1. What was Dave Conroy doing out in the wilderness?

Dave Conroy was trapping and hunting out in the wilderness.

2. At what point does the reader know the protagonist is in serious trouble and not likely to make to MacMorans cabin? (plot)

The point that the reader knows the protagonist is in serious trouble and is not likely to make it to MacMorans cabin is when

3. What three critical mistakes did Conroy make? What are some of the things he could have done to prevent himself from freezing?

  • There was a tree that he heard calling after him and later he knew that he should have stayed under it, instead of continuing to reach the cabin.
  • He had falling and got parts of him wet and in his mind he thought to keep going to the cabin and make a fire there instead of as soon as that incident in the water happened.
  • When he arrived at the cabin he knew that from falling in the water he had to make a fire but as he went to go light a match he couldn’t because his hands were so cold that it was not possible.

4. Determine the elements of plot in this story: exposition, complicating incident, 3 crises, climax, and the denouement.

Exposition: Dave Conroy is outside in the cold wilderness and the only thing stopping him and what is in the way of him and safety is pride.

Complicating incident: He had found a tree and he thought of staying there the night so he could take a break but he wanted to keep going to get to his destination (cabin).

3 crises: 1. Dave fell into a small river not that deep and he was in need for a fire to make to keep warm but h decided to keep going.

  1. Dave got to the cabin and saw that it was all gone and burnt to grounds.
  2. He tried to make a fire yet he couldn’t because his hands and parts of his body were frosty and so cold, all frozen.

 Climax: He gets to his cabin once its all gone so he decides to hike to another cabin to spend the night. While he was on the way he got tired and lied down to take a rest then he fell asleep.

 Denouement: Dave started seeing things and things were going through his head, about a white cottage.

5. Describe the setting—how does the setting affect the plot and the theme of the story? What is the theme—write a theme statement for this story.

The setting goes a long with the character and the setting shows who the character is, if the setting were to be different then the story would change in many parts.

 6. Find our example of a symbolic setting and explain its meaning.

To me the tree that was calling his name was wisdom and a sign for him to stay instead of going.