Analysis Of Hatchet By Gary Paulsen

The novel, Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, is about a 13-year old boy named Brian Robeson who was on his way to see his dad when the plane he was on crashed. Brain was all alone in the Canadian wilderness, having to deal with the brightly burning sun, and he needed to teach himself some survival skills. The most important ones are finding food, making a fire, and making a shelter. By reading this, you might learn some survival skills of your own.

Brian needed to find food to stay alive and well. When he woke up one morning in the woods, he could not believe the hunger, had never felt that way (p.45). From then on, it became the most important of all. To him, food came first, because it made strength (p.153). His whole body craved food with such an intensity that it quickened his breath (p.94). Food, as well as positive thinking, was what gave him the strength to get up every day and do what he was supposed to do, and to cook food, Brian needed a fire. …show more content…
It was so precious to him, so close and sweet a thing (p.89). It kept him warm when the weather was cold, and it was a signal to planes up above that someone needs help. He thought of it as a very best friend and a guard because it kept anything like a porcupine from coming near. “So much from a little spark. A friend and a guard from a tiny spark” (p. 87). In the book, Brian had noticed an added advantage of the fire. When he was in the shade of the trees breaking limbs, the mosquitos swarmed on him, as usual, but when he came to the fire, or just near the shelter where the smoke eddied and swirled, the insects were gone (p.90). Also, Brian needed a place to sleep, as well as a fire, so a shelter was the best

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