Happy Friday! Have out your book and a pen.
Journal Entries Due September 21st
Literature Test 1 Philosophies of Literature Intro to Conflict Miss Hinch The Duel Through the Tunnel Top Man Ransom of Red Chief
Literature Test 1 60?’s (scantron) matching/multiple choice/true & false one bonus ? Know: literary terms (protagonist, antagonist, etc.) details of the stories characters (major/minor) settings conflicts in each story (main ones) author information philosophies of literature (1st day) video question (Mt. Everest video)
TOP MAN by James Ramsey Ullman _________ vs. ____ = ________ and continual _______ by James Ramsey Ullman
Author: James Ramsey Ullman (1907-71) He drew from his own experiences. He scaled Everest, the Matterhorn, Mt. Olympus and the Canadian Rockies. Breakneck on the Hudson River— famous snake encounter inspired him
Plot—exploration team attempts to climb the summit of Kalpurtha Setting—Kalpurtha (K3) highest peak in the Garhwal Himalayas 27,930 ft. fictional 4th highest peak in the world
Main Characters’ Credentials Osborn Nace Reserved Excited Inexperienced Experienced Younger & Muscular Older & Agile Make a chart
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Osborn Nace Excited Reserved Inexperienced Experienced Younger & Muscular Older & Agile Enthusiastic Cautious Immature Self-controlled
superior mountaineers Osborn & Nace superior mountaineers SIMILARITY Make a similarity list
Minor Characters: Narrator – Frank Sayre Randolph – team leader Wittmer –lawyer Johns – Alaskan pioneer Dr. Schlapp – physician Bixler – meteorologist/photographer porters – natives
Character Types: Protagonist— Martin Nace Antagonist— Paul Osborn *He is a catalyst used to reveal Nace’s struggles.
Conflicts man vs. man= Nace & Osborn man vs. greater power= mountain man vs. himself Nace’s age death of Furness “TO MARTIN FROM JOHN”
Christian Character Qualities Courage (Josh. 1:9, 18; Ps. 27:14) Selflessness (I John 3:16-18) Enthusiasm (Col. 3:23) Wisdom (Prov. 1:5; 13:20)
Theme: “It is during ordeals like this that the surface trappings of a man are shed and his secret mettle [courage] laid bare.” *It is during hard times that you find out what a man is really like.
Master of Irony Irony: a situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way that seems to be the opposite of what you expected 1862-1910
Examples of Irony Town Name: Summit is flat. Characters: Kidnappers are kidnapped. Resolution: Kidnappers pay to return their victim.
Ironic Characterization Protagonists: Sam & Bill (kidnappers) Antagonist: Red Chief (kidnapped child)
Ironic Conflicts Man vs. Man: Kidnappers vs. kid Man vs. Himself: Bill vs. his intense fear of the kid
Ironic Allusions Example: David vs. Goliath *The little man wins!
Themes Crime never pays. Easy wealth doesn’t come easily. *You reap what you sow.