Gary Kellgren

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

Sam Westing was found dead in the book, The Westing Game, By Ellen Raskin. Everyone is on the lookout for his murderer. James Shin Hoo is the perfect candidate as his murderer, He is full of resentment, selfishness, and a bitter attitude. James Shin Hoo is the probable murderer. In the book, James Shin Hoo Claims he has an airtight alibi for the night the body was found dead. He says that he was in his restaurant. However it never states in the book that Sam Westing was killed the night he was

The novel by Gary Paulsen, “Hatchet”, shows the main character, Brian Robeson, tremendously growing mentally and physically throughout the story. This story shows the growth of a character from someone who can barely defend himself to another person who is strong and courageous. Brian definitely not only changed as a person, his perspective of everything changed. At the beginning of the novel, the best word to describe Brian’s personality or character is panicked. This word is an appropriate description

“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change” -- Stephen Hawking. In Gary Paulsen’s adventure novel, Hatchet, he tells the story of a boy named Brian Robeson who must learn to survive in the wilderness after his plane crashes. He spends the next fifty-four days alone with his hatchet and thoughts and must learn to fend for himself. Indeed Brian is frustrated and nervous at first, but eventually he comes around and is more determined to survive. He learns many things throughout his long stay of

This book is written by Gary Paulsen. It takes place in the Canadian wilderness, where Brian Robeson’s, who is 13 yrs. Old, plane crashes. Brian shows a lot of determination and strength, to be able to survive in the wilderness, with no one else. The story starts out with Brian in the city, he lives with his mother, who is divorced. His mother gives him a gift before he leaves and it is a hatchet that fits on his belt so Brian puts it there. Brian meets the pilot and he is a nice man. Brian and the

“Office Space” is a comedy movie of a man who desperately hates his job and his boss. The movie begins with Peter Gibbon’s daily life story at Initech. At work, Peter has to deal with his indifferent boss, Bill Lumbergh, who doesn’t want to listen to his employee’s feedbacks. Lumbergh seems to be an ignorant and arrogant man who dictates his employee and doesn’t want to be blamed at all. Moreover, Lumbergh asks his employee to come to work on weekend. The atmosphere in the office is getting more

“Green River Killer” Gary Leon Ridgway Elizabeth Sabie Florida International University “Green River Killer” Gary Leon Ridgway In the summer of 1982, while playing in the woods, children found the body of a young teen was floating in the Green River in King County, Washington. Sixteen year old Wendy Lee Coffield was found strangled with her own panties and tossed into the river like a piece of refuse. Her murder sparked an investigation that spanned three decades. Coffield 's body

The infamous “Green River Killer” otherwise known as Gary Ridgway was one of the more interesting cases that I had come across while researching criminals to choose as a topic, mainly because there was so much media coverage regarding this case. Gary was convicted of killing at least forty eight plus people, and had confessed to killing more than seventy people; I can only really wonder what could cause him to commit such atrocious crimes, which is what led me to choosing him as my topic of interest