Response by Sonia Erazo

Today we compared several events in ch. 5 to other text we have read. Please record two text to text connections you have made and also at least one of text-to-self connection.

In Where The Red Fern Grows, Billy is so excited that he feels like his heart is in his throat. This experience is similar to Dar's in the book "Dar And The Spear Thrower" when he finally learns how to use the spear thrower after all the things he had to do. It's like when i went to six flags and I got on the roller coster Goliath and it feels like your heart is in your throat, because you get scared and your heart is pounding really fast.

In Where The Red Fern Grows, Billy's camping experience is similar to Brian's in the book "Hatchet" when he needs to build a fire for warmth and to keep animals away from him. And the both kids,Billy and Brian are alone camping by themselves. It's like when i went camping to Yosemite National Park. When i was night we had to build a fire not only for warmth. But i remember what my grandpa had said that night " we build a fire not only for warmth but for light and keep dangerous animals away from us.