such as Hatchet‚ Dogsong‚ and The Winter Room have all won the Newbery Honor Award. Paulsen is one of the most noted authors in the category and very popular with young people. Growing up in Minnesota Paulsen was born in Minneapolis on May 17‚ 1939 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Paulsen). Paulsen was one of the three children at his home. He had one sister‚ Paulette‚ and a brother‚ Bill. His father was in World WarⅡ. Paulsen did not meet his father until he was seven years old. When Gary and his
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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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The story‚ “The Dogs Could Teach Me‚” by Gary Paulson‚ and the article‚ “The Last Great Race on Earth‚” by Diana Nyad‚ tell stories about mushers in Alaska‚ and their dog sled teams. They are both about the journey‚ and the love between a dog and a human. Mushers in Alaska learn the extent of a dog’s loyalty when they take them out on a trail; they form a bond‚ and feel that they would die for their dogs‚ and that the dogs feel the same. The overwhelming theme in in the two stories is the relationship
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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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Good 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
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Hurd‚ 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
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self discovery. The poem The Road Not Taken’ by Robert Frost also revolves around the theme of the inner journey. The poem is based of a man’s recollection of decision that he once made and its ramifications. The novel The Transall Saga’ by Gary Paulson‚ is the fictional survival story about Mark’ and his adventure after he was transported to a foreign world by a mysterious blue light. Finally‚ the film‚ Pay It Forward’‚ is about a boy named Trevor McKinney and new found thoughts about the world
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Hobbs‚ Will. The Big Wander. Atheneum‚ 1992. Lipsyte‚ Robert. The Contender. Harper and Row‚ 1967. Lowry‚ Lois. The Giver. Houghton Mifflin‚ 1993. Myers‚ Walter Dean. Fallen Angels. Scholastic‚ 1988. Myers‚ Walter Dean. Hoops. Dell‚ 1981. Paulsen‚ Gary. Hatchet. Viking‚ 1987. Philbrick‚ Rodman. Freak the Mighty. Scholastic‚ 1993. Rylant‚ Cynthia. The Islander. DK Ink‚ 1998. Tolkien‚ J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings. Houghton Mifflin‚ 1965. Weaver‚ Will. Striking Out. Harper Trophy‚ 1995. Weisel‚ Elie. Night
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place and could willingly waste time in it.” Do you ever feel like this about nature? Well‚ some people do‚ some don’t. Nature‚ however‚ is always unpredictable and hard to tell what is coming next. In the stories by Emily Dickenson‚ Steven Crane‚ and Gary Paulsen‚ they show how nature is unpredictable and how it impacts people greatly. In “A Thunderstorm” Dickenson shows how nature can be unpredictable and dangerous. She expresses this idea by using figurative language to describe the thunderstorm
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Do we really want Freedom? “The more freedom we enjoy the greater the responsibility we bear‚ toward others as well as ourselves.” A quote by Oscar Arias Sanchez. It’s ones instinctive behavior to ponder and question the meaning of this wonderful quote. In fact this very quote weaves in and out from the chronological threads of history to go as far back as the Bible. Of course there were many variations of this quote such as the quote by Sigmund Freud “Most people do not really want freedom‚ because
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