Devises
//Point of View:// The point of view of this short story is omniscient. We know he is omniscient because he knows what Dave Conroy is thinking, even if he does not say it out loud. (3rd person) //Protagonist:// The protagonist of this story is Dave Conroy, a trapper. //What type of character is the Protagonist?//: Dave Conroy is round and dynamic, as all protagonists are (by definition). //Antagonist:// One may think that Dave Conroy is also the antagonist, but since antagonists cannot change, the antagonist must be the environment. //Describe the setting:// This short story takes place on a mountain range in Alberta during winter. The general mood of the story is slow and sad. Time Period? //Type of Conflict//: There were two main conflicts - man vs. himself, when Dave considers whether or not to stop multiple times, and man vs. environment, when the cold winter environment freezes him - eventually to death. //Describe the main conflict:// See above. Which is the __main__ conflict? //Describe the Climax of the Story:// The climax of the story is when Dave Conroy eventually dies from the cold. This is the time where the main conflict is finally resolved. There is not much (if any) conclusion. //How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story?: // He starts out very proud of himself and very confident he will get through his journey no problem. At the end of the story, he realizes that he should have been more careful and his previous attitude was a mistake. //Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. // The title of the story could be taken to mean many things - for example, you might think that the "mountain journey" is a metaphor for a long and hard journey - but my opinion is that the title should be taken literally as just a journey through the mountains, because that is the main subject of the book. //How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? // The main conflicts illustrate the theme well because the story is all about man succumbing to the environment and that is the main conflict. //How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? // The climax, where Dave Conroy dies, illustrates the theme well because it is a sad event and the whole story has a sad feeling to it. //Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes): // //Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. //Our class theme is "power." There are multiple relationships between power and this story; for example, if Dave Conroy had brought an electric light with him on his journey, or an electric lighter, it may have saved his life. Another example is that the story might evoke powerful emotions, if, for example, the reader had a close friend who also died in the mountains while trapping. Completion 5/5 Effort 4/5 Content 4.5/5 total 13.5/15
 * //<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Simile: //he felt like "a ghost on an abandoned planet"
 * //<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Metaphor: //the pain was "a cry within him"
 * //<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Personification: //no log walls "rose to greet him"
 * //<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Symbol: //his fingers "held it (the lighter) from him"
 * //<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Foreshadowing (give both elements): //he says "a man when alone will travel too far", and then he does travel much too far
 * //<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Irony: //he died "six hundred feet" from a cabin and safety, after traveling many miles
 * //<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Imagery: //thoughts of supper - "brown curled bacon, brown bannock, rice with butter melting on it, tea red and strong as rum"

**Character Sketch**
A Mountain Journey doesn't tell us much about Dave Conroy - the reader doesn't know his family, his friends, where he lives, etc(too informal). But it is evident by his actions that he is a bit selfish and over-confident, character traits which hinder him in the story - but his resourcefulness helps him. He was very confident, which in most instances is a good thing, but on multiple occasions, he made the wrong decision mainly because he thought he could do something, when he actually could not, for example when he did not stop at the spot where the ice broke - he said himself "he had been a fool" - "he should have made a fire when he fell through the ice".(Run-On) This over-confidence eventually lead to his death. He was also very resourceful. Some examples are when he tries to "set the forest in a blaze around him and warm himself in it's midst", and when he rolls over to detach himself from his pack in the water. Also, he was a bit selfish. He valued himself over others in multiple places, for example when he was going to light the forest on fire, killing many animals, to save himself. The reader doesn't have much information on why Dave Conroy possesses these character traits - maybe he had a bad childhood, or a traumatic experience in his adulthood. No matter the cause, unfortunately, a combination of these and other traits lead to his eventual death.

Try substituting the semi-colon for the hyphen. Do not use contractions in formal writing. Good use of quotes 4.5/6

Total 4.5 / 5