A+Mountain+Journey

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: The Mountain Journey

Point of View:Third person and Omniscient

Protagonist:Dave Conroy

What type of character is the Protagonist? Round, Dynamic

Antagonist: Himself

Describe the setting Alberta near Jasper, Winter, cold, almost night time, and very worrisome

Type of Conflict: Man vs Himself

Describe the main conflict: The conflict is man vs. himself because Dave keeps on deciding to move forward even though he has many places to stop and keep warm. And even after he gets himself wet and he gets hypothermia he is desperate to find a better place to rest even when there were plenty good places to stop. He thinks he can over come the force of nature.

Describe the Climax of the Story:

The Climax was when Dave fell through the ice and got all his clothing and gear wet. If this is the climax then everything that follows is conclusion. Does that make sense?

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">He becomes more desperate and confused. He new his decision not to stop was not going to well but he kept trucking along and got hypothermia.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Describe the relationship between the title and the theme.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The story relates to the title because a mountain means an uphill struggle, and a journey represents a path, and that could be a life path. So it would make sense to say that the title is relating to the life journey that Dave Conroy takes in this story. Excellent <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme?

<span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">he conflict Man vs. Himself helps illustrate the theme because if the protagonist is against himself.SAY WHAT!!!?

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme?

The climax h elps illustrate the theme because Dave Conro y is at a point where he has to make a decision that be life and death. YOU SOUND LIKE A PIRATE! AAARRRGGGH!

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">It just does. <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;">REALLY!

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Give examples of each of the the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Simile: <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">“ … smooth and thin like the tracing of a pen upon the snow.”

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Metaphor: <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">… cold as an old man’s fingers feeling craftily through his cloths.”

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Personification: <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">“… that tree like a strong and lonely woman.”

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Symbol: “Across the valley he could see a cottage he had never seen before – a white cottage, low roofed with green trees beside it, an an open door.”

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> An open door means like the break through he got to his destination. The light.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Foreshadowing (give both elements):

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">“A man when he was alone would travel to far. He would travel ‘till he could travel no more, for the mere sake of traveling….” <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">He is meaning he loves travelling. <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;">NOT REALLY FORESHADOWING.

Irony: he remembered Duncan Macdonald… who had walked thirty miles to the railroad on frozen feet to have them amputated… Macdonald had opened a cobbler’s shop in jasper to make boots he could no longer wear himself.”

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> It’s Irony because he makes shoes for people who have feet when he doesn’t have feet himself.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Imagery: <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">“Across the valley he could see a cottage he had never seen before – a white cottage, low roofed with green trees beside it, an an open door.”

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Painted a very clear picture in my mind.

WHERE IS THE PARAGRAPH RELATING THE CLASS THEME OF "MYSTERY" TO THE STORY?

COMPLETION 4/5 EFFORT 3/5 CONTENT3.5/5 TOTAL 10.5/15