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? He is a round character.

Antagonist: Nature

Describe the setting:A snowy mountain range

Type of Conflict:Man vs nature

Describe the main conflict: When he falls into the stream and freezes his hands and feet

Describe the Climax of the Story:The climax of the story is when he finds out that the cabin has burned down and that his hands are frozen so he can't make a fire

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? He realizes at the end how stupid he'd been.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. The title was about a mountain journey, but the story itself was about a man who went on a journey on a mountain, the journey was within himself

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? The theme was a journey, and the main conflict was a man’s journey against nature and his struggle against the cold, and his determination not to give up.

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme?

The climax helps illustrate the theme because the climax is a man’s journey to defeat the cold...

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

Simile: ‘That tree, like a strong and lonely woman, called to his weary body to stop.’

Metaphor: ‘...the cold was an old man’s finger feeling craftily through his clothes.’

Personification: ‘The cold was nibbling at him'

Symbol:The cabin with the open door inviting him in

Foreshadowing (give both elements): When he says a man alone would travel to far.

Irony: He says a man alone will travel to far and then doesn't heed his own warning and dies for it

Imagery: ‘...new snow, white and soft as fur.’

Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story.Throughout the whole story he makes bad choices that ultimately lead him to his death

Completion 5/5 Effort 3.5/5 Content 4/5

total 12.5