A+Mountain++Journey


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


 * Point of View: 3rd Person **


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


 * Antagonist: Dave Conroy **


 * Describe the Setting: **
 * A mountain northwest of Canada, near the Arctic Ocean taking place sometime in the past. **


 * Type of Conflict: Internal (Man vs. Himself) **


 * Describe the main conflict: **
 * It’s Dave Conroy against himself, throughout the story he continues to make poor decisions resulting in a fatal conclusion. **


 * Describe the Climax of the Story: **
 * The point where his journey starts to go downhill is the Climax of the story. **


 * How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? **
 * Dave changes through the course of the story by making bad decisions effecting him physically and mentally in the end. **


 * Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. **
 * The title is giving you an idea of what the story is going to be about, while the theme is explaining why the events of the story are taking place. **


 * How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? **
 * The main conflict illustrates the theme by explaining the events due to his own actions. Like Dave making poor decisions resulting in the conflict in my opinion being Internal. **


 * How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? **
 * The climax starts when he falls into the river . As soon as that event took place, the whole story started to go downhill for Dave Conroy. **


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


 * Simile: “Mist, like the shadow of universal darkness.” **


 * Metaphor: “The cold was an old man’s fingers...” **


 * Personification: “Set the forest moaning beside him.” **


 * Symbol: “But the light of the sun was dim, as if a brighter light shone from behind it and the sunlight was its shadow.” **


 * Foreshadowing (give both elements): **
 * Dave makes bad decisions hinting that something bad is going to result in the end. **


 * Irony: When he saw a cabin with an open door as he was hallucinating. It’s ironic because all he was trying to do was reach a cabin to be safe and warm. **


 * Imagery: “He was tired. He was so tired that his mouth was dry with the taste of salt.” **


 * Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. **
 * Humans have the ability to make good and bad choices. It’s up to you to figure which one is the right one. This compares to the story because throughout it, Dave Conroy had to make some serious decisions. He just didn’t make the right ones though. **

** Completion 5/5 ** ** Effort 4/5 ** ** Content 3.5/5 ** ** Total 12.5/15 **