Question: Describe an important setting in the novel. Explain how it helped you understand a key character

The autobiographical novel Winterdance, written by Gary Paulsen, is based on the author's experience both training for running the Iditarod dog sled race in Alaska. An important setting that helped me understand the key character, Paulsen, was the Iditarod race. The physical conditions of the race helped us understand Paulsen running the race in a difficult and harsh manner can give a hope to never give up no matter what happens. An example of this is when Paulsen still running the race in extreme temperature (cold) -Yukon. “True cold, deep cold even without wind, intense cold becomes a barrier as solid as brick”. This shows that