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For summer reading, I read Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen, and Eragon, by Christopher Paolini. I chose to do this report about Hatchet, because I felt that it had more impact on me as I was reading it. I also like reading survival themed novels. Hatchet is a story about survival. 13 year old Brian Robson, a city boy, gets his whole life turned around when a plane that he is flying in crashes, leaving him stranded in the harsh Alaskan wilderness, with nothing but a hatchet to aid him in his quest for survival

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen is a novel about a 13 year old boy named Brian Robeson, who crashes in a small bush plane in remote canadian wilderness and the journey of survival he had to overcome against nature and wildlife.This novel proves how hard times can better a person that overcomes those times. First Brian starts his journey when he leaves his mother to go live with his dad with a hatchet his mother gave him as a gift and suddenly finds himself stranded in a rough rugged canadian wilderness.

The author, Gary Paulsen, uses at least 3 literary techniques in his novel Hatchet: repetition, imagery, and personification. Gary Paulsen uses repetition to express Brian’s thoughts. In the beginning of Hatchet, he repeats the word alone to show Brain alone in the woods after the plane crash having no one or nothing except for the hatchet. Through the middle and ending of Hatchet, Gary Paulsen keeps repeating the word tomorrow. In the middle of the novel, he uses the word tomorrow to show how

In the Washington DC area, it is not at all uncommon to see flash flood warnings scroll across the television screen, but nothing comes of it other than some rain. This past weekend, however, during Memorial Day weekend, Ellicott City, Maryland, which sits just outside of the beltway, experienced a horrible flash flood. The death toll still has yet to be announced, as cleanup and the search for survivors has just begun. Two waves of intense flooding hit the town unexpectedly, and with little warning

“Stay quiet”, are the words that came from the coyote, an individual which smuggles people across borders, as they placed me a five year old onto an inflatable pool donut. The donut was floating on the rapid waters of the Rio Grande which my mom, sister, and I were getting ready to cross not knowing what awaited us on the other side. While they place me on the donut both my mom and sister followed directly behind it making sure I was safe. As they swam across being guided by the coyote I was pulled

“Adults are locked into car payments and divorces and work. They haven’t got time to think fresh.” Gary Paulsen Brian Robeson is the main character in Hatchet; he undergoes a hard transition when his mother files for a divorce. He starts out as a city boy from New York and turns into a man of the wild. His love for nature grows strong as he was in the forest longer. At the beginning of the novel he was very impatient, but as he matures he learned how to be more patient. Brian's mother wants to

Having a water pipe burst can be so annoying. At first, you might not even recognize you have a leak until dampness manifest on the surface of a wall or if it’s a underground leak moistness coming up from the floor. Left unchecked, this can lead to further expensive damages including mildew, mold as well as prominent structural repairs. Here are some reasons a pipe could burst - * Extreme Temperatures: Most people think of cold weather when it comes to pipes bursting; however, intense summer

In the book Hatchet there is a young boy named Brian Robeson. This story is written by Gary Paulsen. He gets a hatchet on his way to the airport. His parents split up and now Brian has to visit his father in Canada. While on a bush plane the pilot suffers a heart attack and dies on the plane. Brian is now alone on the plane, but eventually it crashes. Brian is now stuck in the Canadian woods with no food, no shelter, and no one to call for help. There is also a secret circling in his mind. He will

There are obviously going to be multiple impacts on the environment because of the dam’s construction. However, what most people don’t know is what they actually are. Many fish cannot pass through the dam. This impacts their breeding and migration. While many will argue that some fish can make it through, there are still dangers for the fish on the other side. After water enters the dam, oxygen is sucked out of it. This little bit of oxygen is essential for fish to survive in the water, and without

Great flood of 1927, Mississippi River Flood of 1927, and 1927 Flood. The flood “…had social and political ramifications which changed the way Arkansas, as well as the nation, viewed relief from natural disasters and the responsibility of government in aiding the victims, echoing the Hurricane Katrina disaster in the present day” (Hendricks). During the summer of 1926, heavy rains were beginning to swell to extraordinary levels in the basin of the Mississippi river. Also contributing to the swelling