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Exposition:Setting
The frost was 600 below 0; it was thirty miles of a lonely trail in the North in January. The main character was trying to get to a mining camp at Henderson Creek. -
Exposition:characterization
The man does not completely understand how cold it actually was and he did not pay attention to the fact that he was supposed to travel with another person. Traveling alone in the freezing north is not safe. He was young, had big muscles, was big-boned, had strong hands, and was stubborn. -
Rising Action
The main character’s mustache and lips begin to freeze.
He admits that it is colder than he had imagined.
The main character attempts to eat a biscuit and his hands begin to freeze. -
Climax
The main character stepped in freezing water and attempted to build a fire to warm himself up and dry off his boots. -
Falling Action
The main character’s first match falls on the ground because of his inability to grasp it with his nerveless fingers.
The character burns himself with a match and realizes that the pain is not as bad as dying. -
Resolution
The man realizes that he is not as strong and tough as he thought we was.
He realizes that all of the work trying to survive was not worth dying in the cold.
He lies in the snow and dies.