Hatchet Author: Gary Paulsen Gary Paulsen is an American writer‚ who writes many young adult coming of age stories about the wilderness. He is the author of more than 200 books (many of which are out of print)‚ 200 magazine articles and short stories‚ and several plays‚ all primarily for young adults and teens. He was born on May 17 in Minneapolis‚ Minnesota in 1939. He has also written sequels to Hatchet‚ these books form Brian’s Saga which consists of: Hatchet (1987) The River (Hatchet: The
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Robyn-Alexis Prd. 3 Book Report: Guts by: Gary Paulsen General Information If I could rename this book‚ I would probably call it Close Calls because Gary Paulsen‚ the main character‚ has survived countless dangerous situations that should have ended with his death. The main setting‚ where most of those incidents have occurred‚ is the woods of Minnesota and occasionally Alaska. To me‚ it feels that Paulsen is just as amazed at his multiple
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locking on mine as I went beneath the surface.” Later on “there was a large noose-knot on the end and it tightened and started pulling up and when the knot hit I grabbed and held and the dogs pulled me out of the hole and back up onto the ice.” (Gary Paulsen) I think this means that dogs will do anything to save their master and that includes pulling them out of frigid ice‚ and since they know what’s going on in an instant they saved him before he drowned. Later in My Life in Dog Years‚ “Two steps
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Dogsong and The River‚ both written by the same author‚ Gary Paulsen. This is the most obvious similarity between the two books but there are much more. They both have a teenage boy as their main character and are both about a boy embarking on an expedition. These are the general similarities‚ but there are also many differences between them. Now let’s go deep into each book and look at some of their unique aspects. Dogsong - Gary Paulsen This book has nearly double the number
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The Transall Saga Mark Harrison is a thirteen year old boy who is obsessed with hiking and backpacking. In the book The Transall Saga by Gary Paulsen‚ Mark has finally convinced his parents to let him backpack by himself across an abandoned missile range and he couldn’t be more excited‚ until a strange blue light teleports him far into the future where the world has devolved into the days of swords and arrows. After‚ being in the new environment for a while mark begins to worry about
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Narrative Book Report: Mudshark by Gary Paulsen Ryan Buffington Need a detective? Mudshark is given a mission by his principal to discover who or what is taking things from the classrooms at school. Strange things are happening at Mudshark’s elementary school. Erasers are disappearing‚ a gerbil is on the loose somewhere in the school‚ and there is a problem in the faculty restroom. When I first decided to read the book‚ I thought it would be interesting. The cover and title of the book
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In The Crossing‚ a book by Gary Paulsen‚ a boy named Manny Bustos is trying to overcome the challenges of crossing the border between Mexico and the United States. Manny‚ a 14 year-old homeless boy thinks that if he can cross the border his life will be good forever. He is right that he will be able to get a job and be able to do fine. He will be fine if he is able to make it to America because if he is able to survive in the harsh conditions of Juarez‚ Mexico such as fights‚ drunken soldiers‚ older
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literature allows individuals to live through events which they have not encountered in their lives. I agree with this quote because I believe it is true. This quote is shown to be true through the books‚ Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens and Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. In both pieces of literature‚ characters had an experience which we haven’t had or been through. Books help us understand the situations that we haven’t faced yet. In Oliver Twist‚ Oliver’s experience was bad. He was stuck in a situation. The
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Steven Newberry 12/18/2012 Period 6 Title: Brian’s Hunt Author: Gary Paulsen Protagonist: The protagonist in this story is Brian himself. He is about 16 years old. he is a very strong and spirited person. He has many obstacles come his way but his bravery helps him overcome the obstacles. Once he was rescued he decides he wants to pack his bags and go back out the canadian forest and live for a month or so. Antagonist: Later in the story the bear becomes the antagonist. The bear has killed
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The Crossing by Gary Paulsen is a book about a young boy trying to cross the Mexico border into America. The question that is asked now is why is this an important novel for American students to read? This is an extremely important book for American students to read for many reasons such as‚ it gives us a way to experience the way some people are who are not as fortunate as us live. Many kids around the world are exposed to such graphic and horrific things everyday and don’t realise what they go
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