"'I lived in innocence for a long time," begins author Gary Paulsen, before narrating a brutal incident he witnessed one December morning.
Mary Oliver begins her poem This World with the lines, "I would like to write a poem about/the world that has in it/ nothing fancy./ But it seems impossible."
Both narrators are captivated by nature and describe its impact on their emotions.
How are the narrators' perspectives similar? How are they different?
What themes do readers learn from each of these accounts?
Use text evidence from both works to support your response.