The Hatchet Analysis

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.

Do you think that you could live on your intelligence and strengths and nobody’s else? Do you think that you would survive alone? This is the main focus of the intriguing novel Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen. After being the only survivor of a plane crash, the main character Brian finds himself alone in the Canadian Wilderness and survives completely on his own for 54 days. For Brian, this was a life changing experience, throughout the novel Brian develops as a person. Brian became stronger both physically and mentally from these changes and they helped him to survive. Overall, the main ways in which Brian changed throughout the novel is in the fact that he became a more independent, hard working individual, and these developments were all

In the book Hatchet when Brian first get fire is when he is asleep and a porcupine comes and Brian throws the hatchet at the porcupine. The thing was Brian missed and sent the hatchet flying at the wall. Then the porcupine sent quills at Brian into his leg. The next morning  Brian looked at the wall and saw sparks marks and then he thought if he hit the wall with the hatchet than he could start fire.  In  Survival by the Numbers Peter said,”What are  priorities – fire first or shelter?”  Peter said that you have to have fire. Brian had to use fire a lot in the book.

The fire helps Brian survive because it is a guard from the things he encounters. Brian is realizing that he can make a fire from the

In Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen, the pessimistic main character, Brian is in extreme isolation and experiences a horrible conflict. While Brian has to adapt from being his comfortable self in the city to a vulnerable life in the canadian wilderness. Brian experiences with separations is both indifference and enhancing ways. The plot brightens up by the author's main purpose, change. This essay will analyse Brian’s character, internal conflict, and the aspect of the setting.

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

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.

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.

A novel called Hatchet by Gary Paulsen is about a boy named Brian Robeson, who got stuck in the wilderness, after leaving his mother’s house to visit His father, who recently got divorced with Brian’s mother. Brian must learn how to use the forest around him to survive. Another novel called Stone Fox by John Renolds is about a boy named Little Willie, who’s Grandfather gets "sick" from not paying the taxes and his Grandfather says “I’ll sell the barn,” but Little willie wants to preserve the farm, so he completed in a dog sled race.

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'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.

“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

Have you been a situation that you just want to die?Will this essay is based on the novel Hatchet,By Gary Paulsen. After being in a plane crash, the main character Brian finds himself alone in the Canadian Wilderness and survives completely on his own for 54 days. Brian went through some tough times in the book,In the book brian had to start to learn that he has to watch out and he has to not sit a relax he has to keep up and survive the harsh reality he now was facing. One of the fist things brian realises that he has t eat and that everything else must eat to the quote for this is “Early in the new time he had learned the most important thing, the truly vital knowledge that drives all creatures in the forest—food is all.

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

Before he found out that throwing the hatchet against the shelter wall would work Brian tried some hit or miss things for his fire bed like ripping up a twenty dollar bill, using grass or leaves from the surroundings. Then finally, Bri, a found the successful way by cutting off tree bark with his hatchet. These steps are important because the fire is necessary for Brian because it keeps him warm and he could cook food like fish over the fire so he doesn’t have to eat none cooked meat. Brian’s experience with making fire is one reason why the novel Hatchet is a