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About the Author

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Gary Paulsen was born on May 17, 1939, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His father served in the military and Paulsen did not meet him until 1946, […]

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Overview

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My Life in Dog Years contains stories about several of Paulsen’s dogs. A few are sad, but even the sad ones can be funny. For […]

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Setting

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Paulsen moved so much and so many times that it is hard to pin down exactly where he lived at any given moment. Thus, the […]

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Themes and Characters

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My Life in Dog Years is an autobiography because it is about Paulsen’s relationship with dogs, but the dogs are the stars of the book. […]

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Literary Qualities

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Paulsen is a sort of poet of the wilderness, and he paints pictures of it in spare sentences that are vibrant with color, as in […]

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Social Sensitivity

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This book is primarily about a man’s relationship with dogs. Paulsen makes few attempts to universalize his experiences; he does say that he believes dogs […]

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Ideas and Topics for Papers

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TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION 1. What was the most important thing Snowball gave Paulsen? Why would Snowball remain fresh in his memory 50 years later? 2. […]