Character Traits Of Brian In Hatchet By Gary Paulsen

Brian is very brave, intelligent and resourceful. These qualities will let him survive in the wild.

This book is written by Gary Paulsen. It takes place in the Canadian wilderness, where Brian Robeson’s, who is 13 yrs. Old, plane crashes. Brian shows a lot of determination and strength, to be able to survive in the wilderness, with no one else.

Brian appreciates the nature so much that he volunteered to go into the wilderness and

is full of interest unlike other survival novels like Robinson Crueso. I was impressed by Brian's inner growth as he struggles to survive in the wilderness. He learned anger and blaming oneself doesn't help anything to be better. Also, he got the ability to think deep and thanking attitude to foods. Unfortunately, the end was so sudden. That's one of my hateful ending-immediate end. That was a miss point of the book. Anyway, in general, I could think of my behavior to emergency with contrasting Brian with

Brian has so many things to be proud of and he always follows his family motto about “never giving up”. That is a motto everyone in life should have, you will face obstacles in life, but why let them defeat you, push and fight against them just like Brian

“Hatchet”, a very interesting book about a boy that crash lands in the Canadian wilderness and is trying to figure out how to survive until someone comes to help him. Yet, while he is in the woods he need to be aware of what is out there in the trees and further in the wilderness. Brian, which is the boy, cannot stay on the banks of the lake forever, but if he goes out into the wilderness, he can get very hurt by many creatures and plants. Canada is a very big and interesting place and there are many creatures that hide in the bushes and trees. Some examples of animals that are in his area are wolves, wolverines, foxes, lynx, bobcats, and bears. In Canada, these animals all can hurt Brian and they can be deadly depending on how they are alarmed

Brian is also influenced by peer pressure. For example, he goes upstairs in the library to smoke marijuana with Claire and John. When they are smoking he puts on sunglasses and makes a funny comment to make himself look

Towards the beginning, of the book, Brian needed to keep his head in the game when the pilot had a heart attack, and he needed to take charge

During chapter thirteen, Brian had missed an opportunity to be rescued. A plane had flown by, but didn’t notice him. Brian was devastated, “They would not return… Gone, he thought finally, it was all gone.” (114) As a reaction, Brian ventures into the forest, and hopes for an end, “...he had gone up on the ridge and taken the hatchet and tried to end it by cutting himself.” (118). Later in the book, Brian shows so much growth. After a tornado swept across Brian’s place, many of his things were lost, including his shelter, leaving him back to square one. Although, this time Brian knew that leaving and weeping won’t get him anywhere. Instead, Brian gets to work, “First things first.” (155) He starts remaking his shelter, fire, and gathering food. This perfectly demonstrates how adaptive Brian is, showing how important adapting

My favorite character in Brian’s Hunt, by Gary Paulsen, is Brian. He is my favorite because he is caring, brave, and is very self-sufficient. Also at a young age, Brian has learned many survival and life skills, although because of the time he has spent in the woods I feel that he became more anti-social and more introverted. Throughout the story, Brian mainly communicates with two other characters, one which is an unnamed dog and the other a Cree girl named Kay-gwa-daush. Due to Brian being in the woods, most of the characters are animals and Cree Indians.

Hatchet was written by Gary Paulsen. In this novel, thirteen year old Brian is flying on a bush plane when the pilot suddenly has a heart attack and dies. Brian manages to keep the plane level until it crashes into a lake. Brian survives the crash, but that is just the beginning. Brian must find a way to survive the wilds of the Canadian forest if he ever hopes to be rescued. Hatchet is an adventure story that will take its character from a common city boy to a survivalist in a manner of days.

In the story “Hatchet”, Gary Paulsen characterizes Brian both determined and independent. Gary characterizes Brian as being determined. In the passage, Brian notices when the hatchet hits the stone, it showered sparks. Therefore he uses barks as fuel to keep sparks. Author described in detail that how Brian uses barks to make fuel, “He started ripping the bark, using his fingernails at first, and when that didn't work he used the sharp edge of the hatchet, cutting the bark in thin slivers, hairs so fine they were almost not there. It was painstaking work, slow work, and he stayed with it for over two hours. Twice he stopped for a handful of berries and once to go to the lake for a drink. Then back to work, the sun on his back, until at last

I found that I related the most with him, simply because I have always been under the constant stress of my parents forcing me to be the best in school and accepting nothing less than perfection. Despite the high expectations placed upon him he is still determined to keep his enthusiastic outlook and maintain his grades. I also liked that even with all of the stress from the high hopes of his parents he is still a polite and civil person. Another trait, which I admired about Brian, was that he was well spoken considering he was only a high school

He admits that the reason that he was in detention was because he was going to commit suicide and he brought the gun to school. He said that he attempted to kill himself but he couldn’t pull the trigger. His (flair) gun went off in his locker. He has suicidal ideation. He thought that suicide was the logical thing to do and he went one step beyond thinking about it and attempted. He just couldn’t pull the trigger. He has the ultimate when it comes to parental monitoring. His parents are probably really intelligent and this is why the push him so hard academically. The reason I think this is because his mother’s license plate was “EMC2” and she made sure that he knew that this (detention) was a one time thing and he should use his time wisely to study. Much like Claire, I feel that Brian is not much of a risk taker. He is a very jumpy kid and is easily told what to do by just about everybody in the movie.

The book Hatchet was written by Gary Paulsen, in 1987. Maybe you can see the real surviving story of Brian. And I think when you read it by the end, you will know why it won Newbery Medal. The name of this book 'hatchet' made me that feel interesting and open this book quickly.