The auther of my book is Gary Paulsen the main charicter is Brian Robinson the setting is in the Canadian wilderness. Hatchet is a book about a 13 year old kid named Brian who crash lands a plane in the Canadian wilderness and has to survive on his own. Brian is flying to Alaska to visit his dad for the summer when suddenly the pilot has a heart attack and dies. He grabs onto the controls and tries to land the plane but there's no flat area so he decides to crash into a lake. He hustles out of the plane with his hatchet at his side and swims to the shore. Brian uses his hatchet to make a shelter and weapons. He chops down branches and sets them up for his shelter. "With the branches he interlaced and wove a wall of the opening of the front of the rocks. Then he goes to get grass to put on top of the branches. He uses the shelter to protect him from the rain and some animals. After he builds the shelter, Brian uses his hatchet to make spears and arrows out of branches. "He had!.
worked on the fish spear until it had become more then just a tool. He shoots the arrows at birds and throws the spears at fish. "I know about fire; I know I need fire. Brian says this the second night he's there. Brian needs a fire because he needs it for heat, to cook food and to keep animals away. Brian makes the fire with his hatchet and a rock. First, he figures out that he needs some paper so he takes his 20 dollar bill and tries to burn it. Unfortunitly the bill just burns right out and leaves him with no fire. After that he takes his hatchet and cuts really small pieces of bark. Then he piles them up under twigs. Then he takes his hatchet and hits a rock with a great blow and sparks catch the bark on fire. He hits another blow and The sparks catch the twigs on fire. And so he has a fire. About two months later Brian went to the bottom of the lake to see if there was anything useful in the plane. He brought up a survival package.
This is the story line in the book called Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen, a Newbery Honor Book. In the novel Hatchet, Brian Robeson shows that he is courageous, determined and hungry. ... Once he got a fire started (by throwing his hatchet at a wall and making sparks), he showed determination by keeping it lit for extremely long periods of time. ...
Lord of the Flies can be compared to books like Alive and Hatchet. Hatchet is a story about a kid named Brian and his fight for survival on an island all alone, unlike the children on the Lord of the Flies, Brian learns from his mistakes and makes a better life for himself. ...
Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is on his way to visit his father in a small single engine plane when suddenly the pilot has a heart attack. Not knowing if the pilot is dead Brian continues to fly the plane. Soon after that the plane runs out of fuel and crashes in the middle of a lake somewher...
You were flying along in the plane, you get bad turbulence, and crash Yes, yes, we've heard this story line before, a particularly good one I recall was The Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. ... Brian survived the wreck with only his hatchet. ... He used his hatchet to make spears, and also a bow and arrows. ... They both land with items, in Brian's case only with his hatchet, and the they both use them to survive. ...
Whereas, The Hatchet helps edify know-how, determination, and more courage than the main character possessed to survive. ... Contrarily, The Hatchet the story of a lone survivor of the crash of a single engine plane in the Canadian Wilderness, for forty-five days, Brian Robseson is alone with nothing but his hatchet that was given to him as a gift from his mother before leaving on his trip to Canada. ... The hatchet is key to Brian's survival on the lake. ... He has no food and the only thing that he can use as a tool is a Hatchet that his mother gave to him before he left. ... The ...
Kiowa's old hunting hatchet, given to him by his grandfather, not only serves as a useful day to day tool but it also serves as a reminder to who he is and to where he come from and the family he left behind. Just like the hatchet, Kiowa's bible is also a multi functional weapon against the battle of homesickness, it serves as a reminder of his father, the familiar smell of the pages and the leather soothes him and gives him relief from the stresses of the war. ... He uses his Native traditions in order to battle the Vietcong and he uses his Bible, moccasins, and hatchet to battle th...
One policeman reported that the murder weapon or hatchet had been "dropped in ashes and tossed in a box and had fine dust on it"(Crime Library). The prosecutor also claimed that the hatchet was washed thoroughly to get all the blood off, then the handle was deliberately broken. There were no traces of blood found at all on the hatchet. ... The prosecution says that the broken hatchet may have been the weapon, but there is no physical evidence that Lizzie even touched the axe. ...
