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

Dave Conroy was trapping and skinning animals in the wilderness proof of this when it describes actions “On his shoulders, he had lifted
upwards with him at every step his pack of food for another five days on the trail, his blankets, axe and fifty pounds of fur for the
market-the result of six weeks’ trapping on the head of the Jackpine.”
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)

The point that the reader knows the protagonist is in serious trouble and is not likely to make it to MacMorans cabin is when he felt like this on page 96 “Unable to light a fire, without warmth or food, he would never make it. His fingers were frozen. Feet probably were frozen too.”
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 he made were not setting up enough camps and just rushing toward his destination, instead of continuing to reach the cabin. He fell and got parts of him wet and in his mind, he thought to keep going to the cabin and make a fire there instead of as soon as that incident in the water happened. When he arrived at the cabin he knew that from falling in the water he had to make a fire but as he went to go light a match he couldn’t because his hands were so cold that it was not possible. he could have prevented these things if he had thought about them and didn’t rush.

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

Exposition  We meet Dave a trapper freezing on a mountain that is trying to get to a cabin to wait out the night

Complicating incident:  Dave falling into ice and getting really cold

 crises:

1 The blue creek cabin was burned down when he got there

2. His hands and legs freezing unable to make fire and had no food

3. the next cabin getting entirely gutted when he got there

 Climax: He gets to the cabin but it turns out to have been covered in snow and is uninhabitable so he decides to hike to another cabin to spend the night. While he was on the way he gets tired and lays down to take a rest.

 Denouement: Dave started dreaming things and wakes up only to find himself in ice and he dies

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 a freezing cold forest and mountain by the Atlantic Ocean with lots of ice a railway track and multiple cabins in the area with lots of wildlife in the 1600s to 1800s. this setting, caused the protagonist to go out and hunt these animals, survive the cold temperature and search for the cabins in the setting.

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

The cabin for David symbolized daves need to be  safe and because he thought he was close to it he imagined that he was close to it in the dream because so far he has been trying to get to safety and this dreamed up place is a symbol of that

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

1. He was beginning to feel like a ghost on an abandoned planet

2. That tree, like a strong and’ lonely woman

3. The moon threw his shadow on the snow

4. They were cold and white and unresponsive as
a dead man’s

A Mountain Journey Vocabulary
1. eternal p.92 Forever or never-ending
2. immobility p.93 inability to move or be moved.
3. opaque p.93 not able to be seen through; not transparent.
4. reverberation p.93 prolongation of a sound; resonance.
5. momentum p.93 The quantity of motion that an object has.
6. cadaverous p.94 resembling a corpse in being very pale, thin, or bony.
7 .. congregated p.95 gather into a crowd or mass.
8. inundation p.95 an overwhelming abundance of people or things.
9. beggared p.95 reduce (someone) to poverty.
10. filched. P.96 pilfer or steal (something, especially a thing of small value) in a casual way.