“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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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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“Canyons” by Gary Paulsen is a fast-paced adventure that should be read by all action book lovers. “Canyons” takes place in the hot and dry El Paso‚ Texas near Mount Franklin and up near the jagged rocks that make up Dog Canyon. Brennan is a fourteen year old boy that nearly failed biology‚ runs for fun‚ works for a cold hearted man‚ and lives with a mother too poor to take care of him and is desperate for love. Brennan - Because of the lack of money at home‚ Brennan works for a man mowing grass
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"The Worm"‚ it says in stanza 4‚ "I didn’t like the taste a bit‚ so I didn’t swallow it." Instead of saying‚ I didn’t like the worm so I spit it out‚ or something like that which would sound blander than what the author really used. And in hatchet Gary Paulsen used figure of speech to describe the feeling of eating a turtle egg. On page 95 it states it had are really oily and greasy feeling when it passed down his throat. The author used the descriptive words‚ greasy and oily because those taste
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The book "HATCHET" was written by Gary Paulsen. Hatchet is about a boy‚ Brian‚ who made a forced. Brian is the main character in this book. He is 13 years old. His parents broke up a marriage so Brian lives with his mom until the vacation and he lives with his dad during the vacation. He goes to his father by the plane. The most big problem is starts inside of the plane. While he going to his dad’s house‚ the pilot die because of a heart attack. So Brian drives the plane with a little knowledge
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one’s life. In Gary Soto’s autobiographical narrative‚ he steals a pie from a German market‚ and then feels guilty about the whole incident. Gary Soto recreates the experience of his guilty six year-old self with the use of religious imagery and language‚ the description of his paranoia that everyone knows‚ and the use of the fact that he attempts to escape his guilt‚ but is haunted and unable to escape it. Soto uses religious imagery to relive the time when he stole the pie. Gary Soto “[knows] enough
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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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This image of Gary Ligon is designed to make the viewer ask questions. It is ambiguous in its nature and content. The image is the phrase “I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background” repeated‚ becoming more and more distorted until it is unreadable. There are many questions raised by this‚ the main one being what the meaning of it is. There are many possible answers to this question. For one‚ the author may be saying that he feels very self-conscious about his race when
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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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problems mentioned within the play through reflecting the current acknowledgment towards the issue and making comparisons to when discussion on the controversial topic had begun. The play switches between the perspectives of various townsfolk affected by the debate and shows the changes for better and worst which result from the debate‚ capturing the hopes and
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