Questions: 

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

Dave Conroy was out in the wilderness because he was traveling to MacMoran’s 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)

I think the readers know that the protagonist is in trouble when, he was thrown off of his skis and into the air hole.

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

He could have waited another two weeks before traveling. If he waited longer, the snow would have melted down more. It would have made his traveling a lot easy with longer days. It would also be less cold.

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

Exposition: Explaining that Dave Conroy was tired after climbing the hill.

Complicating Incident: Breaking the tail after every step he took.

3 crises: Only two hours of daylight was left, traveling in the mountains all alone with a heavy backpack, he couldn’t sleep much.

Climax: When he got thrown off his skis and thrown into the cold air hole.

Denouement: He passed away.

5. 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 is up in the mountains, it is also in around February during the winter. There is also some sort of storm/ blizzard happening. The weather effects the plot of the story because, if there wasn’t a storm/ snow, then that would completely change the story since the weather is a big part of the story. I think that the theme is persevering through all of you challenges.

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

“Then he remembered that he was on his way to MacMoran’s cabin on Terrace Creek. MacMoran would
be waiting for him. He tried to rise, but his arms stayed still at his side. ” I think that this is a symbolic setting because, even though he was in trouble he still tried to get himself over to the cabin.

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

Simile: “He was beginning to feel like a ghost on an abandoned planet ” (pg 1)

Metaphor: “He bit his fingers. They were cold and white and unresponsive as a dead man’s. ” (pg 3)

Personification: “That tree, like a strong and lonely woman, called to his weary body to stop.” (pg 1)

“If he slept, his fire slept with him.” (pg 1)

Vocabulary: 

Eternal: lasting forever

Immobility: Not being able to move

Opaque: not able to be seen through

Reverberation: extension of the duration of a sound

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

Cadaverous: describing a corpse as very pale, thin, or bony

Congregated: gather into a crowd

Inundation: an overwhelming quantity of people or things.

Beggared: reduce someone to poverty.

Filched: steal in a casual way.