Book Report On Hatchet By Gary Paulsen

Gary Paulsen 's Hatchet is a modern classic tale of a stranded boy 's struggle for survival in the wilderness. The book is based on a 13-year-old who is accustomed to big-city life and comfort when he finds himself alone in a remote Canadian forest with no tools but a hatchet his mother gave him. Brian Robeson, a thirteen-year-old boy from New York City, is the only passenger on a small plane headed toward the oil fields of Canada. Brian is on his way to spend the summer with his father, and he 's feeling totally bummed about his parents ' recent divorce. he doesn 't have much time to dwell on his unhappy family situation, though, because the pilot the only other person on the plane suddenly suffers a heart attack and dies. Through an

All the while, Brian is counting on rescuers showing up at any time. When a rescue plane does fly overhead, though, Brian misses it, seeing it just in time to watch it fade off into the distance. Brian 's reaction, understandably, is not pretty. He was screaming, cursing at god, crying. He was not a happy camper. As time passes, Brian started thinking back to the events that have led to him being stranded in the forest, Brian thinks about the word "divorce." to Brian, he thinks it is a word meaning, “a tearing, ugly word that meant fights and yelling” Brian also starts to think about the word "secret," or rather, about the secret that he knows about his mother, a secret that he hasn 't shared with anyone. Thinking about all this, Brian feels his eyes start to burn and tear up, but he doesn 't cry. He glances at the pilot to make sure the tears weren 't noticed, and the pilot smiles, asking Brian if he 's ever flown in the copilot 's seat before. Brian says no, he hasn 't. The pilot shows Brian the plane 's rudder pedals and the steering controls, telling him that a "plane like this almost flies itself" Brian recovers his can-do attitude after a few days of self-petty and becomes even tougher than he was before. He constructs a bow and arrow, learns to fish, hunts birds and rabbits, and reinforces his shelter against the elements. He 's attacked by a skunk and, later, a moose. And as if eating raw turtle eggs and fighting off wild animals weren 't enough, Brian then

we learn that Brian soon returns to life in the city with his mother. He 's been changed, physically and emotionally, by his experiences in the woods. He spends time learning about some of the plants and animals that he had to consume while stranded, and he often has dreams about his time on the lake. His parents never reconcile, and Brian is never able to tell his father about his mother 's involvement with another man. Brian returns to the spot where he had spent those two months before. With his mom and dad, he wanted to show them where he had survived and what he had to do to survive. Brian showed his parents how he caught small game. And how he notched holes into his tree to make room for the fires. Showed them how he fished. His dad was pretty amazed at how his son managed to survive in a terrain so inhospitable. His mom was kinda like that is cool but I do not care all I care about is that you are safe and sound now. Brian also tells his parents that he also trained a falcon to hunt small game for him like rabbits. I thought this kid was pretty creative with his situation and how he was smart enough to look for shelter first then build a fire and to only