Hatchet By: Gary Paulsen. Gary Paulsen Gary Paulsen was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1939. He has written several stories some of them include The.

Hatchet

By: Gary Paulsen

Gary Paulsen

• Gary Paulsen was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1939. He has written several stories some of them include The River, Brian’s Winter, Brian’s Return, and Brian’s Hunt

Protagonist

• Brian Robeson - He is in a difficult transition when his parents getting a divorce. He has many memories of the divorce, fresh and painful that are presented throughout the book. As time goes on he comes to realize how much he loves and appreciates nature.

Antagonist

• The antagonist is Nature and all its dangers as well as its beauties. Brian must learn to live within the boundaries that Nature forces upon him and accept his fate.

Favorite Character

• My favorite character is probably Brian. He is the main character and the whole book is about him. All of the views are from his point of view and it is really cool to see how the author saw this book in Brians point of view. He begins to really love nature and personally I love nature and this is by far my favorite book.

Least Favorite Character

• My least favorite character is Brians mother. She wants to get a divorce from her husband because she is having an affair with another man.

Exposition

• Brian Robeson is a thirteen year old boy who survives a plane crash in the Canadian wilderness after the pilot dies of a heart attack. He has to find a way to survive, and in the long fifty-four days he is lost, he learns many new things like building a shelter, finding food, and making a fire. He eventually finds the survival pack from the tail of the plane, ironically, after he has learned many ways to survive without it.

Rising Action

• The rising action starts in chapter one when Brian’s plane crashes in the Canadian wilderness and he has to find a way to survive. It continues with his learning new skills every day and growing until he is finally rescued.

Climax

• The climax of the story is when Brian finally finds a way into the tail of the plane after a tornado brings the plane to the surface of the lake after being on the bottom of it. In the tail of the plane are the necessary needs he believes he will need to survive in the woods of Canada.

Falling Action

• The falling action is when the plane lands and Brian is rescued. It continues in the Epilogue where we all learn what happens after Brian is rescued and how much his experience has changed his life.

Resolution

• After Brian gets all the stuff from the tail of the crashed plane, he finds an emergency transmitter which he accidentally turned on. He doesn’t realize that he did this, and he disregards it while he takes all the other supplies he finds in the pack. He then hears the sound of another plane which lands on the lake. The pilot had picked up the signal from the emergency transmitter and now has come to rescue him at last. After the book there is an Epilogue which explains all that Brian learned from his survival experience.

Setting

• The time period that hatchet happened was right now in the present.

• Most of Hatchet takes place somewhere in the forests of Ontario or Quebec, in a region called the Canadian Shield.

Themes

• The theme of never giving up is one of the most prevalent themes in that we are shown throughout the story that without hope, life is meaningless.

• Another theme is perseverance and determination. This is especially seen in how Brian learns to solve problems that will potentially be life-threatening. He calls upon his intelligence, memory, and youth to overcome such experiences as creating fire, fighting off a moose, building shelter, and finding food.

• A third theme is that of maturity. It is not enough that Brian must grow up to hone his survival skills.

My Rating

• I would rate this book a 9. I personally really like nature and I think the author did a really good job explaining the circumstance Brian was in and the details of nature.

Social Issue

• I have decided to do my social issue on deforestation. The definition of deforestation is the clearance of naturally occurring forests by logging and burning.

Deforestation Movie

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-8DJcOOy0Q&feature=fvw

Deforestation Song

• YouTube - Deforestation: The World in our Hands

Deforestation PoemDeforestationBy Joe K. Deforestation,It seems harmless at first,But the effects will build,And become like a thirst. It happens all over,But that's no excuse,For the terrible consequence,Of forest misuse. When the loggers start cutting,That deafening sound,Can mean different things,So you can't put it down.Every day loggers,Go to work,They need money,So their family won't thirst.

Indicator species,The spotted owl being one,Need trees to live in,And rodents to run. How can these two species,No matter how different they seem,Be like one force,In a giant great scheme? The humans could control their actions,Using conservative cuts,That's planting new trees,When the old ones are cut. But to be realistic,This will never be such,Unless the next generation,Can add a soft touch.

http://www.germantownacademy.org/academics/ls/5th/forestpo/99forpoc/jakforpo.htm

Deforestation Statistics- The burning of forests by farmers who are clearing their land makes up 20 percent of our world's greenhouse gas emissions.Slowing Deforestation Rates May Net Billions- In Brazil alone there are 163,436 square miles of forest that is destroyed which is roughly the size of California."Zero" Amazon deforestation possible by 2015, Brazilian NGOs say.(EYE ON EARTH) - World Watch | HighBeam Research - FREE trial- Scientist’s say one days' deforestation is equivalent to the carbon footprint of eight million people flying to New YorkDeforestation: The hidden cause of global warming - Climate Change, Environment - The Independent

Causes Of Deforestation-Agricultural expansion-Wood extraction (logging or wood harvest for domestic fuel or charcoal)-Infrastructure expansion such as road building and urbanization. -Conversion to cropland and pasture in order to grow crops or raising livestock to meet daily needs.Results of Rainforest Destruction

Area Deforested

• Tropical Deforestation : Feature Articles

Deforestation

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Sunday, July 13, 2008 by: Jo Hartley, citizen journalist• http://

earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Deforestation/deforestation_update3.php Paul Przyborski ,Lorraine Remer, January 11, 2009

• http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-173190003.html World Watch Article, January 1, 2008, Author: Herro, Alana

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