Hatchet Character Analysis

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.

At the beginning of the story, Brian could be described as worried Gary Paulsen writes, ‘’Going to die Brian thought going to die’’ on page 26. This quote shows he was so worried that he thought he

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

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

Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet is an influential novel about how a timid city boy named Brian, who is trapped in the wilderness with no experience of survival and skills, overcomes an epic ordeal. It is clear that the character undergoes a significant transformation throughout the novel. He sees the hardship in each situation, such as the memory of Mr Perpich, the porcupine incident and the skunk attack, as an opportunity to reflect upon himself, and also learns to adapt to his environment. Overall, this book inspires everyone to act like the “new Brian” in the face of his own

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 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

Persevering, Brian constantly fights with a personal conflict, advancing his ability to evolve to the wilderness. In Paulsen’s moving novel, Hatchet, Brain is in overwhelming self-pity thoughts, but eventually pushes theos unhelpful thoughts away and is becoming motivated for his durability. Brian

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

Brian Robeson a 13-year-old boy from New York is the main character of Hatchet by Gary Paulson. The reason Brian is making this plane trip to Canada is because his parents had recently become divorced. His parents’ splitting is the main cause of his instability. At first Brian shows us his fear, frustration and anger. By the end of his experience of being in the wilderness most of those characteristics had changed. Brian does not only learn lessons about survival in the wilderness but life in general.

Jean Bressler believes Hatchet written by Gary Paulsen is an excellent book because the readers can relate to the protagonist having to adapt and survive. The character from hatchet named Brian Robinson is put into an epidemic and has to consider every choice he makes because his life depends on it. The accomplishments to improve his environment leads his hope of continued survival. Readers observe the maturity process of a thirteen year old boy. As Jean Bressler says “Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet is a good vehicle for middle/junior high students to observe the maturity process and learn the importance of decision making skills that they can apply to their own environments.” Bressler notices in the beginning of the book “[the mother] keeps him dependent

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.

While Brian was in the wilderness, he realized a lot of things that helped him survive, but I think that there were two

Brian was put some really interesting trials in nature and realized things from his past life to help him through it all. Just like when he was depressed and hungry, that food was everything in nature. Chapter 14 staded “ Food is all. Food was simply everything. All things in in the woods from insects to fish to bears, we're always, always looking for food- it was the great, single driven, influence in nature. To eat. All must eat.” This is an important aha moment because he figured out that the main drive for all things in to survive in nature, and that he would have to find food to survive. This also changed things because layer in the novel he used the scraps from the other fish as bait to catch other fish. Also that he can hunt other animals such as the foolbirds,