I read pages 50-75 of Gary Paulsen's Brain's Hunt. Brian and the dog ride down the river to the Cree- trapper's house on an island in the middle of a lake. Brian thinks the dog might be theirs, so he wants to return it if it is. What he finds there is horrifying. The trappers have been mauled and killed by a bear. He doesn't know how it happened because the trappers were amazing at sensing animals. He realizes it must have been a very strong, quick, agile bear.
One important quote from this text comes from when Brian discovers David, the father of the family's dead body. "He reached for a corner of the torn sleeping bag and pulled it away and saw the body, a human body doubled up and jammed back in the corner, covered, and it was the father, David, destroyed, face torn, neck torn open, one arm half ripped of the body, stomach torn open..."I think this is an important quote because it shows the true damage of what animals can do to humans if they want to. Some people think humans are truly dominant over every other animal. This is true to a certain extent, because if a human has a gun, it can take down the bear. But in a fight between a bear and a human, no gun, no knife, no weapon, the bear would make mincemeat out of the human.
I can connect to the text because when I was 10 years old, I went to Canada on a fishing trip with my dad and my cousins and uncles. It was a great trip, but we did have a small scare. Our cabin was on in island in the middle of a lake, just like the book. One afternoon when my cousin and I were playing near the shore, we heard a what sounded like a growl not too far away. Across the lake, probably only 300 yards away was a giant black bear looking at us. I was happy the lake wasn't frozen over, because if it felt like it, the bear could have easily got to us.
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