Think about the setting and plot of "Up the Slide." What role did the setting play in developing the plot? Write a paragraph of about 100 words explaining how the setting of one scene helped show a potential problem in the story. Include details from the story to support your answer.

“Up the Slide,” the protagonist, Clay, goes in search of dry firewood. He is specifically looking for a dead pine tree that he’s passed earlier. He struggles to navigate the snowy cliff in his search for the tree.

Clay makes several attempts to climb to the tree but slips and slides as he moves across the mountain. Finally, Clay uses his ax to create a path for himself.

He discovers that that there are more dead trees there that have likely not been found by previous hikers because the climb up the cliff was so difficult. He ends up selling the firewood and making a large profit.