The title of this book is ‘Hatchet’, written by Gary Paulsen, and this book has received “Newberry Honor Book” award. It was published in 1987 and named “the bestselling classic survival story”. The genre of the book is coming-of-age adventure novel. Children aged 10 to 15 will enjoy reading it very much. In the beginning, the story takes place in the small airport in Hampton, New York, where the main character is from, and later in the Canadian woods by the lake. The story is about a teenager who was forced to control an airplane, and then survived in the woods alone after the crash, by building a shelter, hunting and protecting himself from the wild animals. Let me start with introducing the characters. Brian Robeson, a 13-year-old boy,
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Bad things continued to happen. The skunk sprayed Brian one night, blinding him for a while. Then a moose attacks him while he is washing the caught bird in the water. To make things worse, the tornado came and swept his shelter away. The storm has raised the level of water in the lake and the tail of the plane had appeared, and Brian recalls the dead pilot and the survival pack in the back of the plane. After many incidents of trial-and-error, he finally gets to the plane, peels the metal shell off, makes a big hole in the plane, and gains the survival pack. On the way to the surface, he saw the pilot’s head almost half eaten by the fish, and that scene makes him sick. When he opened the survival pack the next morning, there were lots of useful items, including matches, cooking tools and freeze-dried food, which he decided to cook immediately. He also found emergency transmitter, which he thought was not too helpful and didn’t function. However, as Brian was ready to eat his much-anticipated meal, a plane landed on the lake to rescue him. The pilot of that rescue plane was amazed that he found the boy who was given up almost two months …show more content…
“Never. Never in all the food, all the hamburgers and malts, all the fries or meals at home, never in all the candy or pies or cakes, never in all the roasts or steaks or pizzas, never in all the submarine sandwiches, never never never had he tasted anything as fine as that first bite.” In the beginning of his adventure, all he wished was a hamburger, but after he became self-sufficient and realized that doing things on his own makes the results of his work more pleasant, he thinks that all foods he had in the city were nothing comparing to this one. The taste of the bird meat was amazing for him, since it was the sweet reward of hard work. Last week I participated in the World Vision Volunteering Program, one part of which was starving from 9 am to 5 pm. We were not allowed to drink or eat anything, so that we could understand how children in the underdeveloped countries struggle for food and water. We were doing different projects to develop strategies for the poor countries. It was an exciting and rewarding experience! Nevertheless, my starving experience is nothing in comparison with Brian’s
Bad things continued to happen. The skunk sprayed Brian one night, blinding him for a while. Then a moose attacks him while he is washing the caught bird in the water. To make things worse, the tornado came and swept his shelter away. The storm has raised the level of water in the lake and the tail of the plane had appeared, and Brian recalls the dead pilot and the survival pack in the back of the plane. After many incidents of trial-and-error, he finally gets to the plane, peels the metal shell off, makes a big hole in the plane, and gains the survival pack. On the way to the surface, he saw the pilot’s head almost half eaten by the fish, and that scene makes him sick. When he opened the survival pack the next morning, there were lots of useful items, including matches, cooking tools and freeze-dried food, which he decided to cook immediately. He also found emergency transmitter, which he thought was not too helpful and didn’t function. However, as Brian was ready to eat his much-anticipated meal, a plane landed on the lake to rescue him. The pilot of that rescue plane was amazed that he found the boy who was given up almost two months …show more content…
“Never. Never in all the food, all the hamburgers and malts, all the fries or meals at home, never in all the candy or pies or cakes, never in all the roasts or steaks or pizzas, never in all the submarine sandwiches, never never never had he tasted anything as fine as that first bite.” In the beginning of his adventure, all he wished was a hamburger, but after he became self-sufficient and realized that doing things on his own makes the results of his work more pleasant, he thinks that all foods he had in the city were nothing comparing to this one. The taste of the bird meat was amazing for him, since it was the sweet reward of hard work. Last week I participated in the World Vision Volunteering Program, one part of which was starving from 9 am to 5 pm. We were not allowed to drink or eat anything, so that we could understand how children in the underdeveloped countries struggle for food and water. We were doing different projects to develop strategies for the poor countries. It was an exciting and rewarding experience! Nevertheless, my starving experience is nothing in comparison with Brian’s