In the book, Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen the main character, Brian undergoes three hardships. The three hardships that Brian has to overcome are the divorce of his parents, and emergency plane landing, and surviving in the wild by himself.

Brian’s first hardship is what he refers to as “The Secret”. “The Secret” is that his parents are getting divorced. He stays with his mom in New York during the school year, and goes with his dad to Canada during the summer. The divorce takes a huge toll on Brian, and he gets very stressed about it. He says, “The memory is like a knife cutting into me” (31). Anytime he sits down and thinks, it pops in his head. He misses having his parents together and all the memories their family made. Although the fighting makes him very upset, in the long run the divorce is probably what is the best for their family. He loves both of his parents, but they don’t understand the hurt they have caused him.

Brian’s second hardship is that he has to land a plane in an emergency. While …show more content…
His days after the plane crash were rough, and he barely survived. He find shelter and makes it through the first night, but the next day he struggles to get a fire started. Do you knows without fire, he will not survive. He said to himself, “For fire, you have to have fuel and air. The bark is the fuel and the oxygen is the air” (91). He finds a dead tree with lots of Bart and drags it to the dry area where he sets up camp. Sure enough, he gets the fire started, but he is starving. He find some turtle eggs and eagerly eats them, but eventually needs more food and catches fish and kills birds. He keeps his fire going all the time and sits around missing his family.

In the book, Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen, Brian undergoes hardships. I like the book, and it kept me interested. I would recommend it to anyone who likes action for books. I thought it was worth