Describe The Benefits Of Brian's Survival

Brian’s Winter was written by Gary Paulsen. Gary Paulsen was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 17, 1939. His father was an army officer during world war II, Gary did not meet his father until the age of nine. His parents were heavy drinkers. Also his mom had many affairs with other men. At the age of fourteen, Gary ran away to join a carnival. As a child, Gary lived in Minnesota, Hawaii, the Philippines, and Chicago. He worked at a bowling alley, a newspaper, and on a farm. He decided to become a writer while he was a satellite technician for an aerospace firm in California. He has written many series such as “Brian’s Saga, Mr. Tucker Saga, Murphy Series, and Tales to Tickle the Funny Bone.” He also has a strong

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

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

Brian landed in the Canadian wilderness with no food. “I’m hungry and i'd trade everything I have for a hamburger.”(47) The book talks about him finally getting cherries by following birds. Later he decides to hunt for more wholesome food. He found a bird that was easy to hunt because of it's stupidity. he also fished with tools he crafted. He could have stopped at the berries but he went the extra mile to hunt for birds & fish.

The media affects Brian's perception of what a plane crash is like because it makes him feel more confident, but then loses it. In paragraph 1, it says, "Brian had seen searches on the news, seen movies about lost planes. When a plane went down they mounted extensive searches and almost always found the plane within a day or two." This assures Brian of rescue. More reassurance comes later in the paragraph. "The searchers would get government planes and cover both sides of the flight plan filed by the pilot and search until they found him. This ends when, in paragraph 8, the text says, "What do they do in the movies when they got stranded like this? Oh, yes, the hero usually found some kind of plant that he knew was good to eat and that took

Perseverance is always a important life skill to have. For Brain it is probably the most important. He has to adapt to whatever nature throws at him. When winter comes Brain has make his own clothing. “Rabbit skin vest.”

The three characters distinguish “Hunter’s in the Snow” as literary fiction through the author’s attempt on to make a statement about the human condition. “Hunters in the Snow” does not aim at simple entertainment, but rather tries to get us to see deeper into the three men's personal characters. Many devices used in literary fiction are present in "Hunters". The story does not end in a way that is either "good" or

References to winter in literature may refer to despair, anguish and death. During winter, the reality of war is brought to light to the students at Devon. Many students opt to join the war instead of finishing their

He uses the shelter to protect him from the rain and some animals. After he builds the shelter, Brian uses his hatchet to make spears and arrows. He takes branches and sharpens the tip of them to make arrows and spears. "He had worked on the fish spear until it had become more then just a tool. He shoots the arrows at birds and throws the spears at fish. "I know about fire; I know I need fire." Brian says this the second night he's there. Brian needs a fire because he needs it for heat, to cook food and to keep animals away. Brian makes the fire with his hatchet and a rock. First, he figures out that he needs some paper so he takes his 20-dollar bill and tries to burn it. Unfortunately, the bill just burns right out and leaves him with no fire. After that, he takes his hatchet and cuts small pieces of bark. Then he piles them up under twigs. Then he takes his hatchet and hits a rock with a great blow and sparks catch the bark on fire. He hits another blow and the sparks catch the twigs on fire. Therefore, he has a fire. This process shows that whatever Brian sets his mind to he can do it. About two months later Brian went to the bottom of the lake to see if there was anything useful in the plane. He brought up a survival package. There were many useful things in there like bandages and matches. Couple months later, just before winter was going to hit a man shows up in a plane. The guy in the plane was the man Brian had talked

I chose Brian (the brain) to do my character analysis on. In my opinion Brian was a stud the principal would never have expected Brian to be the one carrying the pot for the criminal. Brian was really funny when he was smoking the pot he had a funny voice. The funniest thing about Brian was that he brought a flair gun to school and it went off in his locker.

The Winter is the opposite of summer, during the winter not only does the winter change but the town's appearance. The houses that once looked artificial were exposed and looked abandoned. “Winter comes down savagely over a little town on the prairie...The roofs, that looked so far away across the green treetops...they are so much more uglier then when their angles were softened by vines and

After temporarily blinding him, the skunk then devours all of Brian’s buried turtle eggs in his shelter. He then finds a way to protect his property from predators, realising the importance of protecting his resources. This is evident when Brian thinks of, “Protect food and have good shelter. Not just shelter to keep the wind out, but shelter to protect…” (pg.106). Because of this experience, Brian becomes more resourceful and gains more knowledge in his environment.

The book I choice to read was, “Brian’s Winter”, by Gary Paulsen. This book is about Brian after the private plane he was flying in crashes into the rugged forests of Canada. Brian went through many struggles while trying the best he could to survive in the harsh environment. Some of the biggest events in this story include when he is attacked by a bear, during the major storms and some of his questionable encounters with the wolves. If I were telling a friend about the entire story in two minutes I would say, Brian’s parents were divorced, leading him to visit his father for the first time in a long time. He didn’t know what to expect from the trip though, one thing is for sure, he didn’t expect what actually happened to happen. So Brian

Brian had to face many difficult tasks and hardships in the wilderness and he had to learn to adapt in order to survive in the wild. Although this time he was more prepared than the first time he was stranded by himself in the Canadian wilderness. Another one of Brian’s character traits is that he is determined. Brian Robeson is someone that is determined to do whatever they need to survive. In the book it explains how he had to fight against many things such as deers, moose, bears and other animals. He also was determined to stay alive by teaching himself how to hunt and survive the bitter cold that nature through at him. Another example from the book was that Brian wanted to do whatever it took to get back into the wild and reunite with the part of him that he

Monty Python’s Life of Brian is more than just a mere comedy; it is a Biblical, religious, and political satire. Like all Python films, Life of Brian seems to educate the viewer while at the same time providing entertainment. Unfortunately not all of the elements in Life of Brian occurred in real life, which takes away from the validity of the plot. While not everything is accurate, it seems that a majority of the film could be considered genuine. In order to understand an analysis of the film, one must first have a basic sense of the plot.