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=Character Sketch - Dave Conroy=

Dave Conroy, the protangonist of "A Mountain Journey" was a character with good intentions, but poor decision-making skills. Dave's persistency was evident in a situation when someone else might falter and give up easily. This is Dave's most admirable trait. We see Dave pull through a difficulty when he desperately tries to remove the frozen ice from his skis after he falls into the river. In such cold weather, this fall will freeze wherever the water touches him. Dave understands that he should stay and warm overnight, but his persistency guides him to more peril. Though his decisions out of persistency are not often the intelligent ones, these show how brave Dave is out in the wilderness alone with a small glimmer of hope encouraging him to keep skiing. When the time comes to make a choice, Dave is over-confident in what he thinks he knows and will assume. The assumptions that Dave makes are often caused by his first and least likeable trait, ignorance. Dave tried his best to get home from fur-trapping as soon as he could, but time and time again made a wrong turn in his environment and in his mind, through ignorance. The ultimate dilemma which Dave reaches in the end of this story is whether or not to rest. Dave's most prominent quality, ignorance, nullifies his persistence, and for the first time the reader sees Dave falter and give up just for a moment. In that small moment he assumes he will be fine after a slight rest and be able to go on in hopes of reaching the cabin. Ignorance is what causes his ultimate peril and ignorance is the mental block that does not allow Dave to logically think out his situation. His dilemma is not resolved as a result of his good quality of persistency, and he instead reaches the end of life. This unfortunately strong trait in Dave would have held him back elsewhere in life if not in the woods searching for a cabin. If Dave had listened to his instincts and followed through with persistence, perhaps he would have found his way out of the woods and realized persistence is more important the ignorance.

Written By Ninu Forrest Marked by Ninu and Melody: 5/6

Great Job Ninu. Thanks for the re-write. Try and compact your writing by eliminating unnecessary words and repetitive phrases. 5.5/6