Gary Kellgren

Hatchet Reading analysis At the start of the book Brian is a typical city boy who takes most things in life for granted. After all the trauma he is forced to go through he sees everything differently. I think that by the end of the book Brian has changed for the better and becomes a more appreciative person. The reason that Brian changes is because of his plane crashing which results in him getting stranded in the Canadian forest. The first mental change that Brian undergoes is after his pilot

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-Vince Lombardi once said, “It’s not whether you get knocked down. It’s whether you get back up.” In the adventure novel, Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, Brian Robeson is a thirteen-year-old boy who has just been in a plane crash. As Brian is trying to survive, he is also trying to overcome his anger towards his parents’ the divorce.Brian also faces problems such as searching for food and dealing with pain. Each problem brings up the same theme, keep your head in the game. The novel hatchets theme keep

In the beginning of Hatchet, Brian is still learning what his surroundings include, such as raspberries, gut cherries, and wood. He would not be able to make the shelter he made without his mostly good attitude and his motivation. When he finds out that he has to strike the hatchet on the wall of the alcove to make fire, he tries. It takes a lot of effort and he almost gave up, but his motivation saved him and he was able to make this fire, even though it took almost a day. He succeeded in making

If I could change the life of a story character to make it more like Zane’s, I would change Brian’s from “The Hatchet.” I would change his life by putting him in Zane’s situation (even though it is not positive). In “The Hatchet,” Brian is going on a trip to see his father (who was divorced with his mother) in the North Canadian woods. He was going in a two-seater plane. While in the air, the pilot had a fatal heart attack. The plane crashed into a lake, with Brian still in it. Brian was forced to

An important event in Hatchet was when Brian is getting the survival pack from the downed plane. Since Brian has changed (physically and emotionally) throughout the days he has been there. Usually, he will think of negative things and cry about all of them. Brian is starting to think about the plane and the dead pilot again, but this time it was different. He was there for about 50 days or so, but he thought about it all day. The survival pack, he was thinking of until the next morning. For the steps

is a hatchet, a present his mother had given to him shortly before his plane departed for Canada. Hatchet follows Brian along on his journey in the Canadian wilderness, each day discovering more about himself, and the needs for survival. The author Gary Paulsen, uses different literary techniques to help the reader grasp a deeper meaning of the story. Throughout the book, Paulsen explores the use of similes and repetition to bring the characters and setting of the story to life.

The book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen and the article “Juvenile Justice Program Teaches Boy's Life Lessons and Accountability” by Dallas Morning News share a common theme of positive thinking, initiation into manhood and man vs. nature. The theme I am focusing on is positive thinking. In paulsen’s book “Hatchet,” Brian has to have positive thoughts to keep his hope that someone will rescue him. In the article by Dallas Morning News “Juvenile Justice Program Teaches Boy's Life Lessons and Accountability

Have you ever been in situation where your life was entirely based on your own actions, been stuck in life or death situation with little sanctuary? These questions revolve around the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. Thirteen year old Brian is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the middle of the canadian wilderness after the pilot had a heart attack. For a harsh 54 days, Brian pulls an amazing feat by living by himself with only his wits and very little knowledge on how to survive. Overall

A wise woman once said, Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me. This quote applies to Gary Paulsen’s novel Hatchet, for it has many elements of adapting. It speaks of Brian Robeson, a boy on his way to his father’s house, only to be lost to Canada’s wilderness due to a plane crash. As Brian faces the harsh obstacles of nature, it reveals that the importance of adapting is one of the main themes of this novel. Throughout the book, Brian encounters countless situations of difficulty, in