A+Mountain+Journey

Short Stories - Literary Devices Title: A Mountain Journey Point of View: Third person. (Omniscient/Limited?)

Protagonist: Dave Conroy. What type of character is the Protagonist? He is a dynamic character and a round character. Antagonist: We think the antagonist in the story was nature, but also himself Describe the setting The story takes place on a mountain near Jasper, Alberta, sometime between the late 1800s and the early 1900s. The mood of the story is anxious, and isolated because he is all alone and all he wants to do is get home. Type of Conflict: The type of conflict in the story is man vs. himself, but also man vs. environment. Describe the main conflict: Although there are two conflicts, I believe the main conflict is man vs. enviroment otherwise he wouldn't have the problem of frozen feet and fingers after falling through the air hole in the ice. But he would not have frozen if he would have made better decisions. Describe the Climax of the Story: The climax of the story is when he is skiing up the mountain to MacMoran's cabin. The turning point is when he lays down to rest. How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? The protagonist changes from being confident and having good judgement to desperate and indecisive because of the result of the conflict.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. I think the theme of the story is survival and struggle and it relates to the title because a mountain can represent a struggle and sometimes your barely surviving. How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? It shoes how survival is tough because of harsh conditions in the enviroment makes taking this journey harder.

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? It shows that survival is tough on the body and the mind and when making a choice in a decision between life and death, it's hard to make the right decision. In the climax, his decision led to his death but know knows if staying and making camp at the clearing would mean his survival. Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes): Simile: “That tree, like a strong and lonely woman”. Metaphor: “The cold was an old man’s fingers feeling craftily through his clothes”. Personification: “Dark trees came out of the thinning mist towards him, touched him with outflung branches.” Symbol: “Mountain” like in the title, could be a symbol for a struggle, because mountains represent really big journeys and struggles along the way, and that things aren’t easy." Foreshadowing (give both elements): Foreshadowing in the story could be when after he fell through the ice, he knew he should stop but he decided to keep going, you know something bad was going to happen because he went against his instincts.  Irony: It’s sort of ironic how at the beginning of the story, Dave Conroy said he was a very experienced trapper, and then eventually ended up dying because he made a rookie mistake.  Imagery: “Glanced a moment over his shoulder at the curved beauty of the ski trail, on the hill above, curved and smooth and thin, like the tracing of a pen upon the snow.  Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. Power is a can be a very broad subject. In the story power comes into play more than you would think. At the beginning, it says Conroy was a trapper. Trapping involves power and can lead to power. You have to have the power to get out there and be able to trap these animal for their furs and sell them for money which is, essentially, power. Throughout the whole story, Conroy had the power to keep pressing on despite what had happened and the fact he was freezing and carrying a fifty pound weight. He also misjudges his power to stay warm after falling through the river by not making afire to dry himself off. Also, he doesn't realize how powerful a small desicion can be when you are out in the wilderness. The main conflict is man vs. nature which is him constantly trying to have power over nature which can be hard because nature is a very strong force that can change, sometimes without notice. That is how power ties into the story. Completion 5/5 Effort 4.5/5 Content 4.5/5 total 14.5/15