A+Mountain+Journey

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: A Mountain Journey

**Point of View**:  Third person

**Protagonist**: Dave Conroy

Dynamic and Round
 * What type of character is the Protagonist? **

**Antagonist**: Dave Conroy

The location was on a mountain northwest of Canada near the Arctic Ocean. The time was probably in the past because he called his lighter a match safe. The mood of the story was quiet, lonely, and depressing.
 * Describe the setting: **

**Type of Conflict**:  Man VS himself/Man VS environment

**Describe the main conflict**: Dave Conroy was going against himself by making decisions he wasn't sure about. He didn't think it through. He was also going against the environment by trying to survive and beat it.

**Describe the Climax of the Story**: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Dave Conroy had to go through some tough situations and make hard decisions in order to survive. There was one conflict which made him go through more situations. <range type="comment" id="761289">The conflict that started this whole journey go wrong was when he skied on the river and fell in.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I think Dave Conroy changed in a bad kind of way. When he ran into more situations, he kept making bad decisions, making his journey worse and worse.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The title, a mountain journey has a little bit of a connection with the theme. I think the theme is that people tend to make the easier choices rather than the right ones. Journeys usually have situations where people have to make decisions and that's where the theme comes in. You either make the right decision in your journey or you don’t. That’s why journeys are always though.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The main conflict is man VS man. He’s going against himself to survive because he makes the wrong decsion by doing what he wants, but not going with the smart choice.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The climax helps illustrate the theme by setting up choices to follow for his situation.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How does the climax help illustrate the theme? **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes): **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Simile**: the new snow, white and soft as flour

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Metaphor**: cold was an old man’s fingers feeling craftily through his clothes.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Personification**: the wind howled

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Symbol**: The symbol in this story is when he sees the cottage when hes about to die, and a bright light. I think that is a symbol for death and him going on to heaven.

**<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Foreshadowing (give both elements): **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Irony**:

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Imagery**: Across the valley, he saw a cottage he had never seen before. A white cottage, low-roofed, with green trees.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I think humanity and a lot to the with this short story. Being human is being different from everyone else, thinking differently and learning from your mistakes. There are a lot more but those are some points that have to do with this story. Dave Conroy had his own choices and used them differently. But his decisions lead to his death. If it were a different person going on the same trip, they maybe could’ve survived. Journeys all depend on choices and experience. I think if he had lived and he ran into more situations, he would’ve been able to survive because he would be learning from his past mistakes.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Completion 4/5 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Effort 4/5 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Content 4/5 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Total 12/15