If you were stranded on a deserted island what would you need to survive?
Hatchet
Explain the first thing (literally) you would do upon being stranded on this deserted island. Keep in mind you are completely alone.
Brainstorm adjectives - describe how you feel after being stranded on this deserted island.
Setting
Survival against all odds
Most of Hatchet takes place somewhere in the
forests of Ontario or Quebec, in a region called
the Canadian Shield.
The climate in the northern part of the Canadian Shield is extremely cold, with average temperatures in July ranging from forty to fifty degrees.
More than one hundred inches of snow fall in Ontario and Quebec
every winter
Read Ch. 3
Main Character:
Brian...
By Gary Paulsen
Brian Robeson, a boy from Hampton, New
York, who is traveling to a Canadian oil field to
visit his father. This is the first summer that he
is going to stay with his father since his parents’
recent divorce. Brian is the only passenger on
the small single-engine plane that will take him
to Canada. Little does he know that this trip
will change his life forever.
When Brian saw the wolf
Quote: "He was not the same now the Brian that stood and watched the wolves move away nodded was completely changed"
When Brian nodded to the wolves it made him realise that he really had changed and it made him feel really good and he thought back on what he had done and all the skills he had developed
Attacked by a moose
Brian had to endure obstacles
The tornado hits
Sprayed by a skunk
The rescue airplane doesn't see him
Negatives
Theme
Growing up and finding strength in one’s own character.
Hatchet is the story of Brian’s experience
in the Canadian wilderness and of his becoming
aware of his potential. Stripped of all the
comforts and conveniences of his former life,
Brian must find the inner resources that will
help him fight for his life and ultimately move
from childhood into adulthood.
Extension
What does he learn about his environment and about himself from his time in the wilderness?
How do these situations and challenges change Brian? He becomes ‘new’ Brian, explain this.
Brian learns about how intense the outdoors are and he probably hasn't had much exposure to it so it is a bit mind blowing and it is much different to what he is used to and he also learns that living in the city is a lot easier and if he works at something he can achieve it
These challenges change Brian by making him adapt into the climate that he is in. The old Brian would have never been able to survive for 54 days in the forest but the transformed Brian can.
Brian finds turtle eggs
Quote: "More than eggs, more than knowledge, more than anything this is food"
Brian finally found something good to eat other then e gut berries and raspberries and he knew that he had to save them because he didn't know how long he was going to be out there and there were only 17. Where as the old Brian would have eaten them all at once