In the story "War" by Timothy Findley‚ it is evident to the reader that the title is not actually talking about the war that is in the story but is talking about a different type of war. In the story the reader learns that the war that is being referred to is the war between Neil and his father. Neil is going though a tough time because his father is joining the army and this is hard for him to understand. Throughout the story the reader is trying to find out what the title really mean and it becomes
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eat and caught fish with his homemade spear. Brian learned to get food for himself to survive. Brian had to make fire for warmth and cooking. He didn’t know how to start the fire‚ until threw his hatchet at a porcupine and it missed‚ hitting a rock‚ with sparks flying out. Brian then tried using his hatchet against rocks to start the fire successfully. He encounters a pack of wolves and they stare right into his eyes‚ then walk away. He also encounters a big brown bear and stands very still. If he
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with the reader; a statement that the school of Russian Formalism would disagree with. Eichenbaum‚ Schlovsky and other scholars would argue that the audience has little to no relation with the text and therefore‚ cannot be a vessel of meaning for a literary work. For formalists‚ the form of the literary work creates the meaning that readers desperately seek. However‚ there is another school of literary theory that would argue against the Formalist thought; the school of reader-response theory.
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There are many things that one can learn from the book Hatchet. While on his way to meet his father for Summer vacation at the oil grounds in Canada‚ Brian Robinson finds himself stranded within the Canadian northern Wilderness. The plane he’s flying in crashes when the pilot has a heart attack and dies. Over the period of the summer Brian is determined to survive and hopes that someone will come looking for him before it becomes too late. Brian’s parents’ recently divorced leaving him to live
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Dear Gary Paulsen: The first time I read Hatchet was when I was in the fourth grade. I have always liked survival stories and Hatchet made me really about how fast our world can be turned upside down. I really appreciate the section when Brian tells how his teacher‚ Perpich‚ told him to "stay positive and stay on top of things" and "You are your most valuable asset. Don’t forget that. You are the best thing you have." Just these few words helped me realize that I make myself who I am. Not what I
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Hatchet Answer Key Novel Study Guide Gary Paulsen Answer all questions in sentence form. Chapter One 1. Describe the setting at the beginning of the story. Brian Robeson is sitting in the cockpit of a Cessna 406 on the runway of a small airport in Hampton‚ New York‚ as the pilot beside him prepares for takeoff. 2. How old is Brian Robeson? He is thirteen years old. 3. Why is Brian unable to carry on a conversation with the pilot? The engine of the small plane is roaring so
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Reader Response 1: Mother Tongue by Amy Tan Discusses the way she and her mother use English to communicate. Give specific examples from the reading to explain their interactions in English. The main purpose of this paper is to focus on the linguistic differences and the challenges of cultural translation as a barrier‚ on the other hand the power of storytelling as a bridge. Amy Tan wants to let the reader know that languages influence our lives. Tan discuses in the story the difference between the
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I recently reread the book "Hatchet"‚ by Gary Paulsen‚ and realized that it does not take much to survive. In this book a young man by the name of Brian was on his way to see his dad when his single engine plane went down. The only things Brian had was a hatchet‚ and a little hut that he had built. Today people think that you need the newest stuff and premade food. In this book Brian shows not only the public but the military that he can survive with one tool. The one tool that Brian had he decided
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Hatchet There are many themes to the book of Hatchet that help the reader understand better what the moral of this story is. These themes are Man Versus Nature‚ The Power of Positive Thinking‚ Initiation into Manhood‚ and lastly Contrast between Urban and Wildlife. Thought this story Brian undergoes many challenges that he has to deal with and overcome‚ in order to survive in the wilderness. Each of these themes give examples of the challenges that Brian undergoes and how he deals with each of
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Synopsis Feeling dissatisfied from the traditional approaches‚ I found shelter in Reader Response theory‚ which acknowledged not only my role as a reader in giving meaning to the text but also considered me a scholar who had the right and duty to stand in judgement on the text. In the first chapter the rise of English is traced‚ in order to approach the methods in the teaching of English which were employed when English was established as an academic subject in the universities of England‚ which
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