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Exposition: setting
The setting is a day in January on a cold mountain area, and the character is on his way to Cherry Creek Divide to meet some friends. -
Exposition: characterization
Tom Vincent is the character in this story and he is described as big boned and big muscled. -
Rising Action
Tom is travelling through the snow. -
Rising Action
He starts to get frost bite. -
Rising Action
He travels a little more, and he grows colder and colder. -
Climax
The climax is when Tom decides to build a fire -
Falling Action
The beginning of the falling action is when he tries to build a fire. -
Falling Action
The fire is not working and he is still growing colder. -
Falling Action
Tom intentionally burns his hand in an attempt to be able to start a fire and not get frost bite. -
Falling Action
His burnt hand builds a successful fire and he stays by the fire all night so that he can get warm. -
Falling Action
He got up and limped towards the Cherry Creek Divide. -
Resolution
After a month, he could walk again and even though his hand will always be burnt, he knows he should never travel alone.
