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Exposition: Setting
In the ecposition, the setting of the story is at the Calumet Camp on the Yukon. The main character travels to Paul Creek and Cherry Creek where the temperature 60 degrees below zero. -
Exposition: Characterization
The main character is a young big-boned and big-muscled man. -
Rising Action
In the rising action, the main character suffered from the cold because he had to take off his mitten to eat his biscuit but it was too cold so he had to put his mitten back on. -
Rising Action
Also in the rising action, the main character did not act like the animals. The animals hid from the cold, unlike the main character who faced it. -
Climax
The climax is when the main character fell through the ice and got his feet and ankles wet causing him to be extremely cold. -
Falling Action
Traveling with wet socks is falling action. -
falling action
Actually lighting the fire but then snow fell on it which caused it to extinguish. -
Falling Action
The main characters fingers going numb and not being able to put weigh on is feet but feeling a great deal of pain -
Falling Action
The main character remembering that there is a moose hunters camp somewhere close by. -
Resolution
The main character rubbing his hands together with snow then putting them into the fire then banging his hands on a tree truck. These actions made his circulation come back in his hands. -
Resolution
Months after being rescued he was about to put weight on his feet but his toes were always sensitive to cold.