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How would you survive in the woods in the middle of Canada all alone? The author of Hatchet is Gary Paulsen. His purpose of writing the story was to prove that people can change. As I read I wondered what I would have done in Brian’s situation. I found four themes in this story and I wonder if they were in on purpose. The themes are that people can change, should give up, should not lose hope, and should always use your brain. This story changed me because it helped me realize that, regardless

Book: Hatchet extended edition Author: Gary Paulson Copyright: July 1, 1999 pgs. 312 Brody Shomaker 6TH_B Brian Robeson goes through a difficult time when his parents file for divorce. The memories of the divorce, fresh and painful, plagues him. He starts out as a City boy who takes life for granted. Brian's mother wants to get a divorce from Brian's father. His mother has no idea that Brian knows about the affair. She gives a hatchet to Brian. Brian resents his mother for her behavior. “If his

Have you ever been left alone to fend for yourself? Or had no one to support you through your hardest times? You would ask yourself this while reading the captivating story in the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. After surviving the traumatizing plane crash while going to his father's house, Brian was left alone to fend for himself in the canadian wilderness with nothing but a hatchet his mother gave him. For 54 days completely on his own, he survived through the toughest times and all the challenges

Wolves howling,bears hunting,mosquitoes biting,heart… … beating.This what Brain from Hatchet by Gary Paulsen had to go through every day. After crashing a plane into to a lake,13 year old Brain had to survive for 54 days!!!After reading this book I saw lots a times he got caught up in the past.This help and/or hurt him in many ways. In Hatchet, Brian had to keep a positive mind this was hard without someone motivating lucky he had his memories to guide him.One of the memories was important quote

fiction novel, Hatchet by Gary Paulsen describes a boy named Brian who crashed in the canadian woods, who must survive off the grid with only his hatchet and biran. Gary Paulsen uses the setting of the canadian wilderness to demonstrate the growth of the main character mentally, emotionally, and physically. Certain events throughout the plot add to the readers understanding of brian’s true transformation. At the beginning of the story, Brian could be described as worried Gary Paulsen writes, ‘’Going

Hatchet 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 chapter 17 up until the Epilogue of Gary Paulsen’s story “Hatchet” Brian realizes many things that are important to his survival. For example, at the beginning of chapter 17, he realizes that the tornado gave him a gift, the plane. The plane, which had sunken, had a survival package in it filled with food and other supplies which are vital to Brian’s survival. The tornado however, blew part of the plane ashore. Remembering this, Brian has a good night's sleep thinking that he could live off these

CRASH! Your plane just crash-landed in the middle of the Canadian wilderness, and all you have is a hatchet on your belt. How do you survive? Just ask Brian Robeson, a thirteen year-old boy who was stranded in the wilderness in the book Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen. Brian used three, excellent strategies to survive in the wilderness. Brian made priorities of what the most important things he needed in order to survive, he experimented with things and learned from trial­ and-error, and he used his hatchet

Hatchet By Gary Paulsen Summarizer Prepare a brief summary using the format in the J.A.R. Reegan and Sheira CH 13 PG 115-123: Reegan: There was a fish moving at the bottom of the water. The fish started leaking at the bottom. Then there was the mama bear and its cubs. When he turned there was wolves. Brian was scared at first but the wolves took him in as their own. At one point the wolves lest brian, then came back. Brian also let the fire burn out. He went to bed and woke up with cuts on his

In the book Hatchet A 13 year old boy named Brian got lost in the in the North Woods which is in central Canada. He got lost there when he was going to visit his dad because his parents split up because his mother was cheating on his father. In the first 3 chapters Brian is in a plane with 1 pilot. That one pilot had a heart attack and the plane crashed. In the next 3 chapters Brian looks around the area that the plane crashed and finds some red berries. In the next chapter Brian wakes up in the