A+Mountain+Journey

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: A Mountain Journey Point of View: Omniscient and Third person

Protagonist: Dave Conroy

What type of character is the Protagonist? Round

Antagonist: Nature

Describe the setting: Northern Alberta, Snowy, Cold, Quiet.

Type of Conflict: Man vs. Himself

Describe the main conflict: man vs. himself because he makes all the decisions to keep going even though he knows he should stop to warm his hands and to rest in a safe place

Describe the Climax of the Story: The climaz is when Dave falls asleep in the snow because that's when all the problems begin.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? He becomes more desperate to find a place to sleep and so his decisions become worse

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. The relationship between the title and theme is that the both consist of adventure and exploring.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? The main conflict in the story is Man vs. Himself. This relates to theme because Dave is having a struggle to make the right decision

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? Because it shows how a bad decision can result in death

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

Simile: " smooth and thin, like the tracing of a pen upon the snow.”

Metaphor: " cold was an old man’s fingers feeling craftily through his clothes.”

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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Foreshadowing (give both elements):

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Irony: “he remembered Duncan Macdonald… who had walked thirty miles to the railroad on frozen feet to have them amputated… Macdonald had opened a cobbler’s shop in jasper to make boots he could no longer wear himself.”

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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Completion 3/5 <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Effort 3/5 <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Content 3.5/5 <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Total 9.5/15