40 Book Challenge 11/17/14

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Prompt: Describe the most important event. Give some reasons why you think it is the most important event.
Pages: 1-32

     The most important event in Hatchet is when the plane crashes. Thirteen-year-old Brian is in this little small plane, only him and the pilot. He is going to go visit his dad in Canada. The pilot suddenly has a heart attack and dies. Brian is left alone in the plan not knowing what to do. He then lands the plane, and he is still alive...

     I think that is the most important event in the book so far because it sets up the whole bo

ok into place. It shows the new setting, new way of mind, and also new conflicts and problems. He is now in the Canadian Wilderness, no sign of anything but trees. He must not have the feeling of the Secret inside him or it will drag him down, he cannot survive with great despair. His parents have gotten into divorce, it doesn't mean that he has to go into depression otherwise it will lead to other problems, social problems. He must be positive or he will not get far. New problems  in the wilderness will include water, food, shelter, and animals. This is the main conflict of the book, it is basically what the whole book is about, surviving in the wilderness.

Prompt: Is the setting described well enough that can put a picture of it in your mind? Why or why not?

    The setting in Hatchet is the Canadian Wilderness. It of course has an abundance of trees everywhere. Yes I do think that the setting is being well described and I can picture every detail in my mind. The author conveys, "He pulled his legs out of the lake and crawled on his hands and knees until he was away from the wet-soft shore and neat a small stand of bush of some kind."  I image a boy about my age coming out of the water with pain but also grief in his eyes, he is coming out of the water very tired because his plane just crashed! Then I see him near a small bush and him laying down and closing his eyes. It also states, "...until his back was against a small tree were he sat facing the lake, watching the sky get lighter and lighter with the coming Dawn."The author is describing a sunset near the lake were Brian was leaning on a tree because

he was so tired.