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Why should Quincy have been named White Fang?

Sun, 4 Oct 2009 19:24:57 PST

Why should Quincy have been named White Fang?

While it is not a standard narrative of a biography, Paulsen's work can...

Sun, 4 Oct 2009 16:14:56 PST

While it is not a standard narrative of a biography, Paulsen's work can be considered an autobiography. He uses the dogs in his own life as a vehicle to discuss his own experiences and life stories. The dependence on the natural world and the slight distrust of human beings is a theme in Paulsen's work and his life and this is brought out through the exploration of the dogs in his life and how they have impacted him. It can be considered...

What a great question! Too bad it has a complicated answer! In the way...

Sun, 4 Oct 2009 16:11:13 PST

What a great question! Too bad it has a complicated answer! In the way that the word is defined in English I would have to say "no," My Life in Dog Years is not a biography. Most usages of the word restrict the use of the label "biography" to mean the story of a human's life, not a dog's life. It would be closer to an autobiography for the sections in the descriptions of the dogs where the author includes stories of how the dogs...

Would "My Life in Dog Years" be considered a biography?

Sun, 4 Oct 2009 15:58:23 PST

Would "My Life in Dog Years" be considered a biography?

What are the main characters in My Life In Dog Years by Gary Paulsen and...

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:46:38 PST

What are the main characters in My Life In Dog Years by Gary Paulsen and can you tell me a breif description of each?

In the book by Gary Paulsen "My life in dog years" what are all the...

Sun, 8 Mar 2009 13:09:35 PST

In the book by Gary Paulsen "My life in dog years" what are all the kind of dogs that he owned and became friends with

In My Life in Dog Years, why did Gary leave Dirk on the farm rather than...

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 08:25:31 PST

In My Life in Dog Years, why did Gary leave Dirk on the farm rather than take him with him?

Main Characters

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:24:57 PST

I am trying to get a question answered for my son.

He recently read The Treasure of Bessledorf Hill. His teacher wants a description of the main characters. He definitely knows of one, but is not sure if the others are "main" ones. Can anyone help or lead him the right direction?

dogs along with Gary Paulsen

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:50:07 PST

dogs along with Gary Paulsen

I would include the dogs along with Paulsen as main characters. As he...

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:24:52 PST

I would include the dogs along with Paulsen as main characters. As he tells his story, the dog becomes a main character and evolves as other characters would in a story. He tells of their pain, their sadness, and their ability to make him laugh and cry.

If asked to describe the main characters in My Life In Dog Years, ...

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:29:25 PST

If asked to describe the main characters in My Life In Dog Years, would you include all of the dogs along with Gary Paulsen or just Gary himself?

These stories are a collection of stories from all over the world--the...

Tue, 9 Oct 2007 16:29:44 PST

These stories are a collection of stories from all over the world--the US, the Phillipines, lots of frontier settings--and they're all basically stories about survival. Most of the settings are frontier ones. Paulsen and his wife (or wives—he has had three but does not distinguish them in My Life in Dog Years, so maybe only one, Ruth Wright, is mentioned in the stories) have lived long on the fringes of civilization, raising much of...

what would the story be like if the story occurred in different setting ?

Tue, 9 Oct 2007 14:06:01 PST

what would the story be like if the story occurred in different setting ?

The stars of My Life in Dog Years are, in order of appearance, Cookie,...

Wed, 6 Jun 2007 08:33:30 PST

The stars of My Life in Dog Years are, in order of appearance, Cookie, Snowball, Ike, Dirk, Rex, Caesar, Fred and Pig, Quincy, and Josh. Cookie was his lead dog when he did the Iditorod in Alsaka, Snowball was the first dog to matter to him, he had him at age 7, Ike he hunted and fished with, Dirk Paulsen had when he was homeless, Rex he had when he was 13 or 14, Ceaser is a Great Dane he rescued, Fred was sold to Paulsen by a little boy,...

What are the dogs' names and when did Gary Paulsen own them?

Wed, 6 Jun 2007 06:38:52 PST

What are the dogs' names and when did Gary Paulsen own them?

There isn't just one or two settings in this book. They wander, and to...

Tue, 8 May 2007 14:05:30 PST

There isn't just one or two settings in this book. They wander, and to make it even more confusing, the dog stories aren't told in chronological order. You get glimpses of the Philippines and of street life in the U.S. He even goes to Alaska to race in the Iditarod. Most of the settings, however, are frontier, meaning Paulsen lived on the edges of civilization. He roughed it in these frontier settings, even trying to raise his own food.

What would you say is the setting overall?

Tue, 8 May 2007 13:55:43 PST

What would you say is the setting overall?