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Exposition: setting
The story begins on a cold January day in Klondike Canada. The character Ben Vincent was on his way to cherry creek. -
Exposition: characterization
The character Tom Vincent was stubborn, determined and strong. -
Rising action
The rising action starts when Tom Vincent takes off his gloves and his fingers are numb. He gets up and starts walking again to warm up. -
Climax
The climax of the story is when he attempts to walk over the frozen creek and breaks through the ice and falls into the water. -
Falling action
The falling action was when Tom kept dropping his matches and could not make a fire and he realizes that he is fighting for his life. -
resolution
The resolution is when he made it back to camp.