He silently wishes that he might make it to the camp where the other men are. He does not want to die from hypothermia, although he does not mind it if he loses a couple of fingers and toes. This leads the reader to start acknowledging that the man will die a very slow and horrifying death. As the man journeys through horrendous weather conditions, the reader is able to mentally picture his frozen cheeks and his numb fingers. As he tries to spit out the chewing tobacco that he has in his mouth, it lands on his beard, making it a colorful amber.
Images run through the reader s mind as the man's experiences come alive.
After long hours, the dog moves closer to man, and after it smells death, it backs away and howls up to the sky. The plot is easy to follow. It gives the reader very detailed events from start to finish. This story makes sense because of the setting where the story takes place and the period in which the story was written. The message that the narrator conveys to the reader is that a person should listen to another person who has more experience.