The White Mountains is one setting that affected Maroo and her family in many ways during the story. At White Mountains Maroo and Otak are stuck in a blizzard, don’t have much food, and they don’t have much time to save their family. The first effect that affected Maroo and Otak at the White mountain is when Maroo and Otak don’t think they are going to achieve their goal of saving their family. Maroo thought to herself, “ Nor could they hunt, though the meat was running low and so was time. Maroo counted on her fingers: the thumb and forefinger brought them to this shelter, and today would be the second finger.” Maroo and Otak don’t think they are going to achieve their goal of saving their family because two days have already gone and