Hatchet
I am currently reading Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. So far in the book the main character Brian has been sent to his dad’s for the summer, but his plane crashes along the way. The pilot dies and Brian is left in the Canadian wilderness and must fend for himself. He has made a shelter, a fire and found food. Brian is very brave, intelligent and resourceful. These qualities will let him survive in the wild. Brian does not have a very good relationship with his mother at the moment. Brian had seen his mother with a man other than his father and it caused a divorce. Throughout the book he repeats the words divorce, The Secret, fights and split often because it’s what bothers him the most. The divorce made Brian very angry and annoyed with his mother because she had been keeping secrets from him. At the start of the book when Brian’s mother is driving him to the airport he does not talk to her or look at her. Brian’s mother doesn’t know what he saw and Brian finds it hard to talk to her about it. Later on, he seems to blame
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After he crashes, even though he knows things are not going his way he retains a positive attitude and keeps busy. This is a very smart and important move when trying to survive, any doubting will finish you. Brian is very strong mentally because he manages to keep positive after he sees his mother with a man other than his father, his parents divorce, his pilot dies and he gets stranded in the forest. I don’t think most people could cope with all that, I don’t think I could cope well with all that. Not only is he strong mentally but he is also strong physically. After a crash most people would be hurt and discouraged but he is up and moving the next day. He knows to get food, water and a shelter asap. By the third day he had made a proper shelter, a fire for warmth and a fire for signaling, found food and started planning next
Brian couldn't survive without food so he had to go hunting he made a small bow and arrow. With sticks and string from the survival pack and sharpened rocks to make the arrow heads and he would kill small birds and rabbits. But that bow wasn't getting the food that he needed cause he only hit the animals half the time and sometimes it didn't kill the animals. So he made a bigger and better bow and this he could barely pole back and with that he killed a deer and a moose but the moose didn't die and
Brian is certain the plane will never come so has to make tools, more fire, and better shelter. Brian also, has to learn how to catch fish and fool birds with his weapons. Brian makes lots of mistakes and learns from them and that's how he stays alive.
He then tries repeatedly to create fire. He eventually does succeed in making fire. He later finds turtle eggs and hesitantly eats them. Later, a plane flies over Brian, but never notices him and Brian loses all hope. He attempts to commit suicide, but ends up surviving the attempt. Brian makes a bow and some arrows and catches a fish. Later that night a skunk enters his shelter and tries to steal his food. He yells at it and it sprays him, leaving him temporarily blinded. He perfects his tools and catches a bird. While he is cleaning the bird in the lake, a moose attacks Brian. In the attack, his ribs and his shoulder were
When they crashed, Brian couldn’t be lazy like he was in the city. He had to use his wits and knowledge that he knew about the woods. He needed to learn how to cook, make fire, hunt, make tools, and build a
When Brian was stranded in the wilderness, he was very scared. For example, he did not have any food or clean water. One reason he was scared was when he went into the woods to find food he ran into a bear, he walked away very slowly
While Brian was in the wilderness, he realized a lot of things that helped him survive, but I think that there were two
Have you ever wondered what you could learn if you needed to survive in the Wild? Well in the book Hatchet, Brian already answered that for himself when he crash landed in the wild and survived in the wild. He shows what he has learned and how he has changed in chapter 11, when he realizes that his hearing and seeing has increased since living in the wild and in chapter 16, when he shows that he has learned to manage his food in order to survive in the wild. And the upcoming paragraphs are about how the things that Brian learned helped him through surviving in the wild.
Brian Robeson had many different skills, talents, and personality traits that contributed to his survival in the Canadian wilderness. A skill that Brian showed was that he was able to hunt, build things, and use his strength. One talent that he showed was that he was able to hold his breath for a long time. Two personality traits that he showed was that he is very smart and can remember things well. Brian is a 13 year old boy who was trapped in the Canadian wilderness. He used his skills, talents, and personality traits to help him survive.
Do you think you could survive a plane crash? I read the book Hatchet and the main character did just that. After the plane crash Brian went through more obstacles but he has survived all of them. One of them was getting attacked by a moose and right after that he got hit by a tornado and that made him stronger. The second one was trying to make a raft and that showed him to never give up. On day 1 it was really hard for Brian but on day 54 it got easy because he has made a lot of changes through day 1-54.
First and foremost, the story “Hatchet” has a significant turning point. Brian was flying in a plane to meet his father in the oil fields of Northern Canada when the pilot had a heart attack. Because the pilot had a heart attack, Brian was forced to crash land the plane. Then Brian landed in the wilderness and has to survive with a 2 dimes, a quarter, 2 pennies, a nickel, a hatchet his mother gave him, and himself. Brian will have to make serious choices in order to survive this frantic turning point in “Hatchet” by Gary Paulsen. At first Brian thinks that he can't do anything and that he is weak, but later on in the story he figures out that he is his most important asset and that encourages him to survive this tragic event.
Thankfully, Louie’s determination to survive helped keep him and one of his crew members alive to see their family again. After capture, forced into working and starved nearly to death at camps they found themselves in an even more difficult situation. Triumphant in his efforts to survive, Louie withstood more than his physical and mental strength should have allowed. Like Rosa Parks, a determined Louie fought for what he believed, through the pain he kept a bar raised over his head when “The Bird” wanted to punish him: “Five more minutes passed, then ten. Louie’s arms began to waver and go numb. His body shook. The beam tipped. ...Louie had held the beam aloft for thirty-seven minutes “. (p302)Louie also showed this determination when he tried to keep his crew's mental state in check, he told them of his mother's food: “So began a thrice-daily ritual on the raft, with pumpkin pie and spaghetti being the favorite subjects. “(p153). Courage allowed him and his crew to survive longer; staying alive provided more challenges. Louie once hung the side of a raft, dodging bullets and kicking away sharks even when weak and starved. “As quickly as he could, Louie pulled himself along the cord until he reached the raft. He grabbed its wall and lifted himself clear of the shark “.(p162) This shows Louie, weak physically, was able to withstand what seemed almost
In the novel Hatchet, written by Gary Paulsen, the main character Brian is flying to his dad’s house and suddenly the pilot has a heart attack. Brian didn’t know how to fly the plane or didn’t know where he was going, but the plane crashed. Brian was stranded in the middle of nowhere. While he is stranded he displays quite a few character traits to the reader. The three that he shows the most I think is committed, courageous, and hard-working. These are the traits that Brian possesses in the novel and help him survive. There is many evidence to back up these traits that I choose for Brian.
Could not listen as well, he was average weight but after the plane went down he began to listen really carefully, brian became more tougher,like outstanding tougher. He lose a lot of body fat. Over all he never gave up!
The mental and physical changes Brian went through all helped him during his survival and benefited him even when he was found. Physically and mentally Brian became stronger from these changes, which helped him survive. For Brian this was a life changing experience, throughout the novel Brian develops as a person. However the questions still about
The key character traits that are exposed include perseverance, determination and also creativity. Brian show’s perseverance when things are not easy or don’t go his way. The text supports this is the many times it seemed nature itself was trying to make Brian’s life harder or to even kill him. An example of this is when a bear shows up in his camp in the dark of night and begins eating his food. The beer ends up throwing him twenty feet in the direction of the lake causing many injuries. Brian is very hurt and it isn’t easy for despite everything he keeps on going after the bear encounter. Brian shows determination many times throughout the story. When something seems impossible he keeps on going and pushes through. An example is when he begins trying to make a stronger bow. He repeatedly fails but does not give in. Creativity, if Brian did not possess this trait he couldn't have survived more than a week. He used creativity when doing so many things. These things included the area of the lake that he made a wall that traps in fish for him to spear and get an easy meal. He also uses creativity when designing his shelter door to keep animals out. After having various unwelcome guests, he decided to do something about it. All in all Brian uses the three traits Perseverance, determination and creativity many times to last in the