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The climax is really close to the ending of the story, this is because he only knows for certain Santa does not exist in the very end of the story. Right after he finds out it would be the falling action where there is not much of.
There was not much of a falling action since it does kind of story which ends right off the climax. So the falling action is just someone telling him grow up and stop believing in Santa.
The rising action was mainly about the little boy hearing that Santa is fake. You can see the struggle of him trying to think Santa is real, while everyone around him is convincing hes fake by not believing in Santa. However deep inside him he wants to believe in Santa and hate to grow up and forget about it.
Setting
Well the story didn't tell us where the setting is but it is obvious that it is from some farm up north since it is really cold. It should also be close to the great lakes from what it tells us in the story.
The plot was about an eleven year old boy who doesn't know anymore to believe in Santa or not. He knows he needs to move on to be an adult and forget about Santa, however he also wants to stay as a kid and go to sleep thinking Santa will come to him.
Conflict type will be man vs self, this is because most of the story the boy is struggling to chose to grow up or believe in Santa Clause the whole time. So the antagonist is himself, while also being the protagonist.
Whats special about the story?
The story is special since it is really slow, however even though it is really slow it attracted the readers attention most of the time. There were some literary devices like metaphors and similes but there were not a lot. It was really interesting to read because there was some fore shadowing about the little boy finding out Santa is fake.
-Canadian
-North Battleford, SK
-Cape Breton Island, NS
-Scottish background
-Novelist, short story writer,
professor
(previously a minor+logger)
-No Great Mischief was voted Atlantic Canada's greatest book of all time
-Taught British literature@IU
-Taught Creative writing@UofW
"Remembering a Great Writer: Alistair MacLeod Dies at 77." The Globe and Mail. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2015.
"Alistair MacLeod." The Canadian Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2015.
"Tribute to Alistair MacLeod | CBC Books | CBC Radio." CBCnews. CBC/Radio Canada, 13 Feb. 2015. Web. 23 Feb. 2015.
-Most recognized for short stories
-Patient man
-Most of his writing done in CB
-"The ear is a good editor"
-Unknown world-wide
-Died in Windsor, ON
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