A+Mountain+Journey



Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: A Mountain Journey by Jerry and Angela

Point of View: Omniscient (3rd person)

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

Antagonist: Nature and Himself

Describe the setting: Hoodoo Creek in Northern Alberta near Jasper National Park, eighty miles from Snake Indian River. During the middle of the night, reaching morning. Freezing cold and lonely making it a dark atmosphere. T ime period?

Type of Conflict: Man vs. Himself / Man vs. Environment

Describe the main conflict: Man vs. Environment because everything started going wrong when he fell in the river because the ice broke when it looked like the whole river was frozen. He also got frostbite on his feet and hands due to the freezing water and extreme conditions, which made him even more tired and wanting to rest.

Describe the Climax of the Story: The climax of the story is when he finally decides to rest. We think that because after this part of the story there is only falling action and that was when he finally decided to give up and let death over take him.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? He realizes that he was wrong when he didn’t go for the first good resting spot because in extreme conditions like the one he had it is better to be safe and find somewhere quick other then being risky and taking unnecessary risks.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. We think the theme is Survival and achievement because the whole journey is him trying to get home safely. The relationship between the theme and title is he is traveling on a mountain and his goal is to get back safely with the fur on his back and every mountain journey is trying to get back with something you have achieved.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? The main conflict is man vs. environment and that illustrates the themes because in every battle the goal is to survive and achieve or lean something from it.

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? The climax of the story is when he finds his cabin has burned down and his will of survival diminishes. If this is the climax then everything that follows is conclusion. Does this make sense?

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

Simile: “That tree like a strong and lonely women”

Metaphor: “The shadow became a burden”

Personification: “ The loud wind howling”

Symbol: When he says “How good to rest” it’s a symbol of him giving up on his life.

Foreshadowing (give both elements): “The pain in his shoulders was the only reality of his existence” foreshadows he is dying because at this point all he can feel is pain.

Irony: How a trapper is trapping in the mountains but in the end he get trapped by the mountain he is trapping in.

Imagery: When he thought of supper- brown curled bacon, brown bannock, rice with butter melting in it and red tea as strong as rum.

Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. The relationships between the class theme (power) and the story are the how natures power was too strong to overcome for Dave Conroy. How he showed sheer power by fighting through frostbite, trying to find safety and warmth and how he traveled through the mountains in those conditions. Also he showed will power by not giving up and letting death over take him when he discovered that the cabin he was original going for was gone. In conclusion I believe that he was a very powerful man mentally and physically. Completion 5/5 Effort 4.5/5 Content 4.5/5 total 14/15

__** Character Sketch **__ ﻿ With a goal set in mind, Dave Conroy a determi ned br ave and yet sleighty cocky trapper in "A Mountain Journey" by Howard O'Hagan ﻿sets off after trapping in the mountain to ho me bu t his ways denied him that. " He had never finished a a day in the mountains without another ten miles up his sleeve" with that cocky(find a more formal expression of this word) attuitude Dave thought he could make it all the way to MacMoran's but he had not thought about all the dangers that nature could throw at him, " He had been a fool. He should have made a fire when he fell...". A brave soul one may say Dave is or was fighting through all the frostbite, not giving up too easily, not being intimanated by nature and also having hoping even in the darkest of times. Above all things Dave was determined, sometimes in a good way, always striving for his cabin and not giving up when all hope seemed to be lost but other times not so much(too informal), " He knew what he should do. He should stop, make a fire, dry his hands and feet..." " But it was late." " He was less than ten miles from his cabin..." which is when he knew and should have stopped and did other things then going to his cabin. Dave Conroy was so determined for a comfortable bed, too cocky for his self but was still a brave enough man to venture out maybe not in a good way, so due to that Dave Conroy was led to his outcome. Nice use of quotes Jerry. The last sentence is awkward and run-on. 4.5/6

5/6 It deserved a 5 because it gave support from the text, it demonstrated clear understanding, it doesn't literary techniques which is why it is a five not a six.