Hatchet

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Summary: The Hatchet
Review: The Hatchet was about a kid who was going to his
dad's house for a few weeks. He travled by airplane.
The pilot had a heart attack. The plane went diving into
a lake and he got stranded in the wilderness with only
a hatchet that his mom gave him for a goodbye gift. He
had to find food and shelter. Will anyone find him?
Will he survive or will he die? That and more are in
a book called the Hatchet.

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Summary: This story is a winner!
Review: The book "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen is about a 13-year-old boy, named Brian, who got separated from civilization for 54 days. It is a story about survival and the reader never knows what will happen next. The thing that is so amazing about Brian's story is how he survived with only the clothes on his back and the hatchet he wore on his belt. He learned from his mistakes and nature. The reader will learn lessons about living in the wild.
The main character of the story is Brian Robeson. The author doesn't describe how Brian looks but he describes how he thinks and acts. Brian's parents are divorced so he is going to Canada - to live with his dad for the summer. Brian is the protagonist of the story, battling a conflict against nature - the antagonist. Gary Paulsen, the author, narrates the story in the third-person point of view, telling what goes on in the mind of Brian.
The story has an adventurous plot, told in chronological order, which begins in a little bush plane flying over the Canadian north woods with Brian and a pilot. Gary Paulsen uses foreshadowing on pages 5 and 6 when the pilot rubs his shoulder, complains of aches and pains, and emits body gas. Soon after, the pilot grabs his chest and screams about his chest splitting apart. Then Brian has a flashback and remembers, "When a man in front of Paisley's store had suffered a heart attack. He had gone down and screamed about his chest." (page 11) Brian realizes the pilot has had a heart attack Then the pilot dies.
The plane crashed in an L-shaped lake and Brian escaped with his life. All he had was his hatchet and the clothes on his back. He would have to survive in the setting of the Canadian north woods in the present day.
The first thing Brian had to struggle against was hunger. Gary Paulsen uses personification (on page 48) to describe Brian's hunger. "Now, with the thought of the burger, the emptiness [in his stomach] roared at him." Brian realizes he has to stay positive, and he has another flashback (on page 51) to an English teacher who always told his kids "You are your most valuable asset. Don't forget that. You are the best thing you have." So, Brian stayed positive and focused on this first theme of the book.
Brian then looked for a good shelter. He found a small shelter by a stone ridge and made it his new home. But soon after, a porcupine that entered his shelter during the night injured him. He realized his shelter would not be safe unless he made a fire. So the next morning, he went out to get a lot of firewood. He set up the fireplace in the shelter so animals didn't try to get in any more. He used the hatchet to make sparks. After many tries, he finally got the fire going. The fire would keep him busy getting firewood.
He then realized that with the fire, he could signal planes to land and find him. So he set up wood for a tall signal fire on top of the shelter and made sure there was a stick that he could take out of the fire in his shelter and run to the signal fire to light it. Here (on page 102), Brian repeated over and over again a second theme for his survival: "He had to keep on hoping. He had to keep on hoping."
Now, Brian just had many things to do. He found raspberries, uncovered turtle eggs, and created a bow and arrow. He hunted for birds and fish. He worked hard every day chopping wood and stacking it near his shelter.
In the climax of the book, Brian heard a plane! Brian was away from the shelter so he had to run really fast, "his legs liquid springs"(page 116) is a metaphor that describes his legs. Brian rushed inside his shelter and grabbed a stick that was on fire and ran it up to the ledge. He lit the fire, but he was too late. The plane had already passed. Brian feels as if there is an end to his hope. And the author describes Brian's feelings with imagery (on page 121): "He went down to his knees and felt the tears start, cutting through the smoke and ash on his face, silently falling onto the stone." Brian is so empty after the plane passed by that he let the fire go out. The fire was his symbol of warmth, food, safety, life, work, and hope. When he lets the fire go out, it means he wants to die. Brian tries to kill himself with his hatchet.
Brian tries to cut himself with his hatchet, but it doesn't work. After that experience, he was born again as a new Brian. Forty-two days later, he sees a wolf and he realizes "He knew the wolf now, as the wolf knew him, and he nodded to it, nodded and smiled."(page 121). "He was not the same now." He was a part of nature like the wolf. I won't tell you anymore because it will ruin the surprise for you.
The book is called "Hatchet" because it was the hatchet that saved Brian's life. The hatchet was used to start a fire, to cut wood for the fire, to make a spear to catch fish, and bow and arrows to catch birds and rabbits, and to give him the ability to get inside the plane. "The hatchet was, had been him [Brian]."(page 174) The hatchet was a symbol of Brian.
I think this book was very well written. The author used such detail to describe items of importance. The plot was amazing! I look forward to reading the next story about Brian called "Brian's Winter," which tells how Brian would make it through the winter if he hadn't been saved.

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Summary: Sick and Sad
Review: In my class we read this book and some of the parts are very sad and some of them were very nasty and gross. As Brian Robeson is going through this terrible accident you feel as though you are growing with him. I know as I read along in this book I felt sorry for everyone who loved and or cared about Brian. After I finished my reading for that night I would go to sleep hoping and praying that Brian would survive. If you enjoyed this book you should definitely read the other books in the "set" or read some of the many great books by Gary Paulsen.

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Summary: PLease, no
Review: I had to read this for school. i read a lot of books and this is probably the worst thing i ever read. it could have been three pages long if there werent so many details. anyway, what are the chances of breaking ribs after beng attacked by a moose and then sleeping through a tornado?

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Summary: An Amazing Adventure
Review: Hatchet was written by Gary Paulsen. It is copyrighted in 1987. Hatchet is about a thirteen-year-old boy named Brian Robeson. He was on a single engine airplane on his way to visit his father in Canada. On his way, the pilot has a heart attack. The plane crashes and the rest of the book tells how he survives the Canadian Wilderness. I recommend this book for ages 11-15. Hatchet is very interesting because during his duration in the Canadian Wilderness, it shows how he deals with his parents divorce

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Summary: LOST
Review: The book Hachet was very interesting.It had a lot of animals and it was about how to survive.

And how to set up camp from scratch.Hatchet was a really good book.

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Summary: the hatchet review
Review: I give this book a 4 star rating. It has action and it has suspense. A boy stranded in the wild is a good topic to write about. The book that went with it, or the sequel as some call it is Brians Winter. It is alot like the Hatchet, but during winter time. I think anybody who reads this book will be satisfied. If anybody is into books that have people stranded, and have to fend for themselves, then this is a book for them.

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Summary: Hatchet
Review: The book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen takes place in the wilderness. Brian Robeson has to survive in the wild all on his own and try to stay alive. His mom in Hatchet gives Brain a hatchet before he lives to go see his dad. The story is about a young kid who crashes in an air plane on the way to go see his dad. He haves to make his own shelter, his own food and his own clothes to stay alive. If I was the one in the book I would have never flown in a plane to go see my dad. I would of just had him come over here. Non of that would have happened. I would have found a cave to live in right off the bat and get a lot of food so I wouldn't have to get food every dad I would just have food in my cave or what ever I was living in. I thought it was a really good book!

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Summary: Hatchet Review
Review: Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen, is a great adventure book. When his parents divorce, thirteen-year old Brian Robeson is sent to visit his father in Canada for the summer. While flying in a small plane over the Canadian Forest, the pilot has a heart attack and dies. The plane eventually crashes into a lake and Brian is left to survive in the wilderness on his own. Using the hatchet his mother gave him, he makes fire and a bow and arrow for food. He encounters many wild animals that threaten his safety. This story is about how Brian learns how to fend for himself, deal with his parents' divorce on his own, and become a stronger person internally as well as externally.
Overall, this book was very interesting. I liked it because of the way Brian had the strength and courage to make it own his own in the Canadian Wilderness. Every time Brian would just get settled in, another disaster would strike. I recommend everyone read Hatchet, a Newbery Honor Book by Gary Paulsen.

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Summary: An outstanding and adventures book!
Review: Hatchet
Paulsen, Gary
A Pandey
Period 5

An outstanding novel by Gary Paulsen! Hatchet is the best book I have read, because its so adventurous. Brian Robeson is a 13-year-old boy who is going to meet his dad for the first time after his parents divorce. He received a hatchet as a parting gift from his mom, which later helped him out. The story gets exciting from the beginning because his plane crashes and he is stuck in the wilderness. He must learn to survive because all he has is clothes on him and a hatchet. He soon starts to adapt to the environment and learns many things on his own. He learned many things to survive he ate berries, made a spear to catch fishes, ate eggs, made his own little shelter, learned how to make fire with his hatchet, and many more. This book is all about Brian adapting to the environment around him, and he does!

What I liked about this book was that it was really adventurous and made me read on and on. I love this book because it shows how a teenager could survive in the wilderness on his own. I love the way he gets so happy whenever he finds a new food or a new way to get something. The really interesting part was when Brian gets the survival pack by going down in the lake the plane crashed into. It was like treasure for him it had a sleeping bag, pots and plate, rifle, fishing rod, a first aid kit, knife, compass, lighters, matches, food, and many more things. I like the quote when he just lands into the wilderness and he says, "So.So.So here I am." Right after that he says, "I am hungry"!

What I didn't like about this book was that whenever an airplane arrived it always missed him and left him lonely at the forest. Also there aren't many quotes in this book except in the beginning. I think that the book could have been more interesting if he would have not been rescued. I really admired his weapons he made to capture his food. I really loved the way Brian learns to survive, he survived for 54 days before he was rescued! This was a great book and i loved it. This quote was my favorite in the book," right now I'm all I've got to survive. I have do something."

My favorite part of the book was in the beginning when Brian is on the co-pilot seat and the pilot starts holding on to his stomach and starts saying," I don't know what I ate but it hurts". The pilot soon gets a heart attack. The pilot goes down and tells him to take over, Brian doesn't know much about flying the plane! The plane was now going to crash and Brian only hoped it lands in a lake and always kept on saying, "I am going to die". Luckily the plane lands in the L shaped lake and he survives. This was my favorite part because it was so funny and scary. I love this book and look forward to read another one of Gary Paulsen's novel.