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Character Sketch

Character traits are part of literature as they define characters' personality and with these traits, readers can understand and judge the characters internally. In the story "A Mountain Journey" by Howard O'Hagan, Dave Conroy has the traits of determination, arrogance, and foolishness. Dave is determined because he could have stopped anytime during his long journey, but he just kept going after he hit an obstacle. Determination is a good trait to have in everyday life, but as Dave would demonstrate, too much can lead to overestimation. Another character trait that Dave has is arrogance. This is an important trait about Dave because it is similar to determination in the way that he believes that he can overcome nature's obstacles and believes that he can do anything. Arrogance is not the main character trait of Dave, but it was part of his personality and his actions. The last character trait about dave is foolishness and Dave is very foolish. The character trait is not great since it creates bad decisions and makes the character look stupid. In everyday society an example of foolishness is someone who pays $100 for speakers when they could have got them for $50. This might not seem like a big deal, but after looking at what happen to Dave, one would say that foolishness is definitly part of Dave's character traits. A quote that relates to Dave's stupidity is, "Conroy paused a moment, leaned against a snow bank, sank down into it and rested," and concluding that is, "Then he lay back for another moment, to rest." Dave Conroy had the traits of foolishness, determination, and arrogance, which all led to the outcome of death. If events had altered a little, his determination might have even saved him, but that did not happen and caused him his life.

Good Work Zane! Good use of support; although, I am not sure about the "speakers" example. 5/6

5 because it explains the ideas and there are some examples. It is also convincing and supports the text. Zane and Ian