Brandon Nicaj 6-1 10/8/15 The Comforts of Home Home is defined as a place where the heart is, family stays, and love is shared among the people in it. After reading the novel Hatchet, Brian has learned how to live in a rock ledge shelter, know the similarities between his shelter and his old home, and how the old home is different. Brian’s rock ledge shelter is a unique place to live. It has many things about it that most places don’t have. For example, the shelter has a ledge on the top of his shelter to protect him from rain. Normal houses have a ceiling or a roof to protect them, but Brian’s new home has an actual ledge on the top. Another way the shelter was unique was that the whole place was built with rocks! All houses are usually made with bricks or wood, but Brian made it with actual rocks. Now, whose house has that? Last, but not least, the shelter was right next to water. The water was to help Brian by not making him walk for a drink, catch fish, or wash himself. …show more content…
For example, his old house had a door, just like the shelter. Both have some kind of protection in the front of the home. They also both have walls to protect themselves from wind, rain, and ice. If he didn’t have any walls, there would be no use for a shelter! Even in the old house, a rule for a home is to have walls. Finally, he had somewhere cozy to sleep. In the rock ledge shelter, he sleeps on sand in his home. In his old house, he still had somewhere to sleep which was his cozy