Hatchet, By Gary Paulsen, Dragonwings By Sandra Cisneros

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Turning Points I’m sure you have had a life changing experience once in your life that was difficult to face. The idea of life changing experiences was showed in Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, Dragonwings by Laurence Yep, and Eleven By Sandra Cisneros. Brian, from Hatchet, Moon Shadow, from Dragonwings and Rachel from Eleven all faced life-changing experiences that had a direct impact on their lives. Brian faced loneliness and hunger when he was stranded on a deserted island. In the text, Brian thinks, "The father home of the mother home. He stopped thinking. It didn't matter. Either on to his dad or back to his mother”(pg. 5). In other words, Brian was thinking of the fact that despite his parents being divorced, they still love him, gives him hope that he might still be rescued. Loneliness impacted Brian's life due to the fact that he was the only one on the island, which is something he probably has never faced before.Also, …show more content…

The author states, "Today I wish I was one hundred and two, I'd have known what to say when Mrs.Price put the red sweater on my desk. I would have known how to tell her it wasn't mine..."(pg. 45). This sentence clearly shows that Rachel thinks that the with age comes the ability to handle situations such as the one she experienced. The fact that Rachel experienced growing older changed her life is because she realizes that just because she is older, does not mean that instantly gets the wisdom to handle difficult situations. Secondly, based on the author's words, "I wish I was invisible, but I'm not. I'm eleven and it's my birthday and I'm crying like I'm three in front of everybody"(pg. 47), she needed to take control of her emotions. Her experience had an impact on her life since Rachel was unable to handle her emotions, causing her to want her birthday to be far away. Turning eleven allowed Rachel To experience growing older, and having to charge her

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