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Exposition: setting
It was winter time in the Klondike in the North on a bleak, January day. It was very frigid, about sixty degrees below zero. -
Exposition: characterization
Tom Vincent was a stubborn man. He was a “strapping young fellow, big-boned and big-muscled, with faith in himself and in the strength of his head and hands.” -
Rising Action 1
Tom Vincent sits down to eat a snack and his fingers turn numb from being out of his glove for less than a minute. -
Rising Action 2
Tom spits on the snow and it immediately crackles. -
Rising Action 3
Tom Vincent reassures himself that he is stronger than the elements. -
Climax
Tom falls into the water. -
Falling Action
Tom Vincent decides to build a fire. -
Falling Action 2
Tom Vincent decides that burned hands are better than dead hands and lights his hand on fire. -
Resolution
Tom Vincent makes it home alive.