In Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet‚ Brian Robeson‚ the protagonist‚ was very resourceful. Brian survived the horrific plane crash in the Canadian wilderness after the pilot had a massive heart attack and died. He was forced to survive with nothing but his hatchet‚ a gift his mom had given him. Brian used his hatchet to build a shelter‚ gather food‚ and start a fire. After Brian woke up from his sleep because of the exhausting plane crash‚ he began evaluating ways to build a shelter. As he started to think
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Quinten Kouwenhoven Stop The Sun In the story Stop The Sun‚ written by Gary Paulsen. The main character is Terry Erickson and the main setting is Terry’s house in the late 80’s. In the beginning of the of the story Terry is worried about his dad’s sickness. This leads us to the main conflict which are his dad’s memories of the Vietnam War. Terry goes out to find information to help try to cure his dad but doesn’t know enough so he asks his dad about it. As his dad is telling the story and realizes
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fictional story “Broken Chain” Gary Soto begins drawing in the reader’s attention by describing Alfonso pushing back his teeth because he felt inadequate about his appearance and was trying to fix his teeth on his own because his parents could not afford braces. I immediately felt compassion for this character. I immediately wanted to know what was going to happen next‚ that’s when I learned he met a girl and needed to borrow his brothers bike. First the story begins with Alfonso’s
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Berger’s "Ways of Seeing" VS. My Own There are numerous ways to "see" a picture. One person’s life can‚ and will affect the way in which they view the painting. I do not agree with Berger’s way of thinking throughout "Ways of Seeing". I feel that his opinions are contradictory‚ and opposite of mine. One reason I don’t like this reading is because he notes‚ "The way we see things is affected by what we know or what we believe. In the middle Ages when men believed in a physical existence in Hell‚ the
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Ever hid something from people to help yourself with something? If so‚ read this article on masking a person’s self and find out if doing this‚ is a good thing or a bad thing. People wear masks for many different reasons. All around the world people hide things. Wearing these masks can be a good thing or a bad thing. If someone wears a mask‚ it can be good for them. It can help them mask what they don’t want people to know about. It can also be a bad thing though because it can get you in trouble
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Hatchet is a book about a thirteen year old boy named Brian Robeson. The author of the story is Gary Paulsen. Brian’s parents have recently divorced‚ and he is spending the summer with his dad in Canada. Before Brian gets on the bush plane‚ his mother gives him a hatchet. A few hours into the flight‚ the pilot has a heart attack and dies. Brian is able to fly the plane for a while‚ but the plane crashes into a lake. Luckily‚ he survives. When Brian recovers from the crash‚ he hops out of the plane
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In Chapter 3 of his book‚ “Ways of Seeing”‚ John Berger argues that in western nude art and present day media‚ that women are largely shown and treated as objects upon whom power is asserted by men either as figures in the canvas or as spectators. Berger’s purpose is to make readers aware of how the perception of women in the art so that they will recognize the evolution of western cultured art. Berger begins by claiming that in nude art the “presence” of a man is that of an actor who asserts
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In John Berger’s “Ways of Seeing‚” his use of artist jargon makes it difficult for the casual reader to comprehend a lot of the points he makes. A section that demonstrates this can be found in the first full paragraph on page 145. Berger uses phrases such as “compositional unity” and “harmonious fusion” when analyzing the paintings Regents of the Old Men’s Alms House and Regentesses of the Old Men’s Alms House. His language can be understood by different readers in drastically different ways‚ which
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This is how I Gary Parkes solved a mystery about a robbery on school campus. It was just past 8:30 I walked into my third period and sat down next to Sarah Willis. When I sat down‚ She asked me how I was doing and I answered "Fantastic!" She replied with "Well did you do your speech?" Then bell rang and "I said I wrote 3 pages". She was really surprised since we only had to write 1 page. That’s when Mr. Hawks came into the class and said to open up your textbooks to page 134. So I opened my textbook
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About the author (2006) Gary Soto was born April 12‚ 1952‚ and raised in Fresno California. He graduated from Roosevelt High School and attended Fresno City College‚ graduating in 1974 with an English degree. His poems have appeared in many literary magazines‚ including The Nation‚ Plouqhshares‚ The Iowa Review‚ Ontario Review and Poetry‚ which has honored him with the Bess Hokin Prize and the Levinson Award and by featuring him in Poets in Person. He is one of the youngest poets to appear in The
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