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    Male Serial Killers: Gary Ridgeway In the summer of 1982‚ one of the nation’s worst and deadliest serial killers would start a killing spree that would last for almost 2 decades. This killer was known as the “Green River Killer‚” but his real name was Gary Leon Ridgway. Ridgeway would murder numerous women in and around the Seattle‚ Washington area during the 1980s and the 1990s. When he was captured in 2001‚ Ridgway had admitted to killing 48 plus women. (Rule‚ 2004) Though‚ it is still believed

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    Gary paulsen Alejandro Carrillo Gary paulsen born minneapolis minnesota on May 17‚ 1939-present in his lifetime he became known as an author‚ but it wasn’t always this way. Gary Paulsen as a child lived with his grandmother until age seven Paulsen then went to live with his parents in Manila‚ Philippines. While living with his parents who continued to argue‚ Paulsen was frustrated and decided to leave at age 14 working odd jobs at a young age Gary in his early years worked odd jobs like;

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    Speak Your Mind‚ Even if the Voice Shakes To make a difference in life‚ you have to have courage. Most people have the ideas of making a difference‚ but don’t have the courage to do anything about it. In the story NightJohn by Gary Paulsen‚ NightJohn shows us how to have courage‚ when everyone else would turn the other way. Foremost‚ NightJohn had escaped from slavery already‚ but came back to teach slaves how to read and write (page 55). NightJohn could’ve just stayed in the North where it was

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    Winterdance rough draft Nature can change the way you live your life. Nature made Gary Paulsen know nothing about sled dogs to racing them and being close to them. He learned how to interact with the environment and become closer with nature itself. In Winterdance by Gary Paulsen the theme that shows up most often is nature transforms and how GaryPaulsen interacts with the environment around him. First off GaryPaulsen went from never owning a dog‚ then to a dog becoming to them becoming one of the

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    “Canyons by Gary Paulsen was a well written story that people who like reading will enjoy. “Canyons” takes place in the canyons in El Paso‚ Texas. Brennan Cole is a fifteen-year old boy who likes to run to escape his thoughts. Coyote Runs is an Apache boy who wants to be a man and is told he will be going on his first raid. Coyote Runs goes on the raid and is successful until he gets shot in the leg. He tries to escape to the medicine place until he gets cornered and is shot in the head. Brennan

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    Brian is going to visit his father in Canada and is on a plane with him and a pilot. Brian Robeson‚ a thirteen-year-old kid from New York City. He is the main traveler on a little plane made a beeline for the oil fields of Canada. Brian is en route to go through the mid year with his dad‚ and he’s inclination completely mooched about his guardians’ late separation. Brian doesn’t have much time to harp on his miserable family circumstance‚ however‚ on the grounds that the pilot—the main other individual

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    Being stuck in the wildern for the entire summer is one traumatic event. What if you had to survive the winter in the wilderness with nothing but the clothes on your back. The story Brian’s winter by gary paulsen takes place after the book Hatchet if he wouldn’t have gotten recused. Now he has to brave a canadian winter. The theme of this book is to pay attention to what is going on around you. I know this because brian hasn’t been paying attention to what is going on around him like winter changing

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    A Cry in the Wild by Gary Paulsen Elements of Action/Adventure book Gary Paulsen’s life experiences help him write his action/adventure stories because of living in the wild with all the wild animals. This could help him make the stories more interesting. It helps him know what they act like. Paulsen can go more in depth with his stories details. Some examples of this are in A Cry in the Wild and Wood Song where the bears are the main problem. He could go into great detail with the details on

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    In the story Canyons by Gary Paulsen was a well-written story‚ but I would not read this over again. I didn’t love this story. Canyons takes place in El paso Texas near Dog Canyon where the weather is always super hot. Brennan Cole loves running and is 15 years old with brown hair‚ he is tall‚ skinny and healthy. Brennan’s mom is a single mother and always has been she works most of the time‚ but has always been in other relationships sadly none of them have worked out yet until Bill comes into

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    There are many events that occur within chapters 6‚ 7‚ & “Words” in Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen. To start‚ on the second night after he got his two middle toes cut off‚ John taught Sarny “H”. After he tells Sarny how to pronounce letters and has a flirtatious conversation with Mammy‚ he breaks the news that he is planning on escaping from the plantation for a short period of time. Sarny thought that this was stupid‚ because she thought that the dogs would be able to catch up to him‚ but Nightjohn had

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