a+mountain+journey

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title:_the mountain journey_

__Point of View:__ third person

__Protagonist:__dave conroy

__What type of character is the Protagonist?__ he's the main character in the story,he is also a good guy who is a bit over confedent and makes some mastakes.

__Antagonist__:nature

__Describe the setting__ the setting is taking place in a forest maybe in the middle of winter, very cold, snow everything.

__Type of Conflict:__man vs nature

__Describe the main conflict:when he is trying to get to the cabin but its to cold out.__ Dave conroy is trying to get to the cabin and he falls into a river. hes wet and its really cold out. he keeps on going when he should of stoped and started a fire.

__Describe the Climax of the Story:__ when dave is so tired and sits down in the snow and falls asleep.

__How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story?__ he changes in what he should do. keeps on making the wrong desissions.

__Describe the relationship between the title and the theme.__ the title "the mountian journey" describes kinda on what hes going to do in the story and the setting tells whats it like there. how it a cold place.

__How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme?__ because its really cold and since he did sat down and he was already really cold and was freezing he has a bigger chance of dieing/ fallling alseep which isnt good

__How does the climax help to illustrate the theme?__ the climax is when he sits down and the theme is in a forest so because hes in the forest and its really cold he makes the wrong choice and sits down and then dies.

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

__Simile__:that tree, like a strong and lonely woman

__Metaphor:__ the fire lepted from the cabin

__Personification:__ if he slept his fire slept with him

__Symbol:__ the white cabin, symbol of death

__Foreshadowing (give both elements):__ when dave talks about this guy who traveled through the forest and his feet got frozen, he then walked on his frozen feet to the station where a doctor amputated his feet, later on in his life he became a shoe maker.

__Irony:__ a guys feet get frozen and has to get them cut off, ends up makeing shoes.

__Imagery:__ his back was full of sweat, was he shivered in the cold.

__Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story.__ class theme is mystery and the theme in the story is survival, did he die in the end? how did the cabin burn down?

__**Responding:**__

1. What was Dave Conroy doing out in the wilderness? he was trapping animals and getting there fur.

2. At what point dose the reader know the protagonist is in serious trouble and not likely to reach MaMoran's cabin? When Dave falls into the water and doesnt stop and then he starts freezing, and when he lays down in the snow and falls asleep we know hes likely not to wake up.

3.What three critical mistakes did Conroy make? What are sime things he could have done to prevent himself from freezing? Dave starts getting cold, he should of make a fire to stay worm but kepted on going. He falls into freezing cold water, thought he could make it to the cabin, but when he got there the cabin was bunt down and he was already frozen. he should of make a fire right away and made sure he wouldnt freeze. he was way over confedent. he could of not freeze by when he got cold make sure he got worm again right away.

4.What effect dose the setting of the story have on the plot and theme? How Dave is over confedent and coast him his life.