Compare And Contrast Hatchet By Gary Paulsen

Authors and artists have various qualities that are very similar throughout their work. In the painting Red Vineyards in Arles (1888) by Vincent Van Gogh he paints his perspective of slaves working. Van Gogh paints their facial expressions in the way they work. In the novel Hatchet by Gary Paulsen he shows a realistic experience in how the main character Brian gets lost in the canadian woods and goes through multiple situations. The author Gary Paulsen also writes Woodsong this novel shows his real life experience and puts those positions in how he felt into his character Brian in Hatchet. Authors and artists are compared because, they express emotions, show a perspective and finally, they give of view of their personal life. To begin, authors and artists compare because of how they express emotions. In either books or a piece of art the people they express has their own emotions shown. In the novel Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, the main character is an

The elements shown in both crafts are how the authors and artists are similar in how they reveal a perspective. An example found in Gary Paulsen's novel, Hatchet text is, “His stomach tightened into a series of rolling knots and his breath came in short bursts...” (Paulsen 27). This represents how Brian is feeling and the pain he is in. Paulsen is giving a perspective in how he wants the reader to look at how Brian is feeling. In the painting, The Starry Night (1889) by Vincent van Gogh he also gives a perspective of a town and the swirly designs in the night sky (Holub and Bucks 29). Van Gogh wants to also show the observer the town on a night filled with starts in an abstract way that may seem happy and positive. The book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen and the painting The Starry Night (1889) by Vincent Van Gogh compare because of how the author/artist convey the perspective on how one should look at the