Hatchet‚ a novel from Gary Paulsen‚ is the story about a 13-year-old boy named Brian Robeson‚ who went flying in a single-engine plane to visit his father in the Canadian wilderness. But when the plane crashes into a lake‚ he has to learn how to fend for himself for 42 days. Brian is the main character in this whole story. the side characters are his mom‚ the pilot‚ and the dad. The mom is one of the most basic characters in the book‚ but she is the one who is hiding the "Secret" from Brian.
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mountain. After reading Hatchet and learning about Ernest Shackleton I learned a lot of new information about survival. I believe that some traits are particularly crucial for survival‚ and some really aren’t. I think patience‚ observancy‚ and determination are some very important traits for survival. “It would be a long way from sparks to fire.” First of all patience‚ patience is a very crucial trait because not everything happens when you want‚ you need to be patient. In Hatchet Brian (the main character)
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The night before Brian has to leave‚ I lay in bed‚ sad and upset that I am not going to see Brian for a while‚ time goes by and I fall asleep. I wake up in the morning and think to myself what I can do to cheer up Brian before his flight. As I walk down to the kitchen I can feel the cold hard floor on my feet‚ a bit like the feeling I have inside of me. The day has finally come‚ the day I have been dreading the day of Brians departure‚ he is going to be so far away in north Canada to visit his dad
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As we all know‚ in the book‚ Brian is stranded in the middle of a Canadian forest due to a plane crash. Now‚ Brian is alone in the forest with just his hatchet. Let’s say that later in the story brian finds a survival kit in the forest. Here is what I would put in a survival bag for the situation that Brian is in at this moment. Firstly‚ I would put fishing bait because two of the best survival foods are berries which Brian already has because of all the berry trees and fish. With these two foods
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Hatchet. The idea was fresh and new to me. However‚ it was somehow terrifying‚ too. When I looked at the word‚ ’Hatchet’‚ a scary scene of a man with crazy face and a dangerous looking hatchet. However‚ unexpectedly‚ the story was somehow beautiful‚ with every details alive. The very beginning of the adventure comes up with a boy named Brian. In a small bushplane Brian takes a flight with a pilot to his father‚ who is a mechanical engineer. In his heart‚ Brian suffers from the pain of the word
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food; you need to know how to find the food and know are they safe to eat. In fact‚ live in the jungle lonely is a really difficult thing for every body. I think that Brain can alive is because his knowledge and courage. Bressler‚ Jean. "Have Hatchet Will Survive." The ALAN Review 18.3 (Spring 1991): 16-18. Rpt. in Children’s Literature Review. Ed. Scot Peacock. Vol. 82. Detroit: Gale‚ 2003. Literature Resource Center. Web. 30 Oct. 2015. In that credible scholarly‚ the writer thinks that
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Gjystina Vukaj Comparative essay The Differences and Similarities between the Book “Hatchet” and its Movie “A Cry in the Wild” In this essay I will compare the differences and similarities of events in the book “Hatchet” and the movie “A Cry in the Wild”. Our class read a book called “Hatchet” and saw the movie “A Cry in the Wild” (based on Hatchet). I realized that the book and movie had many differences and also some similarities. In my essay I will compare some events that happened to
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HATCHET By Brittany Fountain. In Gary Paulsen’s novel hatchet the protagonist Brian Robenson develops many new skills after his plane crashes into the Canadian wilderness. It is his ability to make a fire‚ build a shelter and make new tools that enable him to survive. During one of the nights when he was stuck in the Canadian wilderness a porcupine went into his shelter and he felt it he through the hatchet as a reaction which hit the rock and made a spark he woke up the next morning
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eat and caught fish with his homemade spear. Brian learned to get food for himself to survive. Brian had to make fire for warmth and cooking. He didn’t know how to start the fire‚ until threw his hatchet at a porcupine and it missed‚ hitting a rock‚ with sparks flying out. Brian then tried using his hatchet against rocks to start the fire successfully. He encounters a pack of wolves and they stare right into his eyes‚ then walk away. He also encounters a big brown bear and stands very still. If he
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Dear Gary Paulsen: The first time I read Hatchet was when I was in the fourth grade. I have always liked survival stories and Hatchet made me really about how fast our world can be turned upside down. I really appreciate the section when Brian tells how his teacher‚ Perpich‚ told him to "stay positive and stay on top of things" and "You are your most valuable asset. Don’t forget that. You are the best thing you have." Just these few words helped me realize that I make myself who I am. Not what I
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