QUESTIONS

1. What was Dave Conroy doing out in the wilderness? (motivation)

Dave out in the wilderness because was on his way to MacMorans cabin.

2. At what point does the reader know the protagonist is in serious trouble and not likely to
make it to MacMoran’s cabin? (plot)

We know that protagonist is in trouble when he was submerged under water. He wasn’t able to warm himself with matshes either.

3 .. What three critical mistakes did Conroy make? What are some of the things he could
have done to prevent himself from freezing? (plot)

Three critical mistakes are that he didn’t follow his gut. He shouldnt’ve pushed himself and just set up camp. He shouldn’t have gone on the trail but found a pre set road or waited till the weather calmed down

 

4. Determine the elements of plot in this story: exposition, complicating incident, 3 crises,
climax, and the denouement.

The show is the introduction, where we can find out who Dave is, what he is doing, when the story is going on etc. The complicated accident is when we find out that he is going down the hill for the first time (we find out later that he should have stayed and set up camp) because that is close to where the first incident happens, and the action begins. The 3 emergencies are: Dave falls into the cold, Dave refuses to believe he’s freezing so he continues with his quest and Dave attempts to light up a match but fails because his hands are frozen. The payoff is that Dave knows that he’s beginning to freeze but not doing anything about it, only holding going. The denouement is Dave relaxing and slowly freezing completely.

S. Describe the setting – how does the setting affect the plot and the theme of the story?
What is the theme – write a theme statement for this story.

The setting was a snowy mountain. This changes the atmosphere because it puts a big threat of freezing to death on the mountain. The moral of the story is to not push yourself to the point of almost dying

 

6. Find one example of symbolic setting (concrete place that represents something abstract)
and explain its meaning.

The snow dave relaxes in symbolizes a safe place people can go to in order to calm themselves.

 

7. Quote four images from the story that make effective comparisons (figurative language:
simile, metaphor, and personification)

“At every step too, he had broken trail and his skis had sunk a
foot in the new snow, white and soft as flour.” (p.91)

“the loud wind howling in crescendo by his ears,” (p.93)

“heard water tinkling
over pebbles, murmuring, protesting, running downhill between
ice and pebbles to the Arctic Ocean.” (p .93)

“Snow like a blanket
covered his body and the wind blew snow against his face.” (p.98)

 

VOCAB

Eternal: Not ending

not ending
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immobility: Not being able to move

not being able to move
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opaque: Can’t see through

can’t see through
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reverberation: prolongation of a sound; resonance.

prolongation of a sound; resonance.
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Momentum: the quantity of motion of a moving body, measured as a product of its mass and velocity.

the quantity of motion of a moving body, measured as a product of its mass and velocity.
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Congregated: Group up

Group up
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cadaverous:

resembling a corpse in being very pale, thin, or bony.
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inundated

overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with.
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beggared

reduce (someone) to poverty.
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filched

pilfer or steal (something, especially a thing of small value) in a casual way.
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