Brian Robeson Research Paper

Brian Robeson, a 13-year-old from New York has boarded a bush plane directed towards Northern Canada to visit his father 1 month after his parent’s divorce. He only bears a hatchet that he received from his mother as a gift for the summer. The divorce is affecting his life as it plagues his thoughts, but a flying lesson taught by the pilot takes his mind off the divorce. While Brian is managing the plane the pilot starts to have pains all over his torso, the cause being a heart attack. Brian pilots the plane until his descent starts and Brian knows he won’t reach his destination and he attempts to land in a lake. After surviving the plane crash Brian is injured and has nothing to eat, but he locates a berry patch that contains berries that make him exceedingly sick. After coping with the pain he comes across a raspberry patch with a bear roaming
Some time after his first meat, he was assaulted by a moose while cleaning a bird, this attack injured his ribs and shoulder. Soon after, a tornado storms across the woods and demolishes his shelter. The day after the tornado attack Brian notices the water has been affected by the storm because he saw the tail of the plane erupt from the water. Lying in bed one night, he comes up with the thought of the survival pack still in the submerged plane, so he becomes determined to attempt to take the survival pack. The next day, he builds a raft for transit to the submerged plane. After many attempts and failures, Brian seizes the survival pack and decides to sleep before opening the pack, in the morning Brian looks inside and finds various useful things, such as a sleeping bag, a cooking set, a knife, lighters, matches, a foam sleeping pad, a compass, a first-aid kit, a hat, a fishing kit, and a rifle. Brian avoids using some of these useful things as he thinks he can manage without them using methods he has developed during his