In the book Hatchet, Brian Robeson survives in the wilderness through the power of positivity. Brian lived in New York and had to visit his father in Canada for the summer because his parents have recently gotten a divorce. While on the plane, the pilot had a heart attack and Brian had to try his best to safely land the plane in the woods after it ran out of fuel. With all the shock and need for survival, he was discouraged very easily with the many setbacks he had while trying to make his shelter and find his food. Throughout Hatchet, Brian Robeson survived fifty four days in the wilderness with the power of positive thinking. The important thing Brian had to first achieve in order to ensure his survival, was too make his shelter with very little resources. He was able to make his shelter quickly after he found wood, but later needed food and was impossible to find until he finally decided to keep looking “He had to stop this. His mouth was full of saliva and his stomach was twisting and growling. What was there to eat? What had he read or seen that told him about food in the wilderness? Hadn’t there been …show more content…
He had recently seen and missed the search plane and led him to the wanting to die, but changed his thoughts “He was not the same. The plane passing changed him, the disappointment cut him down and made him new. He was not the same and would never be again like he had been. That was one of the true things, the new things. And the other one was that he would not die, he would not let death in again. He was new”(Page 123). All the pain and misery he was going through made Brian want to kill himself, but was smart enough to change his thoughts and decided to keep surviving. He changed his opinion on his situation again and decided to keep up with food and take care of his shelter. All of his new perspectives were led by his positive thinking on his