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