Hatchet Character Analysis

Cormac McCarthy’s brain child “The Road” is a postapocalyptic novel that illustrates the harsh reality of the world. This story serves as a truth that humans, when stripped of their humanity will take desperate measures in order to survive. The reader learns; however even when it seems all hope is lost good can still be found in the world. The son character of this story illuminates this philosophy. He is a foil of his father and shows how even a person never accustomed to the luxury of a normal life can still see goodness.

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.

Before I read books, I read the part behind of it. If you put the book in front of you and flip it, there will be some content of the book. As the same, Before I read ‘Hatchet’ I read the small paragraph behind and before I read the paragraph the big word ‘ALONE’ attracted my eyes. I guessed that this book is about being alone. I had one question in it. What does being alone is connected in hatchet? It is because this book is about surviving with a hatchet all by oneself.

Brain has to persevere throughout the book. When he comes back from collecting firewood to cook meat he finds a bear rummaging through his hut he has to think fast to keep the bear from eating all his food he has for winter. He made the wrong decision by kicking it in the rear but at least he was able to keep it from getting into all his food and betty saved him by “spraying the bear” This shows how much Brain has grown at the end of the first book and the beginning of this one he was timmid of the wild but now he is able to persevere and shoe the bear away. “Brain urinated around his camp” This was a very smart decision because he knows that wolves mark their territory that way and after that he had no more problems with animals in his camp.

Og once said, “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is on a plane to Canada to see his father because his parents are divorced. When his pilot has a heart attack and dies, Brian does not know how to fly the plane, so he crashes in a lake in the Canadian wilderness. With only a windbreaker and hatchet, Brian has to fight to stay alive. Over the course of the next month, Brian is determined to survive alone in the wilderness. He stays alive because he is courageous, stays positive, and is determined to live.

In the novel Hatchet, written by Gary Paulsen, the main character Brian is flying to his dad’s house and suddenly the pilot has a heart attack. Brian didn’t know how to fly the plane or didn’t know where he was going, but the plane crashed. Brian was stranded in the middle of nowhere. While he is stranded he displays quite a few character traits to the reader. The three that he shows the most I think is committed, courageous, and hard-working. These are the traits that Brian possesses in the novel and help him survive. There is many evidence to back up these traits that I choose for Brian.

“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.

In life, some have friends and family who remain important even when the relationship ends in pain. Some learn in life that not everyone is honest or loyal and some learn to overcome toxic things and how to see the people who care, love and have our back. There's a struggle seen in Ship Breaker written by Paolo Bacigalupi. The novel is set in America’s coast region in a post- apocalyptic future and is written in the third person but the readers also see part of Nailers perspective. Nailer is a teenage boy that works for the light crew looking for copper wiring but is also struggling with an abusive relationship at home with his father. In the novel we see how Nailer grows from the abuse at home and finds a new family with loyalty and no blood bond, blood does not define family. Nailer finds friends that love and care for him. Bacigalupi’s central message about loyalty is highlighted in the contrast between the abusive, destructive relationship Nailer experiences with his father and the love and trust he experiences with his friends.

The book goes into details of how the brain evolved. Pinker explains what the human mind is, describing the emotions that linked to the brain. Telling this, he asserts the fact that human brain is not a brain. According to him, there are reasons why humans act rationally and irrationally. Pinker develops a relationship between the

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.

Joey R. Poole presents an intriguing story in “The Hand-Me-Downs.” Simon is a straight shooting kid that follows rules and does not ask many questions. But later in the story, the reader can tell that the violence surrounding Simon erodes his attitude. He begins to stand up to his brother and he begins to understand that he has free will. At the beginning of the story, the reader can tell that Simon is a typical innocent young kid but by the end of the story, the reader is convinced otherwise. Simon changes as the story progresses representing a dynamic character rather than a static character.

The process of survival is a basis laid upon many significant factors and it can become an educational experience in which an individual may learn the skill of independent thinking and will inevitably gain new insights into themselves. These ideas are considered throughout the contemporary novel, Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen in which the protagonist, Brian, undertakes tremendous trials. Through their experiences, the protagonist obtains further knowledge about himself, others, and the world.

Brian Robeson in Hatchet is just a normal thirteen year old child who is living a difficult life. His parents are divorced and he has to split time between his mom and his dad. Brian is just visiting his dad up in Canada when the worst thing ever happens. The pilot has a heart attack while flying the plane. Luckily the pilot taught Brian a little about flying before he died. Brian has to just keep moving on with his life which is the theme in this book. He has to keep moving forward in many cases from the crash, learning how to survive, and natural causes, then getting used to life again.

In Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet, the main character Brian shows that courage is the key to survive. Without courage person cannot overcome challenge. He does not afraid of failure, he can always make up his mind, and he keeps on taking risks.

American playwright and theatrical figure in the twentieth-century, Arthur Miller, once said, “Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.” Though he did not include this quote in the context of his famous work, The Crucible, his wise words can also be relevant in this play. The play takes place during the era of the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. In his composition, he includes the story of Mr. and Mrs. Proctor, a married couple living outside of Salem in the time period of the trials. Abigail Williams, the family’s servant, has an affair with Mr. Proctor, which becomes a greatly kept secret before prior to the events of the play. Proctor then fully experiences the consequences of betraying his wife, which include shame of betrayal and fear of