Hatchet

Brian was going to his dads, because his parents were divorced, but on the way Brian experienced some difficulties. While on the plane the pilot had a heart attack, Brian took over and flew the plane for a long time until it ran out of fuel. When Brian landed the plane he tried to land it in the water which he did, when he landed he barely survived. Brian used some of the listed survival strategies such as using trial an error, common sense, and lastly patience. He used these strategies well,…

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…

of a wealthy man named Andrew Borden, is found being the prime suspect for the murders of the old man himself, including his 2nd wife Abby Borden. Lizzie Borden was accused of the murder of her father and step mother Andrew and Abby Borden with a hatchet. Despite these accusations, though, Lizzie Andrew Borden did not commit the murders of her father Andrew Borden and step mother Abby Borden. I think she did not commit the murders because: there was no physical evidence linking her to the…

He is a devout Baptist and finds comfort in his Bible as he uses it as pillow at night. He carries his hatchet as a reminder of his Indian ancestry. His reaction to the death of Ted Lavender reveals a lot about his emotional character, how he struggles with grieving and feeling emotion but is still influenced, surprised and shocked. Tim O’Brien’s ability to…

Swing of a Hatchet When people envision justice, they often imagine a blindfolded woman holding a balance and a blade, they see courtrooms and fair trials, but what happens when the no one is willing to uphold the laws of the land? How is justice served then? Carrie A. Nation would answer that question with the swing of her hatchet. Living in the wake of World War One, on the front of the temperance and women’s rights movements, Carry A. Nation led a radical resistance to alcohol and…

are to survive in the wild during an emergency, without any basic exposure or help. Brian Robeson was 13 when he survived a plane crash in the Canadian Shield. Without any tools except for a hatchet, Brian had managed to survive in the wild for 54 days. He had managed to survive, with nothing except a hatchet, he had relied on his previous instinct and knowledge to survive all by himself. Over the rigorous course of 54 days, Brian had managed to find…

Part One: I come from a very small town outside of Tulsa, Oklahoma. My graduating class was close to one hundred kids. My town was very rural. We only had one stoplight up until this past year. I knew in second grade that I wanted to be a teacher. I occasionally would stray and look at other jobs, but I always came back to teaching. My mom is a high school Spanish teacher so I spent more time at the school than the normal kid. Most children would hate that. I, however, loved it. I would spend…

Laurence awoke to an awful racket of Nuthatch’s chattering outside his bedroom window. It was not quite seven o’clock and Mrs. Rayes would not rise for some three or four hours. After finishing his second cup of coffee, Laurence headed off in the direction of town. Though it was called Sierra City, the place Laurence now trod, was indeed a town and not a city, a city, to his knowledge, possessing a more sophisticated weather forecasting system than a suspended rock hanging above a sign that…

known as Carry A. Nation was a leader and activist in America before women had the right to vote. She believed that drinking alcohol and getting drunk was the main cause of problems in society, marriages, and families. She became famous for using a hatchet to attack places that sold or served liquor. Although Carrie was beaten and jailed over thirty times, she did not give up. She opposed alcohol throughout her life. Her actions and perseverance was a great influence in the passing of the…

we first started ranking from the most important item. Three of the members ranked the hatchet as the first one, the other two said lighter and I said flashlight. Instead of just going with the hatchet as it had the majority vote, we all discussed and gave our reason for choosing our items and then finally agreed on hatchet should be the first thing on the list as for fire we first need wood, and the hatchet will be very useful for…