1. Happy Friday! Have out your book and a pen.

2. Journal Entries
Due September 21st

3. Literature Test 1 Philosophies of Literature Intro to Conflict
Miss Hinch
The Duel
Through the Tunnel
Top Man
Ransom of Red Chief

4. 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)

5. TOP MAN by James Ramsey Ullman
_________ vs. ____ = ________ and continual _______
by James Ramsey Ullman

6. 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

7. 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

8. Main Characters’ Credentials
Osborn
Nace
Reserved
Excited
Inexperienced
Experienced
Younger & Muscular
Older & Agile
Make a chart

9. City: Clipart.com

10. Osborn Nace Excited Reserved Inexperienced Experienced
Younger & Muscular
Older & Agile
Enthusiastic
Cautious
Immature
Self-controlled

11. superior mountaineers
Osborn & Nace
superior mountaineers
SIMILARITY
Make a similarity list

12. Minor Characters:
Narrator – Frank
Sayre Randolph – team leader
Wittmer –lawyer
Johns – Alaskan pioneer
Dr. Schlapp – physician
Bixler – meteorologist/photographer
porters – natives

13. Character Types:
Protagonist— Martin Nace
Antagonist— Paul Osborn
*He is a catalyst used to reveal
Nace’s struggles.

14. Conflicts
man vs. man= Nace & Osborn
man vs. greater power= mountain
man vs. himself
Nace’s age
death of Furness
“TO MARTIN FROM JOHN”

15. 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)

16. 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.

19. 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

20. Examples of Irony Town Name: Summit is flat.
Characters: Kidnappers are kidnapped.
Resolution: Kidnappers pay to return their victim.

21. Ironic Characterization
Protagonists: Sam & Bill (kidnappers)
Antagonist: Red Chief (kidnapped child)

22. Ironic Conflicts Man vs. Man: Kidnappers vs. kid Man vs. Himself:
Bill vs. his intense fear of the kid

23. Ironic Allusions
Example: David vs. Goliath *The little man wins!

24. Themes
Crime never pays. Easy wealth doesn’t come easily. *You reap what you sow.