Hatchet does a better job explaining because it is in order and the movie is not in order. For example, in the movie Brian finds the cave in the middle of the movie and in the book he finds the cave in the beginning of the book. Also, what I liked about the book is it makes sense. In Hatchet it has less special effects and in the movie it has a lot of special effects. In the movie it has a lot of violent parts in it but in the book it only has like one violent effect. In “A Cry In The Wild”it looks like his mom just gives him the hatchet and puts him on a plane to go see his dad. All in all, the novel has better foreshadowing and imagery because it never gives away any of the “scary” parts.