Mountain+journey

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: The Mountain Journey

Point of View: Third person & Omniscient

Protagonist: Dave Conroy

What type of character is the Protagonist? Round & Dynamic

Antagonist: Himself

Describe the setting. Almost night, cold and in Alberta

Type of Conflict: Man vs Himself & Man vs Nature

Describe the main conflict: I think the main conflict is man vs. himself because Dave decides to keep moving forward even though he has alot places to stop and try and keep himself warm. Even after he falls through the ice and gets hypothermia he is desperate to find a better place to rest even when there were plenty good places to stop. He though he could over come the force of nature but clearly he could not.

Describe the Climax of the Story. The Climax was when Dave fell through the ice.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? He becomes more desperate and confused. He knew his decision not to stop was not going to well but he kept moving along and eventually got hypothermia.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. The story relates to the title because a mountain represents an uphill struggle, and a journey represents a path, and that could be a life path. So it would make sense to say that the title is relating to the life journey that Dave Conroy takes in this story.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? The climax helps illustrate the theme because Dave Conroy is at a point where he has to make a decision

Give examples of each of the the following literary terms in the story (use quotes): Simile: “ … smooth and thin like the tracing of a pen upon the snow.”

Metaphor: "… cold as an old man’s fingers feeling craftily through his cloths.” Personification: ﻿“… that tree like a strong and lonely woman.”

Symbol: “Across the valley he could see a cottage he had never seen before – a white cottage, low roofed with green trees beside it, an an open door.” An open door means like the break through he got to his destination. The light.

Foreshadowing (give both elements):

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.”