Irina Baisheva NBE3C1.12 Clark, Daniel 14 September 2025

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IRINA BAISHEVA
16 SEPTEMBER 2025
NBE3C1.12
TITLE: A MOUNTAIN LEGEND
AUTHOR: JORDAN WHEELER

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Plot Outline (7 points)
1. EXPOSITION
“THE SCHOOL BUS DROVE INTO A SMALL SUMMER CAMP AT THE BASE OF A TOWERING MOUNTAIN.”
THIS INTRODUCES THE SETTING AND THE CAMPERS, SHOWING WHERE THE STORY BEGINS. IT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THE MOUNTAIN, WHICH WILL PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE
EVENTS OF THE STORY.
2. INCITING INCIDENT
“HEY JASON, WHY DON’T YOU CLIMB UP THAT MOUNTAIN TOMORROW MORNING AND TRY TO CATCH AN EAGLE?”
THIS DARE CHALLENGES JASON TO PROVE HIS BRAVERY, STARTING THE MAIN CONFLICT OF THE STORY. IT PUSHES HIM INTO ACTION AND SETS UP THE CENTRAL TEST HE MUST FACE.
3. RISING ACTION (1)
“‘YOU’RE CHICKEN, YOU COULDN’T CLIMB THAT MOUNTAIN IF YOU TRIED,’ RALPH CHARGED. ‘I’M NOT CHICKEN! I COULD CLIMB THAT MOUNTAIN, NO PROBLEM. IT JUST ISN’T TIME
YET.’”
RALPH INSULTS JASON AND CALLS HIM A COWARD, WHICH FORCES JASON TO DEFEND HIMSELF. THIS MOMENT BUILDS TENSION BECAUSE JASON FEELS TRAPPED AND CLOSER TO
ACCEPTING THE DANGEROUS CHALLENGE.
4. RISING ACTION (2)
“AT FIRST, THE CLIMBING WAS EASY, BUT HIS PROGRESS BECAME SLOW AND CLUMSY AS HE GOT HIGHER UP.”
JASON BEGINS TO STRUGGLE PHYSICALLY AS THE CLIMB BECOMES HARDER. THIS BUILDS SUSPENSE AND SHOWS HOW SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS THE CHALLENGE REALLY IS,
PROVING THAT JASON IS DETERMINED NOT TO QUIT.
5. CLIMAX
“HE WAS SO INTERESTED IN THE TWO YOUNG EAGLES HE DIDN’T NOTICE THE MOTHER EAGLE CIRCLING HIGH OVERHEAD, NOR DID HE HEAR HER SWOOP DOWN TOWARDS HIM
AND HER NEST. SHE LANDED IN FRONT OF HIM, SPREAD HER WINGS, AND LET OUT A LOUD SCREECH. JASON WAS SO TERRIFIED, HE INSTINCTIVELY JUMPED AND IN DOING SO,
LOST HIS BALANCE.”
JASON FACES THE MOST DANGEROUS MOMENT OF THE STORY WHEN HIS LIFE IS AT RISK. THE TENSION PEAKS AS HIS FEAR AND COURAGE ARE TESTED TO THE EXTREME.
6. FALLING ACTION
“HE BEGAN CRYING OUT LOUD AND HEARD IT ECHOING OFF THE ROCK. OR HE THOUGHT IT WAS AN ECHO. HE STOPPED AND LISTENED. THERE WAS MORE CRYING, BUT NOT FROM
HIM. AGAIN HE FELT THE PRESENCE OF SOMETHING OR SOMEONE ELSE. THE WIND SWIRLED IN AND WHISPERED TO JASON THE MOUNTAIN’S LEGEND.”
WHILE STILL IN PERIL, JASON SENSES A SPIRITUAL PRESENCE AND REALIZES HE IS NOT ALONE. HOPE REPLACES PANIC, EASING THE TENSION AND SIGNALING THE TURN TOWARD
RESOLUTION.
7. RESOLUTION
“SUDDENLY, HE SAW MUSKAWASHEE STANDING ON THE LEDGE, EXTENDING A HAND DOWN TO HIM… THE TWO BOYS FACED ONE ANOTHER, LOOKING INTO EACH OTHER’S
EYES THE DESCENDANT GAINING PRIDE IN BEING INDIAN, AND THE ANCESTOR COMPLETING THE QUEST HE HAD BEGUN HUNDREDS OF YEARS EARLIER.”
THE STORY ENDS WHEN JASON RECEIVES SPIRITUAL SUPPORT FROM MUSKAWASHEE, WHICH ALLOWS HIM TO SURVIVE AND GAIN STRENGTH. JASON PROVES HE CAN COMPLETE
WHAT HIS ANCESTOR COULD NOT, GAINING PRIDE IN HIS HERITAGE AND GIVING PEACE TO THE SPIRIT.

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Theme Statement
TRUE COURAGE COMES NOT FROM
PROVING YOURSELF TO OTHERS, BUT
FROM DISCOVERING STRENGTH IN YOUR
HERITAGE.
Suddenly, he saw Muskawashee standing on the ledge, extending a hand down to him The descendant
gaining pride in being Indian, and the ancestor completing the quest he had begun hundreds of years
earlier.

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Conflict
Claim: The type of conflict that most impacts the climax of A Mountain
Legend is Person vs. Nature, because Jason must survive the mountain s deadly
height and the wild mother eagle.
Quote: He could see that if he slipped, he would plummet straight down for that
twenty feet and after hitting the rocks below, he would tumble a great distance
further. He knew it would spell death.
Explanation :
This moment shows how the mountain itself creates a life-or-death situation
for Jason. The natural world height, rock, wind becomes the real threat,
Without the conflict with nature, the story would not reach its highest tension

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Device #1
Literary Devices
Personification
Explanation: The wind is given the human action of whispering, which
makes the mountain feel alive and mysterious. This builds suspense
Device #2
Foreshadowing
his death, releasing a terrible cry that echoed from the mountain
near-fall in the climax. It prepares the reader for the danger ahead