Racing the Great Bear
Exposition
Rising Actions
Climax
Conclusion
Falling Action
The climax is when the bear, Nyagwahe, says that Swift Runner is stronger than him. Also when he says that Swift Runner must take his teeth which his source of power, it has the power heals anyone.
Throughout his long life, he used the teeth of the Nyagwahe to heal the sick, and he worked always to keep the Great Peace.
By: Ethan Hazen Retold Version By: Joseph Bruchac
Who: Ne Onendji, Indians
What: The five nations of Haudenosaunee are fighting against each other. So their creator sends them a peacemaker.
Where: Where the people of the Longhouse tribe live.
When: A long time ago.
The Peacemaker goes to all the tribes of the five tribes of Haudenosaunee and convinces them violence is wrong.
After that happens a time period called the Great Peace a time when all indians got along.
One day several men go to one village to another and they say they will be back in seven days, but they never come back.
Another group heads out to try to find the others but they do not come back either.
A lot of parties are sent out to find the men but any party that goes past the mountains is never seen again.
So the chief offers a reward but none of the warriors take the rewards but a weak, lazy teen, Swift Runner, takes the challenge. His grandma says that village has long forgotten that his family all have been great warriors. Swift Runner was actually good archer.
His grandma gives him food and good advice. The advice his grandma gave was listen to the dog.
The dog and Swift Runner go into the forest and find a bear. They find a cave full of his ancestor's corpses he got very angry.
An apparition comes out of the fire it is the bear's human form.
Swift Runner catches the bear and talks to it.
Swift Runner with his new powers goes back to the cave full of his dead ancestors and resurrects them.
An exposition is the who, what, where, when.
The Rising Action is the how in the story.
The Climax is when you can determine the outcome of the book.
The Falling Action is how the author wraps the story and use it to tie up most loose ends.