Hatchet: A Character Analysis Of Brian Robeson

Have you ever heard of a kid who survived a plane crash and then after that two months in the Canadian wilderness? This kid is Brian Robeson from Hatchet, and I will be talking about why he is such a well written character. Brian was a very well-written character. He has a stunning personality and an amazing character development. We learn a great deal about his life and who he is as a person during the story. We learn about things he likes, dislikes, and things he wishes he had done differently. We start the book with Brian staring out the window of a small plane going to visit his dad for the first time after his parents got divorced. Brian lives in New York and was going to Canada to visit his dad on an oil rig. He was on a plane with

During the plane ride the pilot started having a heart attack landing him in the Canadian wilderness. He then proceeded to survive almost two months in the Canadian wilderness. During the time he is in the Canadian wilderness he learned a lot about himself and the people around him. He went from being a helpless and injured kid, to being self-sufficient. A huge moment in Brian’s development was when he realized they may not be coming for him. He came to this realization after he had survived multiple days in the wilderness, and I think this made him hunker down for the long haul. He kept thinking of something an old teacher told him “You are your most valuable asset. Do not forget that. You are the best thing you have.” Hatchet pg.51. Brian also thought about the time Brian and one of his friends were talking about what they would do in a situation

Brian is a dynamic character. A dynamic character is a character who develops or changes throughout a story. Brian is very obviously a dynamic character. He had gone from not knowing how to do anything and thinking he only had to survive a few days because he was going to be saved, to knowing he only had himself to rely on and therefore learning how to do the things he needed done. He had multiple major changes in perspective and never stopped, no matter how much it pained him. He was very resilient and learned to adapt to his environment. He without a doubt changed throughout the story and that makes him a dynamic character. Had he not made the change throughout the story he would have been a static character, however he makes an astounding character development. He reminds me of a child lost in the woods at the beginning of the book and changes into a character with lots of intuition and bravery by the end of the