The book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen is a coming of age story about a boy named Brian Robeson who is stranded in the wildness and has to learn how to survive on his own. The book is fairly interesting, interlacing survival with dealing with a divorce in an young adult novel. Many of the parts in this story are useful for students to learn. Many of the themes are also relatable to the lives of students. Brian is very similar to other young adult heros but different enough that he could be compared to

Hatchet Brian Robeson is thirteen years old, he lives with his mother and father and is a single child in the family of three in New York Hampton. Brian's parents are going to get a divorce, which he knows why and calls it "The Secret." In the first part of the book we do not know what "The Secret" is, but as I got further in the book, it is that he is suspecting that his mother has cheated on his father with another man. He thinks it is a man named Jake in his mid forties, with blonde hair and

HATCHET Chulhwa Lee Mr. Munro English A January 8th, 2014 The setting of a book is where it is taking place. The setting of the book Hatchet is taking place at Canadian Northern woods. The setting of this book is well-described with a lot of details such as raspberry patch and fool birds. The setting of this book is important because it is symbolic, it is used to reveal information about the character and it is connected to theme. The setting of the book Hatchet is symbolic. The place

The Hatchet represents everything Brian can do in the wilderness. It is sort of like a pocketknife because Brian uses it for so many things. The Hatchet is a tool originally used to chop down wood. Brain used it to make a fire, cut down wood, get food, make weapons, and protect himself. The hatchet is a useful tool to Brian, he made a spear wit the hatchet and is saving the Hatchet for something more important than hunting. The hatchet is made out of steel so when it strikes the black rock embedded

he handed me a hatchet. We just kept moving deeper and deeper into the woods. “ Are we almost there yet?” “ We’re pretty close, just don’t freak out,” Axton calmly answered me. We keep moving and I started to feel extremely uncomfortable. It couldn’t place the feeling, it wasn’t fear, it wasn’t concern, it was just strange. Axton swiftly ran in front of me and lifted a blanket off of a figure and threw it at me. I caught it, but in the process I accidently cut my hand on the hatchet. The blood gathered

were stranded alone? Would you survive? Would you have enough confidence to survive? Well this boy, named Brian, never had such a thing in his head. Until one day he was in an airplane crash and was stranded by himself. This happened in the book Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen. After this crash, the main character Brian finds himself stranded, by himself, with nothing more than himself. Brian survived 54 days until somebody finally found him. This is a huge accomplishment and I think it takes a special

suddenly everything went wrong? Brian in the book is changing by having to go through being stuck in the middle of a forest. The pilot has had a heart attack and Brian is stuck alone in a plane he doesn’t know how to fly.He has to survive with just a hatchet and the clothes on his back. Surviving off the littlest things and his shelter being a lean-to.This is proving that Brian is going through transformation in what is happening to him in his life right now.

The book Hatchet was full of adventure around every corner. There is not a moment in the entire book where you’re not held in suspense or on the edge of your seat wonder what might happen to Brian, the main character. It is a book about both a self conflict, and a battle against nature for the survival of the fittest. This story starts off holding you in suspense, Brian is a city boy that is going through a hard time because he knows “The Secret” that his dad doesn’t know, so it’s causing a divorce