Gary Paulsen

Do you like to read books that have much to do with survival? I hope so because this is what my letter essay is about. In the book “Hatchet” by Gary Paulsen a boy named Brian is about to fly in a one engine propeller plane to his father's house out in the woods of Canada. Brians Mother and dad had gotten divorced so Brian's dad moved away from New York to Canada. Brian now spends the school year at his Mother's house in New York, and he goes to his father's house in Canada during the summer. As Brian and the pilot of the plane make their way across the Canadian woods, the pilot suffers a heart attack during the flight. The plane crashes into a lake and Brian is the sole survivor. Brian learns to survive in the conditions given to him and he is eventually rescued by another plane that he waved down with a large fire. “Scootch around so I can see’ He moved around in the seat, feeling only slightly ridiculous. She nodded. ‘Just like a scout, my little scout.” (paulsen 9) These were the last words said to Brian by his mother before the plane took off. And it was when Brian was given his hatchet from his mom. This tool is the key to everything about the book since without it, Brian would of never been able to create sparks and start a small fire from the side of the little cave he slept in. Brian would have never been able to…

In the novel, Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen it talks about a boy named Brian who is on his way to his dad's house, but on the way the pilot has a heart attack which leads to the plane crashing. In the beginning of the story Brian started to get creative and make stuff like a shelter, a food storage, and a sphere to fish with. But later on he was starting to lose all the fish and berries, and his shelter was falling apart, he decided to cut himself with his hatchet to put him out of misery. He woke up…

A 42-year-old woman from Alberta named Rhonda Cardinal was lost in Northern Alberta's wilderness after blacking out on a rabbit trapping trip in 2012. She was living off berries and river water. She couldn't explain how she went missing. She "blacked out", woke up lost and started wandering around through a bush. When she was lost, she encountered a bear. She survived for 16 days. The "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen is about a fourteen year old boy named Brian Robinson who's traveling to Canada to…

Hatchet, by author Gary Paulsen, is a fictional story of a 13 year old boy named Brian who must survive on his own in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but the hatchet that his mother gave him. The book is full of surprises as Brian quickly learns what he has to do in order to stay alive in the wilderness. Brian is on his way to see his dad who is getting divorced from his mother. Brian is troubled by a secret he is keeping about his mom. He saw her kissing a man. He is feeling sorry for…

Hatchet is a 1987 Newbery Honor-winning young-adult wilderness survival novel written by American writer Gary Paulsen. It is the first novel of five in the Hatchet series. Originally published: September 30, 1987. Series: Brian's Saga. Genre: Young adult fiction. Followed by: The River. Characters: Jim/Jake, Brian's mother, Brian's father, Brian Robeson, Terry. We don't know exactly where the story of Hatchet takes place because Brian is very, very lost. Brian's plane comes down somewhere in the…

NightJohn, a story written by Gary Paulsen, expresses the story of Waller, the master, who owns slaves to work on the fields and take on other duties. To keep things in order he will punish other slaves for breaking a rule.This will cause other slaves to feel frightened and make them not disobey anymore. The slaves wouldn’t follow the rules if they knew they wouldn't get punished so it’s very important to the slave owners to punish their slaves when they misbehave. In the story, there are…

The Power of Positive Thinking To begin with, the “Hatchet” and the “Juvenile justice program teaches boys life lessons and accountability”have many things in common. These have more things in common because, both of those people always thought that they will never make it alive or forward with life. This novel and article have the same theme in common, the power of positive thinking. The novel Hatchet written by Gary Paulsen, is where the story contains a realist story with the main…

Slavery is known to be a dark part in U.S. history, but why should people lie about what clearly happened? Slavery is the practice of forcing people, specifically African Americans, to do labor for an owner on his or her plantation. In the novel, NightJohn, Sarny secretly starts to learn to read and write despite the risks of getting discovered. Although Gary Paulsen’s novel, NightJohn, is considered historical fiction, Paulsen accurately depicts their support between each other, their…

Everybody has hardships, whether it be physical or emotional. But everyone does not have the courage or strength to push through troubled times, and many people fall short. In the stories “Up the Slide” by Jack London and “Glow in the Dark” by Gary Paulsen, the main characters go through an ordeal, and manage to persevere. While Clay, the main character of “Up the Slide”, faces a physical hardship, the narrator of “Glow in the Dark” faces an emotional ordeal. The themes of the texts are similar…

It's ok to say that being in the woods by yourself is no ones place to be. In the book hatchet by Gary Paulsen Brain was on a plane and the pilot had a heart attack. So Brain tried to fly the plane but he failed. He crashed into the water and does not know where he is. Like Brain he survived by his self. I don't think i could survive that long, but i think i could survive for a few weeks. The first reason why i could only survive for a few weeks is because of the water. Like the book said “…