Memories In The Hatchet

After he crashes, even though he knows things are not going his way he retains a positive attitude and keeps busy. This is a very smart and important move when trying to survive, any doubting will finish you. Brian is very strong mentally because he manages to keep positive after he sees his mother with a man other than his father, his parents divorce, his pilot dies and he gets stranded in the forest. I don’t think most people could cope with all that, I don’t think I could cope well with all that. Not only is he strong mentally but he is also strong physically. After a crash most people would be hurt and discouraged but he is up and moving the next day. He knows to get food, water and a shelter asap. By the third day he had made a proper shelter, a fire for warmth and a fire for signaling, found food and started planning next

In his case he has the hatchet his mother gave him. When you are stuck in the wilderness you're going to need to use what you have around you to survive. One quote in chapter 18 by Brian said this, “The hatchet. He might be able to cut or hack with the hatchet.” At this time Brian was trying to get in the plane because the tornado turned it to where the tail was sticking out of the water.

One way he didn't give up is when he went out and wanted to get the survival packet. He lost his hatchet when he was trying to get a hole in the plane to go in and get the survival pack. He made a raft to land to the lake. Then Brian felt deeply sad he lost his hatchet. Even though all that happened to him he still did not get discouraged.

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

I think the comic book was a symbol Brian’s innocence and he was holding onto it until his father made him give it up. The comic book was with him and helped him get through the traumatic experience in the hotel which could be another reason he was so angry to let it go. In addition, Jeanette hints at Brian knowing what they did since he knows that the women make

He carried this lesson throughout the book. This theme is also shown persistently in many parts of the book including the beginning, middle, and end. In the beginning it is shown, when Brian must fly the plane and successfully and accurately land it, and when he must adapt to all the mosquitoes in the forest that are biting him and “bugging” him. Then in the middle of the book, the theme is shown when Brian must adapt to the turtle eggs and when Brian realizes that he has adapted to living in the wilderness and that he is much more skilled than before. Lastly, in the end of the book it is shown when Brian is much more content about his parents’ divorce. Stephen Hawking once said, “Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change”. This strongly relates to Brian in the novel, Hatchet and adds on to the theme,the importance of learning to adapt. All in all, Brian Robeson has showed many signs of change reflecting towards the theme--The Importance of Learning to Adapt--in the award winning book, written by Gary Paulsen,

The mental and physical changes Brian went through all helped him during his survival and benefited him even when he was found. Physically and mentally Brian became stronger from these changes, which helped him survive. For Brian this was a life changing experience, throughout the novel Brian develops as a person. However the questions still about

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

He was struck by a porcupine after he threw his hatchet at it. The spikes of the porcupine were all up his leg and it was very painful for him. After Brian took each and every spike out of him he just felt as though he could not survive and he just sat down and cried. He cried for a very long time, and after he realized that he did not accomplish anything, and that he was not going to get anything done by sitting down and crying about it. Brian realized that crap happens in life, and what shapes you as a person is how you move through it.

Brian's thoughts are significant because we can see that the Hatchet is what keeps him carrying on and not giving up. The hatchet was a sign of protection and it is significant because it is the thing that gives him a sense of protection. The bear had put a little fear into Brian though “he thought of the bear, thought of thought of Bigfoot and every monster he had ever seen in every fright movies he had ever watched and his heart hammered in his throat” (Paulsen 30). The reader can see that Brian is scared because he is all alone in the pitch black wilderness with animals and other creatures around him.

“He'd been lazy—but now he knew the second most important thing about nature, what drives nature. Food was first, but the work for the food went on and on. Nothing in nature was lazy. He had tried to take a shortcut and paid for it with his turtle eggs,” chapter 14.Brain is no realising that he can't be lazy and watch the other animals eat and still his food brian needs to get up and hunt for the animals that still his food a eat them.brian is know thinking and he know knows that he needs to work harder than he has ever worked. I think brian knows what is happening and know knows he needs to build a bigger fort for his

In Hatchet, Brian changed from from a before to after. He made a fire on page 86 he finally makes a fire that was one of his bigger achievements. But later in the story the fire is easy to make. Another one of things that changed Brian is that he figured out how to get fish from the lake on page one hundred nineteen. While Brian was trying to survive he was always thinking about food from home.

In Hatchet Brian uses many different survival techniques to make it through alive. These are the approaches Brian uses to survive: Brian used trial and error, he never threw anything away, and Brian never felt sorry for himself. Brian used trial and error which means Brian would try something and if it did not work he would try again. For example when the pilot died Brian had to drive the plane and he had to keep pushing the wheel in, then out.

He is alone since the pilot had died, and he also hardly has any materials to survive so he is left to struggle. The setting and Brian’s actions and thoughts reveal the theme because the setting affects his actions and thoughts throughout