Gary Paulsen Book Report

Gary’s behavior from the beginning of the movie is odd. He is quite and not very open with his mother. He has angry posters plastered all over his bedroom door and a padlock locking his door

parents at an early age and working as a merchant most of his life . He retreated to a cave in a near

only 7, and he left home when he was only 14. He went from town to town doing

went to work to support his family. He was hired as a apprentice to a bookseller were he

worked driving a grocery wagon at the age thirteen to help support his family. He had eight

other jobs such as janitor,fry cook,and field hand. He learned his work ethic at a young age from his grandmother these things helped him pay for college. He eventually

In 1993, Gary Paulsen wrote the book Nightjohn. Nightjohn is a book set in the 1850s, during slavery. It shows the thoughts and views of a twelve year old girl named Sarny. Sarny is a black slave girl, who is uneducated, malnourished, and living life the best she can. Suddenly, a man by the name of Nightjohn is brought to the plantation. Sarny traded tobacco for learning the alphabet from Nightjohn. Nightjohn ran away one night, and was thought to never return, but actually he created a hidden, underground school. Nightjohn could have been inspired by two interviews, Uncle Billy McCrea’s and Walter Calloway’s.

The process of survival is a basis laid upon many significant factors and it can become an educational experience in which an individual may learn the skill of independent thinking and will inevitably gain new insights into themselves. These ideas are considered throughout the contemporary novel, Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen in which the protagonist, Brian, undertakes tremendous trials. Through their experiences, the protagonist obtains further knowledge about himself, others, and the world.

Gary Carter was born on April 8th, 1954 in California. As a kid, Gary was a paperboy and always did the job right. For such a job like that, he perfected how he delivered the paper and his accuracy. A famous quote said by Gary was a remarkable and one of his most famous quote, “I was going to be the best paperboy ever. I used my StingRay bike and got the papers there after school.

Gary Paulsen, was born on May 17, 1939 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Although he didn’t have an idyllic childhood, and was unsuccessful in his school days, he still managed to become a successful author. Paulsen has written over 40 books and 200 magazines, earning many awards. Some awards that Paulsen has received are three of the Newbery Honor Book awards, the IRA-CBC Children's Choice award , and the ALA Best Book for Young Adults award. Paulsen was also honored in 1991 by the National Council of Teachers of English. For his contributions to young adult literature, Paulsen was given their ALAN Award.

Gary Leon Ridgway was born on February 18, 1949 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was raised in the McMicken Heights in SeaTac, Washington by both of his parents. Growing up Ridgway saw a lot of violence and arguments between his parents. Growing up, his mother noticed that he was constantly wetting the bed. After cleaning him up, she would embarrass him in front of family members. As a young boy, he sort of developed a sexual attraction towards his mom because she would always wear tight clothing and a lot of make-up. He would be attracted to her, but he would also have anger towards her at the same time. Like everyone else, he took the Intelligence Quotient Test, but did not do so great. His IQ score was 82 which is fairly low. His IQ

Hirshi and Gottfredson also say that criminals have disciplinary problems during childhood, i.e. Gary’s father. That is one distinct trait Gary possesses. Hirshi and Gottfredson also say that the traits a criminal has during adolescence and adulthood include: analogous behaviors such as drinking, doing drugs, and promiscuity, and poor social outcome such as a bad education, bad relationships, and difficulty with jobs. Gary once again possesses all of those characteristics. Despite the fact that Gary had a high IQ and an affinity for drawing, he couldn’t succeed more socially. He frequently skipped school at age 12 to go drinking and dropped out of school at age 14. Because of Gary’s impulsiveness, he spent most of his life in jail. His offenses ranged from murder to con scams. Gary killed people he didn’t know at all for what would seem like no reason. All of the offenses ended in Gary being sentenced to the death penalty.

The protagonist of Hatchet by Gary Paulsen is Brian Robeson, a thirteen-year-old boy from New York. The setting of this book is the northern Canadian wilderness. At the beginning of the book, Brian is going on a plane from New York to Canada to visit his father after he and Brian’s mother got divorced. The divorce and “The Secret” that Brian’s mother is having an affair plagues Brian for the majority of the book. As the pilot of the plane is flying them over the Canadian wilderness, the pilot has a heart attack and the plane crashes into a large lake. Brian survives, but the plane has sunk in the lake. Brian is injured and has no food. He eventually finds a bunch of strange berries and eats them, but they end up making him sick. He then finds a large amount of raspberries and spots a bear while he is there. He makes a shelter, but in the middle of the night, a porcupine wanders into his shelter and Brian throws his hatchet at it. It shoots quills into his leg and runs off.

Hatchet's survival story, then, is two-fold. Because stereotypically boys are less focused on the emotional aspect of things, and boys raised on G.I. Joes as opposed to a game of “house” are less interested in domesticity, the adventure trappings of Hatchet serve to mask what is really happening in the story.

much is known about his past. He faced a harsh childhood, being orphaned by age 3, and