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Another factor contributing to this, is the fact that there is not really any other option. The climax that was talked about in class was the part of the story where the man drops the matches, and there is no more fire. I believe that this cannot be the climax because the man still has small hope in surviving in other things other than just the matches. At one point he ponders the decision on wrapping his body in the carcass of the dog. "He would kill the dog and bury his hands in the warm body until the numbness went out of them" (par 31 108).

Seeing as how the tone changes near the end of the story, gives us a big clue in where the climax of the story is. This is why I believe the climax is near the end of the story.

With this said, I believe that perhaps when Jack Londo

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