Essay Archive - Accounts Settled: A Review
Accounts Settled: A Review
In the book, Accounts Settled, there is only one major character
named Gordon. Gordon is seventeen, six feet tall, and has the beginning of
a beard. The main setting is in a forest-filled valley that is a mile from
Gordon's home. The story does not give a specific date but the most
logical time this story takes place is in the winter during the early 1900s.
The inciting incident in the story is when Gordon's dad came down
with flu-pneumonia and Gordon must take his place in taking care of the
trapline that he had set up in the forest. The conflict of the story is
internal and external be....
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