Gary Paulsen Turning Points

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Have you ever been put under a lot of pressure, making one of the most hardest choice of your life? Everyone has to face live changing events sooner or later, Gary Paulsen, Brian, (Hatchet) and Karana, (Island of the Blue Dolphins) have all done, and when that happened, their life changed FOREVER!
The following people are examples are people who have all faced life changing events aka turning points.

Gary Paulsen has been through many turning points, but perhaps the most drastic is the death of Harvey. Gary Paulsen was a volunteer service man, he responded to emergency calls, “Because I had so much downtime, I added my name to a list of volunteers available to answer emergency ambulance calls.” This quote proves that Gary has seen many

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