Ice Break Essay

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Ice Break by Astrid Blodgett. The short story ‘’Ice Break’’ Is written by Astrid Blodgett. The story is a first person narrator, and in this story, our first person narrator is Dawn and it is viewed from her perspective. She is also one of our main characters in the story. Dawn and her dad is on an ice fishing trip. This ice fishing trip is a tradition in the family. Dawn, her dad, and her sister are in a car when the ice suddenly cracks and the car is sinking in the water, and Dawn’s dad tries to save her sister and herself. This short story is about a girl named Dawn and her ‘’small’’ family. Dawn, her sister, and her father are going on an ice fishing trip with their uncle Rick because it is a family tradition. Dawn’s mother and her older sister can’t go with them because her older sister is babysitting a kid that lives down the street and her mother simply just doesn’t want to go. Early in the story Dawn’s mother warns her dad to take care because they were fishing late in the season and therefore the ice isn’t at its best. Which also is the reason why she doesn’t want to go. One of the other reasons is because Dawn’s mom and dad don’t really get along that well. They then drive down a long road and suddenly the car falls through the ice. The father then tries to rescue his two daughters. First he tries to push Dawn out of the window in the car. Then he tries to save Dawns sister and get her out of the car... But it is just too late. At the end of the story we then proceed to hear about Janie (Dawns sister) and her dad at their funeral. It is a very tragic story. Dawn is a normal girl she has two sister and lives with them and her mother and father. Dawn doesn’t really want to go ice fishing just Dawn and her dad. The reason for that is because she gets uncomfortable when it is just them two together. Therefore she pays her little sister to join them on
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