ipl-logo

Coming Of Age In Hatchet By Gary Paulsen

850 Words4 Pages

Coming of Age It is possible for a young boy to learn new things and change their entire state of mind. In Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen, a boy going to see his father by plane, after his parents divorce, crashes in the Canadian wilderness. After the accident, he is alone in the forest but at the same time, he is learning a whole new lifestyle. But in “Juvenile Justice Program Teaches Boys Life Lessons and Accountability” by the Dallas Morning News, young men who had conflict with the law get to go to Diversion Male Court (DMC). DMC is a program where young men go to a rehabilitation program for 6 months. They learn new manners, and get to learn how to have a better future for themselves. The coming of age, no matter what age, is an important …show more content…

“... if he did not go back and get the berries, he would have to eat the gut cherries again tonight. That convinced him and he walked slowly back to the raspberry patch and continued picking for the entire morning, although with great caution, and once when a squirrel rustled some pine needles at the base of a tree he nearly jumped out of his skin” (Paulsen 76).
He was very careful of what he heard. Even when he heard the tiniest rustle he would check to make sure it wasn’t a bear or something even more dangerous. Furthermore, Brian has been more self-less and has been thinking more about other things: “For the first time since the crash, he was not thinking of himself, of his own life. Brian was wondering if the bear was as surprised as he to find another being in the berries” (Paulsen 77). As said, Brian has had more maturity and awareness since his plane crashed. The boys in DMC are wanted and told to have a specific attire and …show more content…

The youthful boys get promoted for doing the correct things, but mostly for the things DMC requires.
Brian soon thinks of a skill he wouldn’t have thought of before the accident: “The hatchet was the answer. That’s what his father and terry had been trying to tell him. Somehow he could get fire from the hatchet. The sparks would make fire” (Paulsen 86). He starts to realize that the hatchet an be useful to him, that it’s his most valuable tool. The accident has provided him with the thought of having something useful alongside him. As a similar idea, the article starts to state that boys have improved since the DMC program came to them.
“Probation officers meet with each boy weekly to see if he is abiding by the 7pm curfew and how he is doing at school. The officer also administers random drug tests. Another officer who is in charge of making sure the boy does not skip school may call the boy each morning to wake him up, and text him throughout the day to check on his whereabouts. Each boy must keep up with his school work and is tutored if necessary” (“Juvenile Justice”, Dallas Morning News ¶

Show More
Related
1953 Words | 8 Pages

In the novel, Hatchet written by Gary Paulsen, the main character Brian Robeson, will face a life-threatening situation that tests not only his physical but mental strength as well. Brian's parents are divorced because his mom was cheating on his dad. Brian Robeson is 13 and lives with mother, a real estate agent, in Hampton, New York. This will be Brian's first summer spent with his father since the divorce (which was only finalized a month before). His father is a mechanical engineer working in the oil fields of Canada.

Read More
947 Words | 4 Pages

Chapter one of the book opens with an in-depth explanation of the methods and the inspiration behind the study. Rios goes into great detail of how he recruited the boys for the study and proves additional information about their history with the criminal justice system. However, most the chapter focuses on the patterns of punishment that are observed in Oakland that the boys experienced on a routine basis. The chapter covers the police brutality and negativity on the streets that leads to continuous victimization.

Read More
1069 Words | 5 Pages

Throughout your life there are many people that help your coming of age story. In many books there is a character who goes From a young child to a young adult and we are taken through their journey. In The Marrow thieves by Cherie Dimaline each character has a unique story about their past. They all have great growth and interesting coming of age stories but a character whose story stood out the most was Frenchie. The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline has a group of characters who all contribute to Frenchies' coming-of-age story.

Read More
168 Words | 1 Pages

“Hatchet” does a better job of telling the story, than “A cry in the wilds” . I believe this because it show’s more imagery and a better understanding of foreshadowing, rather than just showing us a picture. For example, imagery in the book, Brian described the kiss of his mother and the secret kissing. According to the text, the book showed imagery by saying , “he widened the hole with his finger and looked inside. Just an egg.

Read More
174 Words | 1 Pages

To begin with, I suggest that the movie, “ A Cry In The Wild “ does a better job of telling the story than the book, “Hatchet “because it gives us more details. Next, I say this because in the movie, “A Cry In The Wild” it shows me that Brain did everything that he could do to survive, like when he built a shelter like in, and it can allow you to see what it was really like. In addition, But in the book, “Hatchet” it only said he built his shelter out of wood, but in the movie it gave you plenty of details on how Brian made his shelter. Also ,when he was trapped in the plane the book only said that he only kicked the windshield and got out, but in the movie, “ A Cry In The Wild” it gave more details of how he got out the plane. To wrap

Read More
952 Words | 4 Pages

All alone, stranded in a forest, lost with nothing to help him survive, no one to come to his aid… Only Brian can help himself, and staying motivated is the only thing that can keep him alive. Hatchet, a wilderness adventure book written by Gary Paulsen, tells about a boy, Brian Robeson, that is left stranded in the Canadian wilderness. After his plane crashes, Brian is abandoned, shocked, and alone. Over the course of fifty-four long days, the obstacles that Brian must overcome, and the challenges that he faces change him both physically and mentally. One theme of Hatchet is to stay motivated.

Read More
272 Words | 2 Pages

A book and a movie are similar and different in many ways, for instance, a movie is a visual representation including audio, while a book leaves you with reading and imagination. In most cases your imagination prevails the limited visuals a movie offers but, I believe that the movie tells this survival story better. In this case we are comparing Hatchet (the book) and A Cry In The Wild (the movie) , and frankly, the movie’s visuals depicted a lot of things better.

Read More
608 Words | 3 Pages

Surviving the Wilderness Over 68% of plane crashes happen in the beginning and ending of plane landings. In Hatchet, a fictional novel written by Gary Paulsen, the protagonist, Brian, is a normal thirteen year old boy. Then his plane crashes in the middle of the Canadian wilderness. Brian’s parents had recently gotten divorced because of the secret that Brian’s mom was cheating on Brian’s dad. The wilderness is now his home that he has to survive in for the next fifty-four days.

Read More
2501 Words | 11 Pages

In the documentary “Education Under Arrest”, Tavis Smiley conducted interviews with various educators, advocates, juvenile court administrators, and youths on issues pertaining to school-to-prison pipeline, stigmatization of delinquents and solutions to juvenile justice reform. The first major type of correctional institution that Tavis Smiley conducted his interview at was the Juvenile Justice Center in Spokane, Washington. This juvenile center deals with youth who have dropped out of school, gotten into serious trouble, or those who have recidivated. Devin, Darlis, and Eric were prime examples of the representation of this center; Devin was caught up in drugs and alcohol at the age of 13, Darlis has an anger issues and tends to fall back

Read More
1020 Words | 5 Pages

The Coming Of Age Many people struggle to grow up and, being adults, but many do grow up. Phoebe and Stradlater teach about coming of age to Holden. They teach him things like not being childish and growing up, and how it 's okay to grow up. In the book Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger, Stradlater, and Phoebe help develop the theme of coming of age by teaching Holden that he should himself and not be childish, accordingly how it 's okay to grow up. Holden struggles to grow up so Phoebe and Stradlater teach him some things about maturity and the coming of age.

Read More
486 Words | 2 Pages

Have you ever been stuck in the wilderness alone? 13 year old Brian Robeson has. He was stuck in the Canadian Woods for 54 days. He had to use survival strategies like these to help him survive. He uses trial and error, his hatchet, and he thinks positively.

Read More
932 Words | 4 Pages

Maturity is the feeling of needing to prove that one is sophisticated and old enough to do certain things. In the short story “Growing Up,” Maria’s family went on a vacation while she stayed at home, but when she heard there was a car crash that happened near where her family was staying, she gets worried and thinks it is all her fault for trying to act mature and angering her father. Society wants to prove how mature they are and they do so by trying to do things that older people do and the symbols, conflict, and metaphors in the text support this theme. First and foremost, in “Growing Up,” Gary Soto’s theme is how society acts older than they are and that they just want to prove they are mature. Maria wants to stay home instead of going

Read More
1447 Words | 6 Pages

How “The Outsiders” written by S.E Hinton is coming of age novel During life, people will go through tragic experiences, difficult period of time and pressured by the society around them that eventually their innocence will fade with age. This can be clearly shown in the novel “The Outsiders” (written by S.E Hinton) in which the characters who are living in an area (East side of Oklahoma) full of gang society and violence;….Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny Cade and the rest of his friends and siblings are forced to mature and grow up quicker and earlier than most of the average people due to the traumatic/tragic experiences that they had to face during their everyday conflict between “The Socs” (their rival social group). First of all, before Ponyboy Curtis had met the two girl Socs in the cinema (Sherry Valance and Marcia), he had thought that every person who are a member of their rival’s social group were very wealthy, but very threatening towards The Greasers.

Read More
1018 Words | 5 Pages

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.

Read More
849 Words | 4 Pages

The juvenile justice system has made numerous of ethical issues when managing juvenile offenders. The issue with the juvenile justice system is the laws and rules that govern it. It has led to years of controversial debate over the ethical dilemmas of the juvenile corrections system, and how they work with youth offenders. The number of minors entering the juvenile justice system is increasing every month. The reasons why the juvenile justice system faces ethical dilemmas is important and needs to be addressed: (1) a vast proportion of juveniles are being tried and prosecuted as adults; (2) the psychological maturation of the juvenile to fully comprehend the justice system; and (3) the factors that contribute to minorities being adjudicated in the juvenile justice system are more likely than White offenders.

Read More

More about Coming Of Age In Hatchet By Gary Paulsen

Related Topics

Open Document