Gary Paulsen Woodsong Quotes

As the narrator says, “I understood almost nothing about the woods until it was nearly too late.” the audience is invited into the author’s point of view (Paulsen Page#2). In Woodsong by Gary Paulsen, Gary paulsen leads a dogsled team through the wilderness of Alaska. Paulsen will come across unimaginable beauty, but will also come across the dangers of the frozen tundra such as wolfs, unbearable cold and a ferocious bear. Will he make it to the end of the Iditarod or will he be lost to the Alaskan wilderness? Paulsen uses himself to develop the theme. Gary Paulsen uses direct characterization and indirect characterization to describe some of the actions of the animals in this story. Paulsen creates a “want to learn” in himself. He even says …show more content…
he started running the dogs because of hunting then “After a time I stopped trapping. That change as with many changes occurred because of the dogs” (Paulsen Page#22). with him stopping hunting, it gave him a new initiative, “Until i began to train them for the Iditarod, a dogsled race across Alaska” (Paulsen page#25). Gary paulsen is the main character and the narrator within this novel he wrote on his life, The character’s presence in the book helped to create and develop’s the main idea of the entire novel. The main idea of Woodsong as a reader was trust, it played a crucial role throughout the entire book: “I looked up and there was Obeah looking over the top of the waterfall, down at me.” (Paulsen page#28), this is a prime example of trust development, he didn’t believe the dogs would come back, but they did and that gave him trust in Obeah and the rest of the dogs. everyone has something they don’t fully understand and would like to learn more about; such as the existence of Aliens, Paranormal phenomena, Bigfoot or even the woods. Shall Gary Paulsen make it to the end of the Iditarod or will he be taken by the cold, unforgiving grasp of the Alaskan