Comparing Brian's Return 'And On Willow Creek'

In the two stories, Brian’s return by Gary Paulsen and On Willow Creek by Rick Bass the main characters are affected by nature. In both stories, they also deal with animals from nature. In both stories the characters appreciate nature and understand it better than an ordinary person.
In the story Brian’s return, Brain the main character had crash inside a plane in Canada and he had gotten his way through nature to get to civilization. Brian appreciated Nature so much that when he got tired of being made fun of, he decided to go back into the wilderness. Brian took a canoe and found an island that he was staying the night at. While he was there, there was a storm rolling in so he made a shelter using the canoe. Throughout the story the