Hatchet
By: Gary Paulsen
Summery
In the book hatchet its Brian and his hatchet vs, mother nature. In the beginning he gets on a plain and flies to Canada to go help his dad with the oil rigs. His mom and dad are divorced so he lives with his mom and his dad needs his help. before Brian leaves his mom gives him a hatchet and Brain wonders why. Mean while when Brian is in the plane 1,000's of feet in the air, the pilot has a heart attack. Brian then takes control of the wheel and has to crash the plain.Then crashes the plain in a pound with no gas. He survives the crash but had hurt his back and his left ankle. Now it is up to Brian to survive stranded in Candida in a sea of pine trees alone. He has to survives by gathering food by fishing, hunting, eating wild barriers, drinking river water, and more. When his parents don't know if he is alive or died.
Dialogue
Brian Is all alone in the woods and has no one to talk to. To make himself feel not alone he
talks to him self.
"It's almost night," Brian said worried.
Brian the main Charecter
Brian is the main character in the book "Hatchet". He is the only character because, he is alone and lost. But in the beginning of the book there are only two characters, his mom and the Jake the pilot.
Brian's Appernce
He is 13 years old and, about 5'11 feet tall. He is a boy and, has brown hair. Also He has brown eyes and, a hatchet.
Actions
When the pilot dies due to a heart attack, Brian takes action. He first freezes and dos't know what to do. Shortly after he takes the wheel to the plain and puts on the radio. he fist does a radio checks to see if it works. He remembers when he was little, that his dad thought him how to use a radio. He first gets a quick static sound and then goes dead. Then he looks at the gas thermometer and has vary little time left. About 30 minutes later he runs out of gas and has to crash the plain in a pound below. There was just some actions that shows Brian's bravery.
Point of View
It is 3rd person limited. it tells us what Brain does and some things that Brian doesn't know.
Figurtive Language
In one of the chapters he describes how brutal the nights are. For example, "the misquotes were constantly on me every night".
Theme
Never give up on something you have been working on for a long time.