The Voyage of the Frog By Gary Paulsen “A learning time. Another thought from the night before‚ one that must have come while he was sleeping. He had to know more or he wouldn’t make it. He should try to learn each day. It was like Owen had said – he wanted to know everything. David felt that now‚ felt that he had to know things‚ know all things‚ but there wasn’t a way to learn on the boat‚ not a way to study and gain knowledge. There were no books‚ no radio. Just me‚ he thought
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The first decades of the twenty-first century were full of overcoming obstacles. Prodigy by Marie Lu‚ Hatchet by Gary Paulsen‚ The Lost Hope by Rick Riordan‚ or The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi. What do these four stories all have in common‚ other than their dystopian category? They all are full of hope that leads to perseverance and in the end overcoming the main conflict. Each one of these stories had an obstacle some character(s) had to face. From taking down corrupt governments to life or
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Allen Poe once said ¨Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.¨ By using descriptive language the author allows the reader to create a picture of the story in their head. In the story ¨Stop the Sun¨ by Gary Paulsen‚ the author uses descriptive adjectives and figurative language to develop the setting mood and characters. In ¨Stop the Sun¨‚ the author uses descriptive adjectives to develop the setting and characters. In the story the author described
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In the story “Dirk the Protector” Gary is a street kid that came from the wrong side of the tracks and he finds himself stuck in a tough spot were Dirk comes to his rescue. Will they survive? Dirk was a street dog with an instinct to survive. He had many character traits. Some of them were violent he bit happy. He was also protective because when Gary was getting beat up by happy he bit happy and he and his gang ran away. He is also thankful because Gary gave him Ritz crackers and hamburgers‚ also
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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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Winterdance‚ a non-fiction narrative by Gary Paulsen‚ is a firsthand account of Paulsen’s journey in the Iditarod‚ where the main character‚ Paulsen‚ exemplifies bildunsroman throughout the book by altering his perspective of animals. Paulsen’s attitude toward nature changes dramatically as well throughout Winterdance due to his companionship with the sled dogs‚ experience with other animals along the race‚ and adjustment to trail life. Not only did the dogs guide him physically through
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Woodsong is book about a man named Gary who is training to join the iditarod‚ with more than a dozen fun and adorable dogs.Woodsong is a book filled with adventures and lot of mysterious events that all happened in Gary’s life! Woodsong talks about the adventures of the wildlife and how to always expect the unexpected in the woods.Gary paulsen is a great book writer‚ and most of his work is based on wildlife‚ his personal adventures and life in the woods.If you love adventure‚ fun and the wild‚ you
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looking for ways to fix them‚ and that his Brian’s personality. Using the advantage of his characteristic‚ he first finds water resources from the lake and builds up a clumsy shelter by using the rock near the bank of the lake. The first food source‚ gut cherries he calls‚ have too much strong taste and made him throw up. Therefore‚ he finds a new type of berries for food‚ raspberry. He feels happy with the sweetness and familiarity of the
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Turning points are events in people’s life that can affect their life in good or bad way. In “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros‚ “Middle School Loneliness”‚ and Hatchet by Gary Paulsen had all faced life changing events (Turning Points). They all adapted to their turning point‚ but it wasn’t easy doing so. “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros is a drama about the main character‚ Rachel‚turning eleven‚ but still feels ten‚ nine‚ eight‚ seven‚ six‚ five‚ four‚ three‚ two‚ one. Rachel’s turning point is
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Hatchet‚ a novel from Gary Paulsen‚ is the story about a 13-year-old boy named Brian Robeson‚ who went flying in a single-engine plane to visit his father in the Canadian wilderness. But when the plane crashes into a lake‚ he has to learn how to fend for himself for 42 days. Brian is the main character in this whole story. the side characters are his mom‚ the pilot‚ and the dad. The mom is one of the most basic characters in the book‚ but she is the one who is hiding the "Secret" from Brian.
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