River

This is a book report on The Hatchet, written by Gary Paulson. This book is about Brian Robeson, and how he is trying to fly from New York to Canada. But lands in the Canadian woods, after his pilot suffers a heart attack. The only thing he has to survive with is his hatchet and his knowledge from survival shows. And the whole time his is thinking about the one thing that ripped his family apart, “The Secret”. Setting- Brian lands in the Canadian woods in 1987. He…

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…

The methods of construction, the tools, and the equipment used for the St. Francis dam were very common in this era. The actual construction at the dam site began in April 1924 and was led by superintendent Stanley Dunham. For the workers a large camp had been set up near the site for them to stay at. While at the camp Mulholland used his free time to look at the sites geological facts. The canyon contained a concrete batch plant and local aggregate was assimilated with 1.12 barrels of Portland…

Introduction Western Port Bay is a coastal region located in the south of Victoria which opens up into the Bass Strait. It is one of the most biologically diverse areas in the state, being home to x amount of species of flora and fauna. Westernport Bay has a coastal climate, with high rainfall and mild temperatures when compared with the rest of Victoria. The purpose of this fieldwork investigation was to explore the social, economic and environmental impacts of climate change on Westernport…

When I was young I was a boy scout. During my time in scouts I read the book Hatchet, a story about a boy who is in a plane crash and has to survive alone in the wilderness. Being a boy scout the story grabbed my attention, a boy about my age surviving alone using the same techniques I was learning. This gave the book a personal meaning to me. The book made me want to continue as a scout, as it gave meaning to what I was doing. The book kept me in scouts and that is why Hatchet is a memorable…

Voluntary home buyouts are used by the Harris County Flood Control District to reduce flood damages in areas hopelessly deep in the floodplain where structural flood damage reduction projects, like channel modifications or detention basins, are not cost effective and/or beneficial. Generally, these are homes that should have never been built. More than 60 percent of the county was developed before floodplain regulations were implemented in the 1980s. The Flood Control District’s Voluntary Home…

While these celebrities are influential and famous in their own way, there is another type of account that appeals to many – the one-manned operated fictional character account. On Twitter, Cloyd Rivers (@CloydRivers) fits this description rather accurately. With his beliefs on the conservative side, Cloyd Rivers prides himself in being a stereotypical southern Republican redneck hillbilly who loves America and God more than anything. He even will send some tweets ending with the word “Merica.”…

Hatchet Hatchet is about a boy named Brian who gets stuck on a deserted island after a plane crash. Brian has to learn how to survive with very minimal supplies, food, and no fresh water. Throughout the story, the reader can identify many different elements of symbolism. These symbolic elements represent how Brian has changed throughout the course of the story. Throughout the entire story, Brian is constantly with a hatchet, hence the title. Besides the fact that the hatchet helps him survive,…

In light of recent events down in South Carolina it has been brought to my attention that we have a serious problem and that problem is, flooding. Now there is absolutely no excuse for flooding, it can and should be prevented. It’s not like an earthquake, where you have no notice and it’s not like a tornado where it swoops down and suddenly destroys everything. Warning can be given for a flood, sometimes weeks in advance. It starts out slow and accumulates, but don’t let that fool you. Water is…

The books Hatchet and Brian’s winter, both written by Gary Paulsen. They are about a young man that has to go through some profound changes to make it in the wilderness alone. In the first book, which is the Hatchet. Brian is the main character in the story, when brian was on his way to his father’s house when the pilot of the two seat passenger airplane started to die. The plane began to go down, Brian began to panick. When the plane finally crashed in a big pond in the middle of…