A+Mountain+Journey


 * Short Stories - Literary Devises **
 * Title: __A Mountain Journey__ **


 *  Point of View: third person **


 *  Protagonist: Dave Conroy **
 * What type of character is the Protagonist? Round and dynamic. **


 *  Antagonist: Nature **

** Describe the setting: **
 * This story takes place on a snowy mountain in the forest in the past, and the mood is kind of relaxed, but there is also an aura of desperation because he has to get somewhere for shelter and warmth. **


 *  Type of Conflict: Man vs. Nature **


 *  Describe the main conflict: T he fact that its so cold plays ... **


 *  Describe the Climax of the Story: When he falls into the river and his hands and feet become numb. As soon as this happens, everything starts to go downhill. **

** How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? **
 * He experiences more of an internal, change, as he starts to go crazy. **

** Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. **
 * The title just basically explains what is happening in the book, whereas the theme is explaining why the events take place. **

** How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? ** ** How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? **
 * The main conflict illustrates the theme perfectly in this story. The conflict is man vs. nature, but in a way is also man vs. self. He battles nature, and nature takes a toll on his physical body and his mind, which leads to a man vs. self type conflict. This illustrates the theme because the theme is about the whole mountain journey. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">T<range type="comment" id="264132">he climax begins when he falls into the icy river . This illustrates the theme by using the icy river to illustrate the cold, difficult journey down the snowy, cold mountain. **

//**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes): **//

** Simile: **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“...his skis had sunk a foot in the new snow, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline;">__white and soft as flour__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">.” **

** Metaphor: **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“...the cold <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline;">__was an old man’s fingers__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">...” **

** Personification: **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“From below, somewhere in the forest, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline;">__<range type="comment" id="202452">a wolf howled __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">.” **

** Symbol: **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“But the light of the sun was dim, as if a brighter light shone from behind it and the sun was its shadow.” - meaning death, heaven **

** Foreshadowing (give both elements): **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“That tree, like a strong and lonely woman, called to his weary body to stop. But two hours of daylight remained and he went on.” **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Here he is already tired, so we can tell that it won’t take much longer before he can barely move. **

** Irony: **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I can’t get a direct quote, but an excellent example of irony in this story is how he is collecting furs, and dies from the cold. **

** Imagery: **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Across from him was a line of peaks thrust up against the sky, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline;">__notched and jagged as if old bones, half-covered with the snow__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, littered their crests.” **

** Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The class theme is humanity and the story is basically about survival instinct and wanting to find shelter and be warm and safe. **

COmpletion 5/5 Effort 5/5 Content 3/5 total 13/15