Brian's Memory In Hatchet By Gary Paulsen

Have you ever been trapped somewhere, where there was no one around and you were all alone? Well, Brian Roberson did from the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. Brian was trapped in the Canadian Wilderness for 54 days because of a horrific plane crash. Brian already was struggling through hard times so this made it even worse. Brian is surviving all on his own and he starts to think more in-depth about everything. While Brian was out in the Canadian Wilderness he starts to think about past memories that help and hurt him. Overall, the main memories Brian had were when he thinks about the city and also when he starts thinking about the divorce.

Throughout Brian’s time alone in the wilderness, he had many old memories that helped and hurt him. The

The second major memory was when he starts to think about the Secret and the divorce. This was shown in chapter 4,” Brian remembered everything in incredible detail. Remembered the time on the bank clock in the mall, flashing 3:31, then the temperature, 82, and the date. All the numbers were part of the memory, all of his life was part of the memory. Terry had first turned to smile at him about something and Brian looked over Terry's head and saw her. His mother. She was sitting in a station wagon, a strange wagon. He saw her and she did not see him. Brian was going to wave or call out, but something stopped him. There was a man in the car. Short blond hair, the man had. Wearing some kind of white pullover tennis shirt. Brian saw this and more, saw the Secret and saw more later, but the memory came in pieces, came in scenes like this—Terry smiling, Brian looking over his head to see the station wagon and his mother sitting with the man, the time and temperature clock, the front wheel of his bike, the short blond hair of the man, the white shirt of the man, the hot-hate slices of the memory were exact. The Secret.” This quote shows how his parents divorced and he starts to think about them instead of thinking about trying to survive. Which is why it hurt Brian because he needed to think about survival instead of being overwhelmed by all the bad memories. That is a very