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Emily Odenwald
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The Boy from the Plane
The author of Hatchet is Gary Paulsen. It is a survival story. Gary is a three time
Newberry Award winning author, Hatchet is one of the Newberry books. It was written in 1987
so it is an old book. Hatchet is a great book full of action, adventure, and survival. Brian’s story
shows that Brian was a survivor.
Thirteen year old Brian was a city boy from New York whose parents just recently
divorced. He was on a plane on the way to visit
his father who works at an oil mine in Canada.
The pilot had a heart-attack and died in the
plane, leaving him to fend for himself. Once the
plane ran out of fuel, he crash-landed into a lake
in the middle of the Canadian wilderness. Then, he must survive alone in the woods. Brian had to
survive. Surviving was a must. Fire was a must. Brian's story shows that Brian was a survivor.
Brian has made sparks before, but he has never been anywhere near fire. He aimed his
hatchet toward the sun, but he didn’t get fire. He needed
something for sparks to land on, paper. Then, he ripped
up his twenty dollar bill but the sparks went out on it.
Next, Brian found paper bark from the trees so then he
ripped it off and made a big fluffy wad. Later, he went
again to make the fire. The sparks could only live on the fluff for a few seconds then they went
out. “The sparks need to breath. I need to blow on the sparks.” Brian thought. Finally, he blew
on them as soon as they landed on the fluffy ball and then he had fire!
After weeks of surviving in the woods, the rescuers came. Very faintly, at first, Brian
heard a plane engine. Then of course, it
got louder, until he could see the plane.
It lands on the lake. Then, a strange
man comes out, the pilot, and realizes
who Brian is, the kid who had been
stranded for almost 2 months. Brian
introduced himself, and then Brian
realized that he could go home, to live with his dad in the forest.
In conclusion, Brian learned throughout the story that he was not a city boy, because, of
course, he had survived in the wilderness for so long. This was a life-changing series of events
that Brian would never forget for as long as he lived. He would never forget the fire, the animals,
the food, or the shelter. He became a new person throughout the story. He has changed from a
city boy to a wild, free spirited outgoing boy with an exciting future ahead of him. Brian’s story
shows that Brian is a survivor. “Not bad, He had thought, not bad for somebody who used to
have trouble greasing the bearings on his bicycle. Not bad at all.”