Comparative Essay On Hatchet By Gary Paulsen

Vincent van Gogh was very different because he did not have a lot of friends and devoted his life to painting. The only time I feel alive is when I’m painting.” (Van Gogh ) Gary Paulsen wrote a realistc book called Hatchet and shows lots of similar elements to van Gough.Vincent Van Gogh had made over 1000 paintings and only sold one. looking at Gary Paulsen's work and Vincent van Gogh's, they are similar in many ways. Authors and artists are similar because both utilize elements of their crafts, show perspective in their works, and draw inspiration from their own lives.

First, Gary Paulsen and Vincent van Gogh are similar by the elements of their crafts. Gary Pausen uses a tremendous mount of figurative language. One example of it is “Dust and dirt blew off the floor into his face so hard he thought there must have been some sort of explosion...¨(27).It shows that the author, Gary Paulsen, creates more suspense and emphasizes a scene or event. Vincent van Gough also use elements from his craft. “ Vincent van Gogh painted in dashes and swirls for his famous painting: Starry Night.”(Bucks and Holub p 29)The painting shows how van Gogh he was inspired by some artists and wanted to express that type of painting.Pausen uses figurative language as their craft and van Gogh uses dashes and swirls.

Next, Paulsen and Vincent each use perspective in both of their creations.” Terry had turned to smile at him about something and Brain looked over Terry’s head and saw her.His mother.

She was sitting in a station wagon, a strange wagon..” (Paulsen 29-31).This shows how the author writes as if he is the character. He knows what Brain is feeling You use the room from a low angle and can see some of it differently . visual Evidence: Vincent van Gogh painted a picture called The Bedroom and you see things in the room from a certain perspective (Bucks and Holub 25).If you see it differently the detail and color can change. one of the many perspectives there can be in a

painting.
Pausen created a scene from brains perspective and Vincent used the bedroom as perspective.

Finally, Gary Paulsen and Vincent van Gogh both write or paint something that originated from their own life.“Then everything happened at once. Tress suddenly took on detail filled his whole field of vision with green, and he knew he would hit and die..”(paulsen 27 ). Gary Paulsen was in a plenty of emergency plane landings and it shows that by having Brain go through that is a call back to his life.Vincent van gogh painted a portrait of a mail man named Joseph Rolin. He was a friend of his(Bucks and Holub p. 23). It shows that he was friends with the mailman and was his only friend. Van Gogh like to write letters so that is how they met.This shows how they created something that they had gone through and a had a personal impact on them.

Ultimately author's and artist's process for a masterpiece is very similar because they use elements from their craft, they use persective in their work, and they add things from their lives. First, authors and artists both use elements from their work. Next, They both have a certain angle and perspective to their work. Finally, They add personal elements to their writings or painting that originated or was inspired from their very own lives or experiences. Bookworms and art enthusiasts should be curious go to museums or go to a local library and see how authors and artist’s process is indistinguishable in comparison when they make a new creation.