Hatchet

Hatchet Theme: The theme of the story Hatchet is determination, perseverance and survival. Brian Robeson, whose parents are divorced, flies to visit his father in Canadian forest. His pilot has a heart attack and dies. Brian managed to crash land the plane in a lake, and escape merly dazed. Now comes the hard part, surviving in the forest until rescued. the only thing he has is a hatchet that his mother had given him as a present. Summary: The plane ride to see his father in the Canadian forest is Brians first time in an airplane. He tells this to the pilot and tells him that he is scared. The pilot feels sorry for Brian and then showsw him that flying is not hard at all. He lets Brian take the wh7eel and controlof the flight for awhile. Just when Brian thinks that everything is going well, the pilot has a heart attack and dies. Brian knows he must land the plane himself or die. He tries to use the radio but it doesn't work. He knows that if he hits the trees, he can die, so he decides to land in the water of a lake. After crash landing in brian, plane, very, out, knew, survival, cave, water, pilot, hatchet, about, time, survive, needed, land, lake, catch, windbreaker, trying, tornado, through, think, tells, take, radio, porcupine, pack, now, found, forest, fish, fire, find, father, book