Crabbe Journal ten

Ice Breaker Watch the following video to get a sense

of the type of fishing Mary does in the wild.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzkdXFh7N6A

Plot SummaryCrabbe bonds with the woman who saved his life

and who lives in the forest. He was fortunate enough to be seen by the woman while she was going through her everyday routines. After the waterfall incident Crabbe is very weak and is unable to do much. Fortunately, the woman is skilled in first aid, and dresses his wound. The two of them joke about Crabbe's bear attack, while having fish head soup. After being with the woman for part of the day, Crabbe accompanies the woman to the waterfall where he crashed his canoe. He is informed that his three packs (with all of his food, supplies, etc.) were at the bottom of the lake and were basically unsalvageable. After seeing how much the woman did to help him, Crabbe becomes ashamed since he believes he would not do the same to help someone else.

Character Character: Crabbe This is where you complete the analysis of

Crabbe (all characters in your chapter should be discussed).

Be sure to 1. identify the character, 2. provide at least two characteristics (with three textual proofs each), and 3. address character function (why is the character represented this way? – address the characteristics you identified).

CharacterCharacter: Mary

Mary is a woman who saves Crabbe from drowning after he goes over the waterfall.

At this point in the novel, Mary is a flat character.

CharacterCharacteristic: Selfless

Mary shares her shelter with Crabbe, giving up her sleeping bag for him: “She was fully dressed, boots and all, and had a hat on[….] She slept like that, I assumed because I was in her sleeping bag” (68).

Mary also is willing to put herself in harm’s way to help save Crabbe after he goes over the falls. Crabbe says: “She must be incredibly strong, tough and brave[….] She risked her life for me”(74).

Mary cooks for Crabbe and shares the limited food that she works hard to gather: “There were two small fish, fried golden brown, and a chunk of bread that gave off a hot sweet odor[….] It was all delicious washed down with strong, hot tea [which] I found out[…] was Labrador tea she picked herself and dried”(69).

Character Function Why would the author represent Mary as

selfless? Mary is represented as a selfless character in

order to serve as a contrast to Crabbe. Up until this point, Crabbe has been self-

involved, harshly critical of others, and feeling sorry for himself.

Mary’s selflessness is something that touches him emotionally, and it is clear that it is something Crabbe needs to learn.

Conflict 1 Person vs. Nature Crabbe comes into conflict with nature because he

fights the power of the river and water fall and loses. Crabbe cuts his forearm and he has cracked ribs. The pretty girl named Mary helps when he goes into shock from hyperthermia. Overall Crabbe suffers nature’s wrath and if it wasn’t for Mary, Crabbe wouldn’t survive the wrath of nature.

Quotation“When you went over the falls you almost drowned. The water in the river is very cold and when I pulled you out you were already into shock.“ (66)

Conflict 2 Person vs. Self When Crabbe meets Mary, he sees the outdoors person he

thought he might be. Mary is skilled, capable, and properly prepared – all the things Crabbe discovers he is not. This realization is the beginning of Crabbe’s changing perspective. He is embarrassed and begins to adopt a more humble attitude, in contrast to his condescending attitude from the opening chapters.

Quotation“I wasn’t smart at all. I was terrified [about the bear] and

then I fainted.” (71)“I wouldn’t tell everything.” (71) “I wouldn’t have done it for anybody. I followed her,

ashamed.” (74)

Conflict 3 Person vs. Person In chapter 10 Crabbe is found unconscious by Mary, the woman

who saves Crabbe's life. This chapter has a person vs. person conflict because after Crabbe is rescued by Mary, he needs to determine exactly what their relationship might be and whether he can trust her. He tries to figure her out so he knows how much of his own story to share.

Quotation“Who was she? I wondered. And what in hell was a beautiful woman doing way the hell and gone in the middle of nowhere?” (68)“Her words jarred me from my speculations. I said nothing for a minute, torn between the fear of letting my secret out and a sense of obligation to her.” (70)

Theme 1: Empathy Theme statement: No matter how different you think you are there is always someone going through something similar.

Quotation“What had she meant by saying ‘You too, eh?’ I wondered.”(66)

This proves how people are similar because Crabbe is pondering why somebody so different is trying to achieve a similar goal to his. Both he and Mary seem to be running away.

Theme 2: Survival Theme Statement: Before attempting to survive in the wild a person should ensure that they are well prepared and know what they are doing for a successful result.

Quotation“She knew what she was doing, unlike me, out here-one look at the campsite told me that. She could find and cook wild food; she knew first aid, did a really professional looking job of fixing me up. “(68)

Crabbe observes the way Mary has prepared herself to survive in the wild and carefully compares his ways to hers. Crabbe finally realizes why his escape was so unsuccessful, he was extremely unprepared and under educated on survival in the wild.

Theme 3: Appearance vs. Reality Theme Statement: Looks can be deceiving, therefore it is important not to prejudge people.

Quotation:“she could find and cook wild food; she knew first aid, did a really professional looking job of fixing me up. And that face. A face that beautiful, you'd think, belonged in a classy drawing room or on the screen.”(68)

This proves that people are different than first appearances because Mary looks so beautiful, but she is more intellectual about outdoors survival than most people would assume, including Crabbe.

Literary Devices Personification “A shapeless mass of smashed red

fiberglass jammed between two boulders around which angry water boiled and churned.”(73)

It shows how much danger Crabbe is in; he is lucky to have survived. It shows how out of control the water is and the intensity of the personal conflict between Crabbe and nature.

Literary Devices Metaphor “Bright sunlight made it difficult, shooting

little arrows of pain onto my eyeballs.”(65)

Crabbe compares the sunlight in his eyes to the pain of arrows striking their target. This metaphor is so effective because it reveals how vulnerable Crabbe is to the direct, fast path of the sunlight and how painful and sharp the light feels to his eyes.

Literary Devices Simile “ a little like an interrogator in her tone

of voice.” (65) This implies that the girl was speaking in a

stern voice but also a questioning voice. Comparing Mary’s voice to an interrogator lends an importance to her questions and an aggressive tone that suggests that Crabbe is not getting away without providing satisfactory answers.