A+Mountain+Journey



** Short Stories - Literary Devises ** ** Title: A Mountain Journey **

** Point of View: **  3rd person (Omniscient/Limited?) ** Protagonist: **  Dave Conroy  **What type of character is the Protagonist?**  Dynamic, round  ** Antagonist: **  At first the antagonist is the environment, and Dave Conroy’s mind also becomes an antagonist later on. ** Describe the setting: **  Snowy mountain forest in the middle of nowhere, circa 1700, mid February, the mood is isolation and some despair More specific please. ** Type of Conflict: **  Man VS Environment; because when Dave Conroy's mind becomes an antagonist, it’s brought on by the environment. <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;">** Describe the main conflict: ** <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;"> Dave Conroy has to get home, but the hostile environment throws many barriers in his way. <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;">** Describe the Climax of the Story: ** <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;"> Dave is nearly to a safe area where he can get warm and rest, but his body is screaming for him to rest, and both the reader, and Dave, know that if he rests he will die. In the end he does rest. <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;">** How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? ** <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;"> At first, Dave is confident and knows what he’s doing, but over time, he loses his cool and panics. In the end he’s entirely delirious. What does he realize? <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;">** Describe the relationship between the title and the theme: ** <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;"> The title not only tells us about a literal journey through the mountains, but also symbolizes the uphill struggle that Dave Conroy faces against his own stubbornness. This ties into the theme, which I believe is “Do what’s safe, not necessarily what you want to do at the moment”. <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;">** How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? ** <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;"> The main conflict of Man VS Environment shows that the environment greatly affects how one thinks over time and how you can make bad decisions when pressured. This ties into the theme "Do what's safe, not necessarily what you want to do at the moment" because you may think that the wrong decision is the right one due to severe weather and struggles. For example, Dave thinks that he will be able to make it to the nearby cabin to enjoy guaranteed warmth. When he gets there, he finds out that the cabin has burned down. This makes him think that maybe he should have stopped at the spruce tree he saw earlier. <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;">** How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? ** <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;"> The climax illustrates what happens when you make bad decisions. <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;">** Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes): ** <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;"> **Simile:** <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;"> “...new snow, white and soft as flour.” <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;"> **Metaphor:** <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;"> “...the cold was an old man’s fingers, feeling craftily through his clothes.” <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;"> **Personification:** <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;"> “...the loud wind howling...” <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;"> **Symbol:** <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;"> The bright light behind the sun is a symbol for the final destination after death, wherever that may be. <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;"> **Foreshadowing (give both elements):** <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;"> The fact that Dave regrets his earlier decision not to camp under a tree foreshadows the fact that he will make more bad descisions. <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;"> **Irony:** <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;"> Dave thinks about how foolish it is for a man to travel in the mountains alone, yet he himself is a man traveling in the mountains alone, and he does turn out to be foolish. <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;"> **Imagery:** <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;"> “He was so tired that his mouth was dry with the taste of salt.” <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;">** Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. ** <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;"> Our class theme is power. This story talks about the power of longing. Since the protagonist is longing to get to somewhere warm, he makes several bad decisions. It also tells us about the power of companionship. If Dave had had someone with him, several of the tragedies in this story could be prevented. Completion 5/5 Effort 5/5 Content 5/5 total 15/15

Howard O'Hagon's short story, 'A Mountain Journey', is focused on a trapper named Dave Conroy. He is foolilsh and quite egoistical. "...a man was a fool to travel alone in the mountains, especially with a heavy pack, bucking a fresh fall of snow." Dave believes that he can finish this journey without any major issues, and the fact that these mountains are dangerous, also makes Conroy brave, It takes a lot of guts(too informal) to go into the harch snowy mountains to trap. Most importantly, Dave Conroy is persistant. Thruoghout his journey, Conroy encountersseveral obstical s that, if he was not persistant, could have made him give up (maybe that would have been a good thing). But at the same time, this persistance adds to his challenges. He keeps thinking of the guaranteed warmth that he could have. This leads to Dave not thinking of the sensible thing to do-- to stop. These traits are both wonderful, and troublesome for this trapper, fighting for survival. 4.5/6
 * Character Sketch: Dave Conroy**

5- because i have 3 recongnizable traits of Dave Conroy and have a sentence explaining them. I also have a topic sentence and a conclusion sentence and have avoided using words such as doesn't, won't,wasn't, etc.