...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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...belt with a hatchet? ...Brian Robeson did. He was alone in the woods for months and used only a hatchet his mom gave him to stay alive, get supplies, make shelter, and get out of the woods. But that wasn't all. Brian learned some survival strategies and used them to stay alive. They were his hatchet, using the environment, and being patient. Here they are: The first strategy was using his hatchet. How did he get wood? The hatchet of course. How about making (and improving) his shelter? If you thought hatchet, then yes, the hatchet. Brian found many uses for this tool. He thought outside the box for what he could use it for. In the first paragraph above, it is noted that the hatchet is what got him out of the woods. What that means is when Brian thought of getting the survival pack inside the plane; he knew getting inside the plane was going to be very long and painful if he used his hands. The spear and bow he made would never work, so he used the hatchet. He cut his way through the plane to find the pack, and after a while, he had...
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...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 reader of important ideas and issues, but it was mostly used to emphasise the features of the key points. Paulsen writes “He was stopped. Inside he was stopped. He could not think past what he saw, what he felt. All was stopped” (p. 10) Repetition was used to make the reader feel like they were in the moment and it caused tension, making to audience want to read on. Repetition was a key feature in the novel, it was a success in making the novel so intriguing. In the novel Hatchet, the use of similes motivates the audience to relate to the situation in the novel. Throughout the novel similes were used to make descriptions more emphatic or vivid as well as incorporating two different things to compare to allow them to remain separate in spite of their similarities. Paulsen writes “The memory was like a knife cutting into him. Slicing deep into him with hate.” (p.25) A simile was used to make to reader feel the pain and to show empathy for the character. It was also used to emphasise the meaning of the text which allows the audience to think deeply within the story. Similes were a major part into making the story come to life as well as making it more captivating. Paulsen’s use of personification encourages the audience...
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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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...Introduction Paragraph: What will you do if you are in emergency situation? Many people may have a fantasy of a survival in the wilderness. It may seem fantastic to collect berries, build own shelter with logs, and make a fire by friction. However, unlike the imagination, the survival in the wilderness is depicted awful. The book, Hatchet, written by Gary Paulsen express actual emergency situation. Summary: This book describes the boy named Brian Robeson’s survival in the Canadian wilderness. His parents have divorced by his mother’s affair. Brian is only able to see his father at vacation. On the way to going his father, flight unfortunately crash close to lake. He have to live for few days because there was not any people or...
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...Have you ever been in a very tough life or death situation? Brian had a lot of aha moments through the book Hatchet. There were good ones, and there were bad ones. The good ones were crucial for Brian to survive, and the bad ones were tough. I picked the two aha moments Brian had that I thought were the most important to survive. One was very crucial to getting out of the wilderness and the other was an important wilderness lesson. Now, I will be talking about the fist aha moment I found. A one about wisdom. In chapter 18, the text says, “The hatcher. He might be able to cut or hack with the hatchet…” This aha moment was so important because without it he probably would not have been able to get in the sunken plane. Then, if he did not get...
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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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...Memorandum To: Pat Tyler From: Naz Date: 4/17/16 Re: Mighty Mufflers Corp. (MMC) Loss Contingencies Issues The complexity of MMC’s accounting for its litigation liability must be addressed in three components. First, we must determine the amount necessary to be accrued as of December 2012 from the First Settlement. Next, we must determine the placement of the aforementioned accrual from the First Settlement on the income statement. Finally, we must determine how to account for the True-Up Payment as of December 2012. In the First Settlement, MMC agreed to a total settlement of $30 million; $10 million of this is due in 2013, $10 million will be issued as a rebate on 2013 purchases made by plaintiffs, and the final $10 million will be due in 2014. There are seemingly few options, some of which are viable, in the accounting of the First Settlement. The options are to omit any recognition of the settlement since no payments were due in 2012 (but make a disclosure in the footnotes of the financial statements), accrue a portion of the $30 million on the balance sheet, or accrue the entire $30 million on the balance sheet. The aforementioned accrual, and the decision in how to recognize it as of December 2012, will impact the income statement. If no entry is made to accrue any amount from the First Settlement, there will be no effect on the income statement. If a portion or all of the First Settlement is accrued, then it can be recognized as an extraordinary loss on the income...
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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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...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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...Harry hatchet was born on a leap yearly on February 29 under the moon, precisely at 11:56 pm. He was quite the legendary fellow, you can tell that from his legacy which is known all over America. He could leap rivers, lift trees out of their roots, and make animals his best friends in the second. Some say his powers were because of him being born on a leap year, in Maine they say his great grand daddy's hatchet is full of his powers, but what do they know? Anyways, now that you know a little bit about Harry, let me tell you his story, I swear on my great great grand mama's pet dog this all true. Well his parents begin to notice, abnormalities at about the age of 3 when he would go missing and come back to the house with some critters. Alive, of course, he wouldn't hurt no soul unless it was to protect his loved ones. His parents could barely catch when he ran, he had the power of 10 earthquakes when he threw his tantrums they say! His parents had no idea what to do besides take him to the doctor and hope he knew something, but nobody ain't no much back then anywho. The doctor shipped the family out as fast as he could before the baby could break any more of his equipment. The parents were stumped, ain't nothing they can do. They...
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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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...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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...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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...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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