The Hatchet was written by Gary Paulsen. The book talks about a thirteen-year-old young man named Brian Robeson. Brian’s life is a mess, his parents are going through a divorce. During the fall, winter and spring he would had to stay with his mother, but during the summer he had to stay with his dad in Canada. Before flight his mom gave him a hatchet, while flying the pilot taught him how to keep the plane flying. Out of nowhere the pilot has a heart attack. Brian does a crash landing in a small L shaped lake. If I was in his shoe I would do things differently. While crashing I got the hatchet. (Splash) I immediately got out of the plane swam to the top and then swam to shore. I did all of this while holding the hatchet in my hand. On the shore, I toke all my clothes off to not get hypothermia. …show more content…
would come to rescue me. But nobody came. It was time for me to build a new shelter, I found a cave, and in the cave I would make a door so nothing can come in. There would be a small hole for air ventilation. The number one thing I would do pray ask God for safe and shelter and guides. Keeping my mind straight is a thing that will keep me alive and positive. S.T.O.P. stop, think, observe, and plan is a strategy that help me to have my mind straight. Study show that if you have positive you can live longer. That is way Brian live for fifty-four