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 Static

Antagonist: Environment/himself

Describe the setting: This story takes place in snake Indian river Alberta Canada Time= Mid 19th Century

Type of Conflict: Man vs. Environment/Man vs. Himself

Describe the main conflict: Dave Conroy has embarked on a journey that has resulted in a conflicted with his surrounding environment.(nature) __Due__ to his stubbornness and refusal to stop and take up shelter for the night

Describe the Climax of the Story: The climax of the story is when Dave Conroy lies down in the snow bank to rest.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? <span style="display: block; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Dave Conroy becomes physically weaker and more desperate to get to a fixed shelter. His desperateness is showcased when he tries to light the forest on fire to warm him. His weakness is shown when he loses the physical and mental ability to go on.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. <span style="display: block; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">The theme of the story is that you should take large journeys in little steps. This is directly related to the title because there is no way you can conquer a mountain in one step it would take many small steps which would eventually conquer the mountain.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? <span style="display: block; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">The main conflict is man vs. environment; this is related to the theme by the environment almost trying to warn him and get him to take shelter because he is taking too big of a step.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? <span style="display: block; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">In the climax of the story Dave Conroy was defeated by the environment because he tried to conquer to much at once and paid the ultimate price.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):

<span style="display: block; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Simile: <span style="display: block; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">“That tree like a strong and lonely women called to his body to stop”

<span style="display: block; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Metaphor: “…cold was an old man’s fingers feeling craftily through his clothes.” Personification: <span style="display: block; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">“whose breath had hung"

<span style="display: block; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Symbol: “Across the valley he saw a cottage he had never seen before – a white cottage, low roofed, with green trees beside it and an open door.” The open door symbolizes shelter.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Foreshadowing <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">(give both elements) <span style="display: block; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">: “A man when he was alone would travel to far. He would travel till he could travel no more, for the mere sake of traveling…” <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">What does this foreshadow?

<span style="display: block; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">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.”

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">How is this ironic? Explain

<span style="display: block; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Imagery:“Mist, like the shadow of universal darkness on the treeless summit, moved about him, searched every crevice of the mountain land, roamed in great billows, formed in the blindness and suffering of eternal homelessness.”

<span style="display: block; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. <span style="display: block; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">The relationship between our class theme Power and the story is that as Dave Conroy proceeds in his journey for shelter he is slowly striped of his being. He loses his sense, the ability to move his fingers and feet and even his will to live. These are the three powers (if you will) that all humans posses.We have our mind or intellect, our physical strength and our will. It’s these three powers that different us from each other and which make us human. Dave Conroy is slowly striped of all three of these human traits by his environment and even himself which ultimately results in his death. It's a metaphor for when we are striped or lose these powers we lose our identity and eventually our selves.

Great Job Andy! Excellent connection between "Power" and the story. Completion 5/5 Effort4.5/5 Content4.5/5 total 14/15 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm;">// A mountain journey Character sketch: //

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"> This is a short story where Dave Conroy is heading home before March in the mid 1900’s having trapped in Northern Alberta for a few weeks. As Dave Conroy proceeds and nears the end of his journey the author (Howard O’Hagan) uses this opportunity to show readers Dave Conroy’s true colors. We see how he is easily seducible, desperate and unwilling to accept reality. These traits influence the story because they ultimately define the story’s ending. Dave Conroy is desperate throughout the entire story. From the beginning we see how his only goal is to make it to a fixed she lter ev en after he falls through a partially frozen river. His desperation pea ks, h owever, when he decides “... he would set the forest in a blaze around him and warm himself in its midst”. Dave Conroy is not only unwilling to accept reality but also unable to do so. Yet subconsciously he knows he’s unable to accept reality. For example, after he falls in to the river “He knew what he should do. He should stop, make a fire, dry his hands and feet, change his socks and mittens.” On a subconscious level he is completely rational. He knows what to do but he cannot because he has been seduced by his thoughts of a home cook meal: “... he thought of supper - brown curled bacon, brown bannock, rice with butter melting on it, tea red and strong as rum”. He thought of civilization: “...he wanted to see the works of man about him once again. He longed for the sight of a cabin...” It were these thoughts that caused him to disregard his own safety which led him to become unable and unwilling to accept reality. These traits then weakened him physically because they provoked him to carry on after falling in the river. It was his weakened physical conditions that led him to his desperation. It was this crude domino effect which led to the end of the story. Excellent integration of Quotes and Support! 5.5/6   5.5 because it is superior in its depth of discussion and synthesis of ideas. Demonstrates an insightful understanding of the texts at an interpretive level,it doesn't really show show understanding of literary techniques.