The point of view from which Gary Paulsen tells Hatchet (third-person limited omniscient) is helpful to understand Brian's actions, thoughts, and feelings because if he told it in any other point of view, it could be biased (first-person), boring (third-person objective).

First of all, Paulsen could have chosen a first-person point of view for the story. This would mean that the story could have been biased because the story would be in the hands of Brian and he could tell us whatever and we would have to believe what he says. It also could be repetitive because I and me would be said again and again. If he was lying, we would have no evidence to say that he was because we were not their in person. He also would have used "I" and "me" a