So, let's do that by starting with an old fave of ours - Michelle Paver's Wolf Brother - but before we do so, let's pay attention to the fact the story opens in third-person-limited to Torak's pov. So the emotional topography relates to him:
Wolf Brother - Page 1
- Tense fear at waking
- Empty, afraid but loyal to his father
- Why us?
- Horror at the abnormal bear, on edge, it could be anywhere
- Sad desperation about his father
- Distracted by his fear and shaking, then sick
- Out of his depth, the world on its head
- Attempt to be an adult by fighting his fear
- Attempt to be an adult by fighting his fear
- Confronting the imminent death of his father and denying it
- Choosing physical pain to take away the inner
- Fear of surviving alone
- Forced against his will to leave
- Shock at his father's request to swap knives
- Ignore the imminent death
- Tense surprise at movement in the forest
- Expectation that the bear returns
- Avoid the goodbye - he can't deal with it
- Fight the fear and sadness
- Breakdown
- Holding his breath
- Supernatural fear
- The hush
- Disbelief
- Denial and misunderstanding
- Feeling the burden
- Unexpected reveal
- Holding on to the last moments
- Afraid but doing what is asked of him
- Bitter sadness and resignation
- Acting on impulse alone
- Another denial
- Care over the final rites
- Overwhelming sadness at meeting death head on
- A final denial
- Keeping from tears
- An attempt at smiling
- Horror at spotting the pawprint, searching for the cause
- Jumpy
- Realisation of his precarious position
- Trying to hold it together
- Keeping quiet to save himself
- Labelling himself a coward
- Rationalisation
- Denouement - fight or flight - he stalls
- The height of fear and fleeing
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