Summary Of Hatchet By Gary Paulsen

In the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen the main character Brian faces many adversities. While Brian was flying a plane to go see his dad in Canada the pilot had a heart attack and Brian had to safely land the plane. Now he is all alone in the wilderness. The three adversities that Brian faced was flying the plane after the pilot died, making a fire, and making hunting weapons.

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.

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.

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 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.

First and foremost, the story “Hatchet” has a significant turning point. Brian was flying in a plane to meet his father in the oil fields of Northern Canada when the pilot had a heart attack. Because the pilot had a heart attack, Brian was forced to crash land the plane. Then Brian landed in the wilderness and has to survive with a 2 dimes, a quarter, 2 pennies, a nickel, a hatchet his mother gave him, and himself. Brian will have to make serious choices in order to survive this frantic turning point in “Hatchet” by Gary Paulsen. At first Brian thinks that he can't do anything and that he is weak, but later on in the story he figures out that he is his most important asset and that encourages him to survive this tragic event.

Brian has a hatchet survival pack and it's getting colder in the forest of Canada. In Brian's winter by Gary Paulsen Brian has to get food stay warm and clothes make a shelter and get water. And in the how he can survive the whole winter.

In the book Hatchet, a thirteen year old named Brian, is stranded in the Canadian woods because his plane had crashed. Brian was in the woods for fifty-four days. In those fifty-four days, Brian learned how to survive on his own. In my opinion, Brian does what he can to survive on his own. In the following paragraphs, I will explain how Brian survives during his time in the Canadian woods.

“Hatchet”, a very interesting book about a boy that crash lands in the Canadian wilderness and is trying to figure out how to survive until someone comes to help him. Yet, while he is in the woods he need to be aware of what is out there in the trees and further in the wilderness. Brian, which is the boy, cannot stay on the banks of the lake forever, but if he goes out into the wilderness, he can get very hurt by many creatures and plants. Canada is a very big and interesting place and there are many creatures that hide in the bushes and trees. Some examples of animals that are in his area are wolves, wolverines, foxes, lynx, bobcats, and bears. In Canada, these animals all can hurt Brian and they can be deadly depending on how they are alarmed

In chapter 9 of hatchet by Gary Paulsen Brian attempts to make fire. He starts off by ripping up the $20 bill thinking it would work as kindling, but he was wrong. There were tiny orange sparks, but they died down quickly. Next up, he finds some dried leaves and grass, but the same thing happens. Sparks, then nothing. Brian was left feeling hopeless. Then, he sees some tiny strings of hair-like material coming off of a tree, and gets a good idea. He rubs the hairs in his hand and it creates a fine powder. So, Brian puts them into a little like, attempts to ignite it, and there are more sparks, but not enough to make a full on fire. Then Brian realizes...he needs oxygen! He needs to blow on the fire as soon as he ignited it, so that the flame

Feeling alone. Being the only one. Not knowing what to do. All of these feelings are feelings that a person would not want to feel. One might need to turn to a friend, a role model, or a parent for help. But, what if these people were not there? What if the only person one had was themselves, and they were the only one who knew about all the secrets in the world. They knew what they had done, and they drowned themselves in the guilt that was placed in them after their one mistake. In the young adult novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, the dystopian fiction piece The Giver by Lois Lowry, and the realistic fiction book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, the characters overcome hardships, difficult tasks, and social struggles in order to Come of Age.

Have you ever realised something that completely changed your life? Well Brian Robeson, from the award winning novel “Hatchet” by Gary Paulsen, made many aha moments that helped survive 54 days in the canadian wilderness with nothing but a hatchet like he had to realise that food is the main drive in nature and that he had to eat and that he had been lazy when he had just eaten the berries that he had found in the woods and that he would had to try just like everything in nature

Introduction Paragraph: The title of this book is "Hatchet". This book was written by Gary Paulsen, who is one of the popular writers as books for young people, and the best author who was awarded New berry Prize three times. It was published in 2006. This story is about adventure. Also, it contains a story of challenge of Brian Robeson, thirteen years old boy. While he has lived in uninhabited land because of the pilot's death, He got chance to get better to know himself while he lived alone. besides, he learn to overcome his own problems by spending a lot of time during thinking, regret, experience.

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The protagonist of Hatchet by Gary Paulsen is Brian Robeson, a thirteen-year-old boy from New York. The setting of this book is the northern Canadian wilderness. At the beginning of the book, Brian is going on a plane from New York to Canada to visit his father after he and Brian’s mother got divorced. The divorce and “The Secret” that Brian’s mother is having an affair plagues Brian for the majority of the book. As the pilot of the plane is flying them over the Canadian wilderness, the pilot has a heart attack and the plane crashes into a large lake. Brian survives, but the plane has sunk in the lake. Brian is injured and has no food. He eventually finds a bunch of strange berries and eats them, but they end up making him sick. He then finds a large amount of raspberries and spots a bear while he is there. He makes a shelter, but in the middle of the night, a porcupine wanders into his shelter and Brian throws his hatchet at it. It shoots quills into his leg and runs off.