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Comparison/Contrast
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Every day, we make decisions based on comparisons. In literature class, you have rea
two survival stories. Is a madeup story !"ction really as good as a realli$e story !non
"ction% In class, you will make charts that illustrate similarities and di&erences in these
stories. 'hen, $rom your charts, you will select the material that you will use in your
paragraph. 'hrough comparing and/or contrasting these two books, you will reveal through
your paragraph the book you like better Hatchet or Lost Trail.
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Hatchet or Lost Trail
In literature class, we recently read two books – a fictionalized survival story called Hatchet and a real-life survival sto
called Lost Trail . A close look at the stories will reveal if a fictionalized story is as good as a real-life story. One obvious
difference between Donn’s story Lost Trail ! and "rian’s story Hatchet ! is the a#ount of days they were lost. Donn was
lost in the $aine woods for nine days, but "rian was lost in the %anadian wilderness for fifty-four days. Another #ore
significant difference was how the #ain characters reacted to their situations. Donn’s only &lan was to walk to civilization
however, "rian knew that he had to #ake a shelter, &re&are hunting and fishing gear, and build a raft to get to the &lane.
(ith all of this in #ind, I think that the fictionalized story of Hatchet is better because the author used a lot #ore descri&ti
in describing "rian’s situations. I got a #ore vivid &icture of what "rian had to endure.