Gary Gordon

Have you ever been on a plane? Imagine crashing because the pilot had a heart attack and having to survive by yourself for a months. These things happen in the three time newbery honor author, Gary Paulsen’s book “Hatchet”. A kid named Brian has been in the same plane crash as described. He is thirteen years old and has survived for 54 days, alone in the Canadian Wilderness. Could you imagine? Through all this Brian had to rely on himself and only himself to survive. He used all of the things that

For instance, the case of the “Green River Killer” (Hickey, 2010:24) may offer another possible explanation for what caused Jack the Ripper to become a serial killer. Gary Ridgway is America’s most notorious serial killer (Hickey, 2010), he “holds the record for the most serial murder convictions in the history of the United States” (Hickey, 2010:24). Ridgway is responsible for the deaths of 48 women (Hickey, 2010). Like Jack the Ripper, Ridgway selected prostitutes as his intended victims (Paley

Ridgway experienced a very lonely childhood; he did not have many friends and was said to possibly suffer from anti-social behaviour, supported by Minzi and Shields (2007) stating, “his attitude, life history, and crimes all point to antisocial personality disorder” (p.87). During his teen years, Ridgway began to stalk women who previously rejected him, which is a large indicator of an issue occurring in Ridgway’s life. It is abnormal for teenage boys to stalk the women who had rejected them; these

Introduction: Almost every students might had a question about essential things when you are in a desert island, wilderness, or some kinds of isolated places. And those thing can be water, fire, foods, shelter, sleeping bag, etc. The 'Hatchet' by Gary Paulsen, who is a three-time Newbery Honor Author shows a 13-years old boy's survival story in canadian wilderness. Body: Brian Robeson, 13-years old boy is a main character of this novel. He was going for his father by the light plane only with

Michael Jackson and Wiz Khalifa are American artists that are popular across the world and have won several awards. They are differences and similarities between these artists Although Michael Jackson and Wiz Khalifa belong to different generations, both possess qualities that enabled them to be international stars in the field of music. Both Michael Jackson and Wiz Khalifa were musicians and movie stars. The real name of Michael Jackson was Michael Joseph Jackson and was born on 29 August 1958

In the beginning of Pleasantville Bud and Mary sue are confused, then they start to get comfortable, Mary sue didn't know anything about Pleasantville weren't convinced they were in the show. Learnt that breaking free of conventions will result in an individual's change in identity. Topic sentence Bud realises his identity changes the more conventions he breaks. Idea #1 (Character before) At the beginning of Pleasantville Bud was very shy towards Girls, he didn't want to change Pleasantville when

For 54 days, Brian Robeson, was stranded on an island with only his knowledge, the clothes on his back, and his hatchet. In the book Hatchet, written by Gary Paulsen, Brian got stranded because the pilot of his plane had a heart attack. Not only did the pilot having the heart attack test Brian about what he knew about planes, but it also tested him on how much he knew about how to survive without the major necessities. “You are your most valuable asset. Don't forget that. You are the best thing you

-claim An important event in Hatchet was when Brian was trying to start a fire for the first time. Brian had the ability to start a fire when he was getting attacked by a porcupine. He went to throw the hatchet at the porcupine and it hit the shelter wall. As a result, it then created sparks. Then later when Brian redeemed the attack of the porcupine he inspected that when he threw his hatchet against the shelter, wall and it created sparks he could use those sparks to create fire. Before he found

In the novel Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, the main character Brian makes several different tools while surviving in the North Canadian forest. He had no tools (besides the hatchet) to begin with due to the bush-plane crash. A few of the inventions were a door, an arrow and a raft. To illustrate, one of these inventions was a shelter “door.” He made it by tightly weaving together willow branches that he’d cut with the hatchet. He added more wood in between the branch weaving to make it more durable. He

Her remains were found in 2002. Guandique and Gary A. Condit are two theories surrounding the mystery behind Levy’s death. First of all, Chandra Levy was working as an intern at the Federal Bureau of Prisons when she vanished on May 1st 2001 (Thompson 1). Now, Levy was last seen canceling her membership at a gym April 20th (Maureen 1). Robert Levy the father of Chandra Levy told the police that his daughter was in fact dating congressman Gary A. Condit. Although Condit had two children and