We all have those bad memories and have the good memories. Brian had them. He had a bad one called “The Secret”, but he also had a good one that helped him survive. Memories can help or they can put you down, Brian was put down at first but he got back up and he used the memories that he had and survived. These occur in the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen.
One negative memory that he had in the book was in chapter 4, he states “The memory was like a knife cutting into him. Slicing deep into him with hate. The secret.” this was the negative thing that made him so emotional and less concentrated on surviving. Brian goes through a lot with his parents divorce. The toughest thing for him is knowing the secret and his dad didn't. This caused him
One negative memory that he had in the book was in chapter 4, he states “The memory was like a knife cutting into him. Slicing deep into him with hate. The secret.” this was the negative thing that made him so emotional and less concentrated on surviving. Brian goes through a lot with his parents divorce. The toughest thing for him is knowing the secret and his dad didn't. This caused him