Brian Robeson Character Analysis

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to survive in the wilderness alone? Brian Robeson is on a plane going to his father’s house in the Canadian oil fields after his parents’ divorce. While on the plane the pilot has a heart attack and the plane crashes in the Canadian wild. Brian has to hunt for his own food and create his own shelter from scratch. Brain changes from a city boy to a teenager who doesn’t take life for granted, plans for the future and never gives up.

Brian begins to realise that he shouldn’t take life for granted. After surviving 54 days in the wilderness Brian realises that his life before the plane crash was so much easier. Brian has gone through tough situations some almost ending in death, like the plane crash. While in the wild Brian has to fend and do everything for himself, nothing is easy. “He had become more thoughtful as well, and from that time on he would think slowly about something before speaking” (Epilogue pg.1). Brian thinks about other people more after he had no one to talk to while he was surviving. Brian goes from getting everything handed to him to him being able to do things by himself, like hunt and gather food. Brian now realises …show more content…
Brian has to go through many situations where he has to keep his hopes up and believe in himself. If he loses his will to fight and survive then he could die and never be reunited with his family, Brian knows this. “He had to get the hatchet back…the pressure pushing in his ears until he held his nose and popped them…he clutched it and in one motion slammed his feet down into the mud and powered himself up” (139-141). Brian’s hatchet is one of the most important items he has and he keeps it by his side at all times. Brain drops the hatchet in the lake and now has to dive down for it. Brian pushes himself and puts himself through pain to get his hatchet. When Brian puts his mind to something he can achieve it and he knows he must always