A+Mountain+Journey+Character+Sketch

"A Mountain Journey" is a story of a determined trapper, Dave Conroy, who has an uphill struggle both literally and emotionally. Throughout the story, he is persistent, so persistent that it creates a conflict. He is completely determined to get home and will not give in to his needs. He would not stop to set up camp and rest. He also would not stop to dry his hands and feet in the story. "He should stop, make a fire, dry his hands and feet, change his socks and mittens. But it was late... He was less than three miles from the cabin, and the promise of its warmth and comfort would not let him stop." Through the story his persistancy changed into stubborness and became a problem. Conroy is also desperate in the story. This desperation leads to poor desicions not though through clearly. He almost goes to extreme measures just to stay warm; "Since he could not make kindling, since he could not bend his fingers around the shaft of his axe, he would set a tree afire, he would set the forest in a blaze around him and warm himself in its midst." One might think that Conroy's most important trait was his cockiness(can you find a more formal expression of this word?). From the very beginning, he is cocky. He thinks he will be able to make all the way from the pass to the cabin even though there is only two hours of daylight left. Criticizing another person for making a rookie mistake, he thinks he is perfect but ends up making a rookie mistake himself. In trying to get out of the mountain, these traits end up leading to his demise.

Good work! Be sure to stick to the criteria for formal writing. 5/6