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Tyler Guetens Mrs. Laurencot Nonfiction Essay

Gary Paulsen is well known for his winning novels __Hatchet__, __Brian’s Winter__, and __Brian’s Return__ (the Brian books). All three of these books have true stories that inspired Paulsen to write them. In Guts, Paulsen discusses those stories, and tells us about his lifestyle.

In this book, Gary Paulsen writes about his real life experiences of survival and living in the wilderness. Throughout history humans have interacted with nature, trying to conquer it and sometimes having to survive its strength and fury. Humans will always feel drawn to nature; it is part of our roots. We go camping, hiking, hunting, fishing, and boating. Maybe it is a way for humans to connect with nature and our history as species.

No matter how evolved we become, society will always enjoy the challenges nature brings us, or just surviving nature. Many people rock climb, kayak, etc. Nature is full of danger, yet we don’t let that stop us from trying these things. We enjoy watching television shows that teach us how to survive in the wild. __Man V.S. Wild__ is a very popular show on the Discovery Channel, it comes to show that we love to watch/ learn about Man V.S. Wild.

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Most of Gary Paulsen’s books relate to nature. Growing up he loved nature, loved playing with his dogs outside, hiking, hunting, fishing, etc. Every book Paulsen wrote had a true story behind it, (__Hatchet__, __Brian’s Winter__, __and Brian’s Return__). As a society we will always love the thrill nature brings us, we will always be drawn to it.