Characters In Gary Faulsen's Hatchet By Gary Paulsen

He went out and after hard work he finally found the hatchet. Another way that shows his persistence was when he was thinking about his teacher. Mr. Perpich changed his attitude by challenging the way he thinks. Brian believed that Mr. Perpich would tell him not give up. Also Brian didn't give up by finding food.

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

In chapter 11, we really see a vulnerable moment for Brian. The text states, “But it was a mental thing. He had gotten depressed thinking about how they hadn’t found him yet, and when he was busy and had something to do the depression seemed to leave.” This quote shows a weak point in Brian’s emotional state. It states the point during his time alone in the wilderness, when Brian was broken and hopeless. This quote really shows the downfall of his emotions because he hears the plane engine and he thinks oh they’re here for me. When Brian is left alone in his “camp” it really breaks Brian. Brian was so positive thinking that his days alone in Canadian wilderness were over however when he isn’t rescued , the text really conveys the fact that Brian is upset and emotionally tired. Basically throughout the beginning of the novel, Brian depended on everyone else, specially the rescue

Brian Robinson from “Hatchet” by Gary Paulsen, is a thirteen-year old boy from New York City. This novel essentially deals with the matter of man and nature alongside, of self-cognizant. On his way to visit his father, his plane crashes leaving him alone in the middle of the Canadian wilderness. The story mainly progresses through Brian's experiences existing alone in the wilderness and the struggle to survive with nothing but a hatchet his mother gave him as a gift. Thus, he is primarily the only paramount character. Throughout his survival in the woods, Brian develops notion of how things work for survival and alters his thoughts and action based on the environment he is positioned. The character demonstrates several psychological stages he undergoes to survive based on his prior knowledge and contemporary challenges.

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

“I'm hungry and i'd trade everything I have for a hamburger.”(47) Hatchet by Gary Paulsen is an exciting story about a character named Brian Robeson who is left in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but a hatchet and must survive until help comes. Hatchet supports my belief that hard work helps overcome obstacles.

This book, called is about a survival story of young boy, Brian. Before I read this, just looking title on its cover, I've thought it may be about a murder case because hatchet is a kind of an ax. So I was a bit frightened and start this book with anxiety. However, the book was about a young boy whose name is Brian Robeson and he had left alone in Canadian wilderness owing to an accident.

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

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

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.

Brian also has to realize that he has a there animals there that will eat him because the are so hungry. I think that brian is no noticing that he needs food and that other animals have to eat to so he has to be safe and

Have you ever think about you are in the wild by alone? Then, what do you think about that? Most of people usually think that is impossible or terrible. However, main character of Hatchet survive in the wild by only hatchet. The book of Hatchet written by Gary Paulsen is a story about surviving in the wild as alone. Through his story, Gary Paulsen tells the readers that big courage need in every hard situation.

Brian constructs a shelter and in the middle of the night he hears a noise. A porcupine has entered his shelter and Brian throws the hatchet in its direction misses and hits a rock that creates sparks. Brian devastated and hopeless attempts to commit suicide by cutting himself with his hatchet, but survives the attempt and emerges determined to embrace life. "He was not the same. The plane passing changed him, the disappointment cut him down.” In measured time, 47 days had passed since the crash. 42 days, since he had died and had been reborn." (Page 122) “That was one of the true things, the new things. And was that he would not die, he would not let death come back." (Page

The main theme of Hatchet is self-reliance. Self-reliance is the ability to not depend on others and be reliant on yourself. Brian Robeson shows self-reliance in surviving for such a long period of time. Brian also shows self-reliance in making a fire, shelter, spear, bow, and arrow. Just using his “city boy” knowledge Brian figures out how to make tools needed to

Hatchet's survival story, then, is two-fold. Because stereotypically boys are less focused on the emotional aspect of things, and boys raised on G.I. Joes as opposed to a game of “house” are less interested in domesticity, the adventure trappings of Hatchet serve to mask what is really happening in the story.