Hatchet part 2

                 Have you ever been in a situation where you just have to do whatever it cost to survive? It could be as simple as a school assignment or as hard as surviving in the wilderness. Brain had that thought of having do anything to survive in the hope that someone will find him. It seemed like Brian was willing to try anything to get someone to find him, but as time went on he started to give up hope. Brian faced many hard and scary situations. He faced animals that were watching him or wanted to hurt him, like the bear or the moose that went and attacked him. At that point I would have given up or ran far away. Brian was also very resourceful. He found food all over the place with eggs and berries. There was one time when Brian invented a bow and arrow to catch fish. Brain had to think really hard about the bow and arrow being in the water because you think you know where the fish was but it was in a different place caused by the bending of the water.

At one point I thought Brain would have given up completely. A tornado came through and

destroyed a lot of what he had, and almost killed him. At that point and time, even thought it was a disaster, it gave Brian hope because the tornado caused the water to move and the plane to be exposed.

 There brain was able to gather more supplies from the plane. There was one thing that I thought was really interesting in this whole book, Brian said that he was the new Brian. The line that I thought was so important to Brian’s new found identity was, “He was not the same. The plane passing changed him, the disappointment cut him down and made him new. He was not the same and would never be again like he had been. That was one of the true things, the new things. And the other one was that he would not die, he would not let death in again. He was new.” That sentence shows that Brain has made a transition from old too new, and I think was a great line.

There are many great lines in this book, and many great experiences that Brain goes through. Most experiences, we would never have to experience. I think a great activity would be for students to find a situation that Brain has gone through, and then write about how they would get through that experience. Maybe it was trying to find food. What kind of food could you find? What animals would you have to share the food with? Another great activity is to change the location of the plane crash. What if the plane crashed in the desert or jungle? What food would you find? What about the shelter? This would require some research by the students, but could be fun and interesting to see what the students come up with.

I truly thought this book was great, and kept me guessing what would happen next. I would recommend this book to students, especially students that are not interested in reading because this will keep them hooked.