The hatchet

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The theme of the story Hatchet is determination and survival. Brian Robeson, whose parents are divorced, flies to visit his father who is in the Canadian wilderness. His pilot has a heart attack and dies. Brian managed to land the plane in a lake, and escape unharmed. Now there is only one problem and that is surviving in the wilderness until he is finally rescued. He does have one thing to help him, a hatchet that his mother had given him as a gift. He will have to use it, his own determination, imagination, and common sense to survive.

This flight to see his father in the Canadian wilderness is Brains first time in an airplane. He explains this to the pilot and tells him that he is scared. The pilot feels sorry for Brian and decides to show him that flying is not very difficult. He lets Brian take the steering control and direct the line of flight for a while. Just when Brian thinks that everything is going well, the pilot has a heart attack and dies. Brian knows he must land the plane himself or die. He tries to use the radio but cant get a signal in or reach anybody. He knows that if he hits the trees he will probably die, so he decides to land in the water of a lake. When the plane is in the water, he

climbs out through the window. He lies on the bank of the lake for a while to rest. Brian knew he needed food and shelter to survive so he set out to find both. He was very careful not to get lost or go too far from the lake where his water was. He found a cherry tree and because he was very hungry, he ate his fill. He filled his windbreaker with cherries to eat later and then managed to find a cave for shelter. He slept very well, but in the morning when he awoke, he saw a bear in the cave in which he was sleeping. He was terrified, because the bear was only about 20 feet away eating his cherries out of his windbreaker. The bear only looked at Brian and then left. The cherries must have been enough to fill him up and leave the boy alone. The discovery of how to make a fire was very important to Brains survival. He needed to have one at the mouth of the cave to protect him from wild animals, and to signal for help. He discovered it by mistake when a porcupine wandered into his cave! It was dark in the cave and he heard something moving. He knew it was alive, but he didn't know what it was. He kicked it. It was then, when the quills shot into his foot that he knew it was a porcupine. He was in tremendous pain, and knew he could not touch it. He threw his hatchet, and when it hit the rock of the cave instead of the porcupine, it made a spark. He knew how to make the spark, now all he had to do was find the fuel. He knew he needed some type of meat to survive, so he decided to catch fish. First he tried to catch them with his hands, but he soon knew he needed a better plan. He made a bow and arrow. He was very proud of himself when he was able to use it to catch fish, or shoot a bird. He would hunt them down and cook them over his fire. He was becoming better all

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Approximate Word count = 1194
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English