A+Mountain+Journey



=Short Stories - Literary Devises = =Title :A Mountain Journey = =Point of View: Thrid person point of view, because the story is using third person pronoun such as "he". = =Protagonist: Dave Conroy = =What type of character is the Protagonist? = =Dynamic Character and... = =Antagonist: Environment / Nature = =Describe the setting: Dave Conroy travelled to a mountain during the winter season. More specific location and mood/atmosphere. = =He is getting so tired, and afraid being lost. This is plot __not__ setting. = =Type of Conflict: Man vs Environment = =Describe the main conflict: Dave Conroy travelled far and is alone in the winter wilderness, the environments around around him can be worse than he thought. = =Describe the Climax of the Story: The climax of the story is the moment Dave Conroy crossing the river, when the river being cracked, everyone think he going to die, and how can he solve the problem. = =I think that is the most nervous moment in the story. = If this is the climax then everything after it is conclusion. Does this make sense? =How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? = =He changes over the course because he should of done what he was suppose to do but didn’t and died. <span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Vague = =<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. = =<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">I think the the theme of this story is "don't give up is the beginning of success"or " give up is the beginning of unsuccess". So if a per<span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">son try ing to finish a mountain journey, he will <span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">success if he don't give up. If he <span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">give up, he will never finish the full run, like this story <span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">tell us the consequence of <span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">give up. = =<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? = =<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">The main conflict is Man vs Environment, he is fighting over this bad environment around him, <span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">he knew that was a chance to left him get out of this bad environment, so he didn't give up, that helps to illustrate the theme of the story. = =<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? = =<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">when his hands fall into the icy water, he still not giving up, even his han<span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">ds gett ing numb and cold. = =<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">That help to illustrate the theme by the spirit of non giving up. = =<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; 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; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Simile: "That tree, like a strong and lonely women, called to his weary body to stop". <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">"His skis had sunk a foot in the new snow, white and soft as flour". = =<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Metaphor: "The world was growing small,dying slowly in the darkness of the sunlight". = =<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">" The long white avenue of the river opened before him, lined on either side by tall spruce trees". = =<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Personification:<span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> "His neckerchief flapped in the wind on the snow beside his cheek". Not Personification! = =<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">" That tree, like a strong and lonely women, called to his weary body to stop". <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">"The loud wind howling in crescendo by his ears". = =<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Symbol: "His skis had sunk a foot in the new snow, white and soft as flour". <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Snow is the symbol of this story. = Foreshadowing (give both elements): "Dave Conroy has travelled far and is alone in the winter wilderness". That give a hint about he will being danger in the wilderness. Irony: How good to rest! How soft and warm the snow! Why is this ironic? =<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Imagery : "He was tired that his mounth was dry with the taste of salt". = =<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">The relationship between them is that he makes decision in the story but <span style="color: #ff0000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">it's a mystery because they never really happen. I don't get what you are saying here. This should be a paragraph. = Completion: 5/5 Effort: 3.5/5 Content3/5 total 11.5/15