Michael Hoover Blog for the Week of April 13, 2015

Book: Brians Return
Author: Gary Paulsen
By: Michael Hoover
Prompt: If you could ask the author any question what would it be and why?

 If I could ask the author Gary Paulsen any question it would be, what was the reason that you wrote a whole bunch of books circled around the one protagonist and why? The reason that I would ask him this question the most is because his first book was called "The Hatchet." Then that book did extremely well so why did he brach off of that book with a whole bunch of other short novels (Novellas) in stead of just making a bigger story. I think that he would do this because it would really explain all of it better and have more of a adventurous story because for that the book needs to be a little longer so the action is not just on one page.

   Another question that I would ask the author would be what inspired him to write the book "Brian's Return" The reason that I would ask this question is because I think that he might write about the outdoors a lot because maybe he goes camping a lot because that is really what the book is about. Which is Brian the protagonist going camping and making fire and surviving off of animals. Also because there was the other book "The Hatchet" which was really good so maybe that inspired him to write "Brian's Return" because it was fun and enjoyable to write about stuff like that.

Prompt: What is one major challenge that the main character faces in his path?

 One major thing that the main character faces is reconnecting with the outdoors. The reason that I think that this is the major challenge that he faces is because when he gets back to the outdoors he keeps trying to remember to hunt but he can't and then he is struggling to kill the animal because he feels like he probably shouldn't even though he remembers that it is the only way for him to stay alive. Another thing is also he is having trouble setting up his camp because he is not taking any precautions any more like digging a trench around the camp site so that he does not get flooded by water.