The Hatchet Character Analysis

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lake. At where Brian had crashed it was the northern woods of Canada. Brian recalled that the foods he ate were rabbits, birds, turtle eggs, fish berries, and fruit. He also had to face numerous threats. Threats such as mosquitos, a quail, a porcupine, a bear, a skunk, a moose, wolves, and even a tornado. BBrian also noted that while he was yet at the northern woods of Canada he had seen a rescue plane flying around, however, it had missed him.This has caused him to nearly attempt suicide, but he'd stopped himself. After this, this has caused Brian to learn his most important lesson so far. It was one that would have renewed his hope. Here is a short quote Brian had brought up.

"He could not play the game without hope; could not play the game
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Before the rescue plane came, one night a porcupine came, and stabbed Brian. Brian then blindly threw his hatchet given by his mother before his trip to Canada, which then strike a rock creating sparks. Brian then had an idea given from his dreams. This has induced him to successfully create fire.

Another instance is when he noticed strange tracks in the sand in front of his shelter he had lived in. The tracks leaded down to a sand mass, and what Brian found from the sand pile was a cache of turtle eggs. Brian had also stated that it was mainly thinking and patience that had helped him. Here is a short quote Brian had brought up.

"Patience, he thought. So much of this was patience - waiting, and thinking and doing things right. So much of all this, so much of all living was patience and
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After running into a skunk, and fighting a moose what came was the tornado. As Brian stayed in his shelter hoping it would go away what happened was that the end of the plane, the tail was sticking up. Brian then figured out that a survival pack was there, and spent several days hitting the plane with his hatchet in order to induce the survival pack. Brian eventually got the survival pack, and set off the emergency transmitter. A pilot later came by, and rescued Brian. Brian is now back at the city with his mother. One thing is that he's been

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