Book Report On Hatchet By Gary Paulsen

The book I read was Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. This novel is about a thirteen-year-old boy named Brian Robeson, (narrates the story), who crashes in a Canadian forest while trying to visit his dad for the summer. Gary Paulsen created a great adventure with great change and development in the character, Brian and his surroundings. Brain has internal and external struggles before, during, and after him being stranded in Canadian wilderness. This Drama and Adventure story has many different characters, settings, problems, and main events as well as a clear resolution and theme.

Brain, a thirteen-year-old boy from The Big Apple, is the main character. His two parents, divorced are leaved unnamed but also a huge part of the story’s plot. Brian has

There were many problems. One problem was the cheating and divorce of his parents. One main event that caused it was, during a party, Brian caught his mother kissing a man which was not his father. Later on his parents divorced for an unknown but seemingly related reason. Another problem was him being stranded in a Canadian forest. The main event that caused this was that Jim/Jake had a heart attack causing Brain to attempt to control the plane but fail and crash land into a lake in a Canadian forest. This creates the problem on how he is going to survive which is going to be the main problem. This lead to another main event, or many event made into one main one. Brain starts off not knowing anything. He tries finding food only receiving berries. Later through his months in the forest, he learns to hunts for fish, get fresh water, build shelter, and live semi normal. Another main event that effected most of the story and gave the title of the story. His mother, on their way to the plane, gave him a hatchet for a nice gesture. He used this for many things, such as, cutting wood for shelter and opening the plane for a kit of essentials. The last main event and resolution was when a plane finds him and lands onto the lake, saving him and taking him back home. Brian, completely dumbfounded, not

One literary device is Foreshadowing. This is shown by the pilot teaching him how to control the plane prepares us for him landing the plane himself and the pilot’s sudden concern with a pain in his shoulder and arm foreshadows his death of a heart attack. This is important cause this causes the main plot of the story. Another literary device is Irony. It is ironic that Brian’s mother gives him a hatchet as a gift before he leaves, because it is the tool that will mean survival for him and Brian finally finds the survival kit even though he has learned on his own how to survive. This important cause the hatchet shapes part of the story, if not most. A third literary device is a Flashback. When Brain catches his mom cheating on Brian’s dad with a strange man. This is important because it might be the cause of the divorce of Brian’s parents. Imagery. Brian talks about the forest and the lake which gives us a setting to visualize while reading the story. This is important so we can visualize it. A forth literary device is Symbolism. The Hatchet was a symbol of life and how it had many uses and got through the journey in the forest. This is important because the hatchet is used many times in the story. The last literary device is Syntax. Gary Paulsen uses one line paragraphs and one word sentences. This gives kind of a dramatic effect which is completely