...After Brian’s parents are divorced, Brian is going to his father's house to see him. Since the plane crashes Brian does not get see his his father. But through this book, Gary Paulsen lets us know how hard it might be and how little fun it could really be living in the woods with literally nothing. Thanks to Gary Paulsen we now have a successful book with a main character, and a plot. In this book Brian, who is the main character who is lost in the Canadian forest far away from any town or city where he is fighting to stay alive. Brian has literally nothing except a hatchet and a old rady tady windbreaker and some money that he later uses to start a fire. As any other kid who is lost in the forest, he was scared and had no hope. He waited more than a month and nothing came for him, but he is still waiting for a plane to come. He would start the fire for the people to see and they would turn back and save him. Brian who...
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...A turning point is when something in your life happens.The characters in Hatchet by Gary Paulsen,Dragonwings by Lawrence Yep and Eleven by Sandra Cisneros all face turning points in their lives.All three character had in common was that they had face a life changing. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen is an adventure an adventure about Brian being stranded in the Canadian Forest because of a plane crash.For example “When the pilot had-had been hit that way(he couldn't bring himself to say that the pilot was dead couldn't think it),he had been trying to use the radio.(Gary Paulsen,pg 17).He adapted by learning how to survive all alone.Helping people have a great life Eleven by Sandra Cisneros is an Realistic fiction about Rachel having to wear a sweater...
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...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...
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...Both nonfiction and fiction texts include an event that teaches the main character or the people surrounding the main character a lesson ( called a theme). The short passage from Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (nonfiction) and Teen in good spirits after surviving Washington plane crash by Associated Press (fiction) were read in the classroom by certain classmates for comparison. Both passages read about how a character was looking for survival after a plane crash. In the nonfiction text (Hatchet by Gary Paulsen) the author focuses on where the plane crash occurs and how the main character finds ways to survive. In the beginning of the passage it is quoted, “Trees suddenly took on detail, filled his whole field of vision with green”, this quote gives the...
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...Turning Points Turning points leave the reader with suspense, wanting to read more, whether it impacts a country or the character that one loves. Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals, Guts by Gary Paulsen, and Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell, all of these excerpts tell their own unique stories. Melba Beals, Gary Paulsen and Karana all faced life-changing experiences, they also affected others. Melba Beals impacted many lives while taking on a life changing and threatening experiences. She was only in high school when segregation surrounded her. She was an inspiration for all and improved education for African Americans. Even though there was a danger it was okay because “Sarge said they were doing crowd control-keeping the...
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...(Intro) Hook Have you ever been in a plane crash? I hope not but brian from hatchet Author Gary Paulsen has been! (Intro) Introduce Topic: A boy named brian Robeson is on his way to visit his father when the pilot suddenly stops breathing Brian did not know how to fly a plane what would he do, the plane going down in a crash brian breathing heavily will he make it how will he survive what will he eat?? I guess you have to read the book to find out!! (Intro) Thesis: Based on what I have read in the book and my personality I think I would not survive. Body paragraph 1: The first reason I would not survive is because brian ate RAW eggs TURTLE eggs RAW I don't think I could survive eating raw eggs because 1 I dislike eggs in the first place...
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...Hatchet Theme In Hatchet, Brian Robeson, the only survivor of a small plane crash, was stranded in the middle of the Canadian wilderness and is forced to survive on his own. He showed his resourcefulness and prowess while trying to survive, eat, build shelter, all in the middle of nowhere. Brian truly shows that no matter how rough things get, never give up. “He tried to learn from his mistakes.”(Page 133) Gary Paulsen, the author of Hatchet, wrote. Most thirteen year olds would get frustrated after one or two failures, not to mention the dozens of times he had tried with his makeshift fishing spear. He could have just given up after several tries, not even realizing that there was refraction in the water. He learned to aim below where the fish appeared to be in the water. He would have more than likely died of starvation if he didn’t...
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...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...
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...Brian Robeson is stranded alone in the Canadian wilderness after the pilot of the plane was faced with a deadly heart attack, which led the plane to sink into the lake and from then onwards Brian was along. Gary Paulsen’s use of language features makes the audience captivated, which allows the audience to visualise and connect with the story.Paulsen’s use of language features includes a large variety of metaphors, hyperboles, onomatopoeia and imagery. But in Paulsen’s writing he was mainly focused on repetition, similes and personification. Paulsen’s use of repetition stimulates the reader to think deeper within the contents of the novel. During the novel repetition was used to help get the message across, to provide clarity, to remind to...
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...With a hatchet, numerous opportunities are possible, ranging from cutting down small branches to make a fire to making way of obstacles to reach an area. Not to mention, in the case of self defense, a hatchet is the most effective if there is nothing else to use. Of course, there is good reason as to why I chose this tool in particular. I recall reading a book titled, "Hatchet". Written by Gary Paulsen, "Hatchet" tales a young survivor of a plane crash, who lasted for months unheard, and missing. He found the hatchet from the plane that submerged under water, and from then on, it served to help him survive in the forest. The idea that a hatchet can have so many uses makes it a very valuable tool among other...
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...Have you ever been lost in the Canadian Wilderness because your pilot had heart attack so he died, so you had to take over and crashed your Cessna 406 Bush Plane into to an “L” shaped lake? The answer is probably going to be no but you might have been lost in the wilderness before? The character from the book, Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, Brian Robeson has experienced the first experience and the second experience except more of the first experience. He was trapped in the woods for 54 days with originally only starting with himself and his hatchet. Brian was able to do this with certain things called Aha Moments. These moments were when he realized what he needed to do, what his mistake was, and/or how to do something. Overall, I believe this is what allowed him to live so long without dying....
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...The story Hatchet by Gary Paulsen and the movie A Cry in the Wild are about a resourceful boy Brian Robeson whose parents are divorced. He has to take a private plane to go see his dad. While he is on the plane, the pilot has a heart attack and dies suddenly. Brian overcomes the trauma of flying the plane on his own and even landing it because the plane runs out of gas, and he has to land the plane in the wilderness by force. While he is in the woods he has to survive after many animal encounters and the struggle of finding food and shelter. He also has to stay positive, as he was his best asset. The novel Hatchet and the movie A Cry in the Wild are remarkably different due to the depiction of Brian’s character in the novel versus the movie. Brian's prodigious best friend Terry was in almost every one of his flashback/memories. In the movie, fascinating Terry was not in one of them; Brian did not even mention him. He also had a flashback about the secret of when he saw his mom and another man in the woods about to kiss, but then he interrupted and she stopped to see who was there and saw him. In the novel, he had the...
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...*If Possible, Please don't get movie covers. If it looks like a Movie cover then don't get it...The (^^^^ ) by the books, means it is also a movie and possibly could have a movie cover* Book List A · Halo---- Alexandra Adornetto Halo Hades Heaven · Dollanganger series-----V.C Andrews^^^^ Flowers in the Attic Petals in the Wind If There be thorns Seeds of Yesterday Garden of Shadows · Obsidian-------Jennifer L. Armentrout · Lux----Jennifer L. Armentrout Obsidian Onyx Opal Origin Opposition · Wicked-----Jennifer L. Armentrout · Thirteen Reasons Why----Jay Asher^^^^ · The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle------Avi B · The Syrena Legacy-----Anna Banks Of Poseidon Of Triton Of Neptune · Peter Pan-------J.M Barrie · Six of Crows----- Leigh Barugo Sx of Crows Crooked Kigdom · Dark Water---Georgia Blain · Anna----Kendare Blake Anna Dressed in Blood Girl of Nightmares · The Darkest minds-----Alexandra Bracken The Darkest Minds Never Fade In the Afterlight · Fahrenheit 451-----Ray Bradbury^^^^ · Red Rising-----Pierce Brown C · House of Night----- P.C Cast Marked Betrayed Chosen Untamed Hunted Tempted Burned Awakened Destined Revealed Redeemed Kalona’ Fall (If possible, get the hardback books with the paper cover for the House of Night series.. B/C on the back of the paper cover is a poster.. I want to collect them.. If not...
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...FREAKONOMICS A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything Revised and Expanded Edition Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner CONTENTS AN EXPLANATORY NOTE In which the origins of this book are clarified. vii PREFACE TO THE REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION xi 1 INTRODUCTION: The Hidden Side of Everything In which the book’s central idea is set forth: namely, if morality represents how people would like the world to work, then economics shows how it actually does work. Why the conventional wisdom is so often wrong . . . How “experts”— from criminologists to real-estate agents to political scientists—bend the facts . . . Why knowing what to measure, and how to measure it, is the key to understanding modern life . . . What is “freakonomics,” anyway? 1. What Do Schoolteachers and Sumo Wrestlers Have in Common? 15 In which we explore the beauty of incentives, as well as their dark side—cheating. Contents Who cheats? Just about everyone . . . How cheaters cheat, and how to catch them . . . Stories from an Israeli day-care center . . . The sudden disappearance of seven million American children . . . Cheating schoolteachers in Chicago . . . Why cheating to lose is worse than cheating to win . . . Could sumo wrestling, the national sport of Japan, be corrupt? . . . What the Bagel Man saw: mankind may be more honest than we think. 2. How Is the Ku Klux Klan Like a Group of Real-Estate Agents? 49 In which it is argued that nothing is more powerful than information,...
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...FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHIES OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND ALBERT EINSTEIN, THIS IS THE EXCLUSIVE BIOGRAPHY OF STEVE JOBS. Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering. Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing offlimits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. And Jobs speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against. His friends, foes, and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and...
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