Brian Robeson's Lessons

Brian is a particularly charismatic individual. While he depicts vulnerability, frustration, and impatience at the introduction of the novel, his struggle and wisdom in the north woods of Canada revamp his attitude and mindset permanently. Brian had to figure out how to survive on a daily basis, learn quickly and acquire essential survival goods. He had to face new challenges every day such as fishing, making fire and protection. He practices and maintains qualities that are significant not only for forest survival yet also to life as a whole. Throughout the challenges, he enhanced his Mindset, patience, skill, observation, and an embracement for the innate

After a plane drives by and does not acknowledge Brian. Brian tries to commit suicide. He survives and after he survives he begins to hunt for fish. Brian teaches himself how to create a bow and hunt Brian finally succeeds and learns how to do it. He is proud of himself.

But in the end Brian is shown he is not the strongest, fastest, and smartest predator in the wild. He is shown this when a moose comes by and nearly kills Brian and he is left defenceless on the ground. And right after Brian is nearly killed a tornado comes and scatters his tools, puts out his fire, and destroys his home. Brian is shown that He is not on top of the foodchain.

In the novel Brian tries to keep a good mindset and not think negative. For examples Gray Paulsen quotes:

Brian Robeson is a dynamic character because he changes.One is that Brian went from heartbroken to a pro survivalist.Then Brian went from wasn´t a good listener to a excellent listener.Brian loss 17% body fat and he dosen´t speak much.Brian also had a hatchet with him though out the whole story.

The last survival strategy that Brian used in this book was thinking positively. One way he uses thinking positively is he uses it to never give up. Brian would always push himself to the limits and never give up, all the while thinking that he was going to get home. Another way Brian uses the survival strategy of positive thinking is that he hoped for the best. Like I said before he would always hope to get home, he would always hope that the search planes would come and find him, and that's what drove him to actually do things. Lastly, Brian used the survival strategy of thinking positively by looking at things a different way. Brian would always analyze things from all different angles, and all different

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

Even though he’s still scared to death about trying to survive, he’s being resourceful and finding ways to survive. He built a shelter and “he transferred all the eggs from the small beach into the shelter, reburying them next to his sleeping area” (Passage D). Obviously, food is a key point in survival. Also having a shelter can protect you from weather. Brian finding the eggs on the beach shows him proactive because he is finding ways to survive so that he is alive if he ever gets found by

In the forest Brian learned that finding food in the wild is not as easy as finding food in the city. At home, he would have just gone to the fridge or taken his bike to the store, but now he had to work for it. Brian appreciates food now because he knows how much work it takes to get it. Through the process of finding food Brian learned how to be patient and how to observe. He also learned never to waste anything. When he caught a grouse instead of throwing the scraps away, he used the feathers to make fletchings for his arrows and the extra meat he used as fish bait. A quote from the author after Brian was rescued, “Food, all food, even food he did not like, never lost its wonder for him.” Page

In “Brians Winter” Brian is faced with times that he needs to Be resilient. One example was when Brian was faced with the shortage of food and he overcomes it with resilience from hunting. “Brian took foul Birds or raBBits every day and on one single day he took three foul

Thinking nothing of it, Brian continues to daze out the window and look at the scenery they are flying over. The pains increasingly get worse and the pilot begins to show signs that he is in great pain. Eventually, the pilot makes an attempt to radio for help, but fails as he has a heart attack and falls back in his seat. Brian sits in shock for some time before realizing he has to come up with a solution. He makes the decision to try and land the plane in a lake as it runs out of fuel. Eventually the plane begins to go down, and he barely makes it to the lake which, in time, will become his camp. Suffering only minor injuries from the crash , Brian makes it to shore. The first few days he was relying heavily on the hope that he would be rescued within a few days. As time went on, his hopes of being found anytime soon slowly diminished. At first, he struggled to find food and make a shelter. Things came slow for him, but he was always learning something new. As time goes on, his mindset changes, and he learns how to hunt fish, find good firewood, and make fires. He creates a spear for jabbing fish, a bow to hunt with, and a wall of sticks and logs intertwined for walls of a shelter. With his camp looking well, he goes into a daily routine of getting firewood in the mornings, picking berries, and catching fish to eat for his outrageous hunger. Once, while bringing back firewood from a

Later, he sees a plane fly in the air and is finally rescued from the wilderness because of that man’s hospitality. In the book The River, The government wants Brian to go back to the wilderness and survive, but he won’t be alone this time because he will have another person with him. The other person’s name is Derek. When they get to the wilderness they are surviving pretty well

The pilot had a heart attack while driving the plane. The plane crashed but the boy managed to survive through the brutal Canadian wilderness for about two months. He had to build shelter, find food, build weapons, and learn how to hunt.

I wanted to update you regarding the donations for the students in Paul Robeson. I reached out to PRAB asking for toys donations for 40 students. I did receive a email back confirming that they will be donating some gifts. I am not sure exactly on how many toys will be donated until I pick up the donations. I also received confirmation from Lisa Bello that the New Brunswick Fire Department will be adopting 10 students from Paul Robeson for Christmas gifts. I will be meeting with Mrs. Corcelles so she can then provide me with more names of students. In addition, Rutgers Against Hunger adopted 7 families from Paul Robeson for Christmas gifts. I am trying to reach out to other organizations for more donations. I will be trying my best to make

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