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The story begins on a bleak January day. It was sixty degrees below zero in Klondike, Alaska.
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Tom Vincent was big-boned and big-muscled, with faith in himself and in the strength of his head and hands.
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The rising action is when he takes off his mitten to eat his biscuit. It was so cold his fingers went numb and the frost begins to sink in.
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The climax of this story is when falls through the ice and here is a quote from when he fell through the ice. “At the instant he broke through he felt the cold water strike his feet and ankles, and with half a dozen lunges he made the bank. He was quite cool and collected. The thing to do, and the only thing to do, was to build a fire.”
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The falling action of this story is when he tries to build the fire in the woods but he struggles before.
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The resolution of this story is when Tom Makes it home.
