a+Mountain+Journey

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title:  A mountain journey

Point of View: Third person

Protagonist: Dave Conroy

 What type of character is the Protagonist?: Round/Flat/Static/Dynamic?  The Protagonist is a nature because it kills Dave Conroy.

Antagonist:  Antagonist is Dave because he does not like the protagonist which is a nature.

Describe the setting：  The setting is in winter and the places is in the mountain's and the mood is cold and lonely.

 : Describe the main conflict:  Dave was skiing and he was enjoying that time. bet then he fell into the cold water and he needed help because he couldn't move his fingers and feet and then he got no help so he lade down in the snow and he quietly died.

 Type of Conflict

 man vs nature.  man vs himself

Describe the Climax of the Story:  The climax of the story is when Dave fell into the clod water.  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?  At first, Dave was happily skiing but then when he fell, his mood changed. He was cold, and finally he died.  What does he realize before he dies?

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme.  The theme of this story will be lonely. The relationship between the tittle and the theme is because he was all alone throughout the entire story

 Does he die because of loneliness? If not then this is not the main theme.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> He can only communicate to nature, he was the only human being around were he was.

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> When he fell down the pond there was no one else to help him up.

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

Simile: <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Dave Conroy`s hands were cold as ice

Metaphor:

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> Personification: nature is not kind to Dave Conroy

Symbol: <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> snow, because it was winter time, and thats why he died. What does snow symbolize?

Foreshadowing (give both elements): <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> when he fell down into water, you kind of knew what was going to happen next that he died.

Irony: <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> (the cold was an old man's fingers feeling craftily through his cloths.) How is this ironic? Explain.

Imagery: <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> that tree, like a strong and lonely woman.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> Completion 3.5/5 <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> Effort 3/5 <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> Content 2/5 <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> total 8.5/15