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Hatchet

 

            
             The auther of my book is Gary Paulsen the main charicter is Brian Robinson the setting is in the Canadian wilderness. Hatchet is a book about a 13 year old kid named Brian who crash lands a plane in the Canadian wilderness and has to survive on his own. Brian is flying to Alaska to visit his dad for the summer when suddenly the pilot has a heart attack and dies. He grabs onto the controls and tries to land the plane but there's no flat area so he decides to crash into a lake. He hustles out of the plane with his hatchet at his side and swims to the shore. Brian uses his hatchet to make a shelter and weapons. He chops down branches and sets them up for his shelter. "With the branches he interlaced and wove a wall of the opening of the front of the rocks. Then he goes to get grass to put on top of the branches. He uses the shelter to protect him from the rain and some animals. After he builds the shelter, Brian uses his hatchet to make spears and arrows out of branches. "He had!.
             worked on the fish spear until it had become more then just a tool. He shoots the arrows at birds and throws the spears at fish. "I know about fire; I know I need fire. Brian says this the second night he's there. Brian needs a fire because he needs it for heat, to cook food and to keep animals away. Brian makes the fire with his hatchet and a rock. First, he figures out that he needs some paper so he takes his 20 dollar bill and tries to burn it. Unfortunitly the bill just burns right out and leaves him with no fire. After that he takes his hatchet and cuts really small pieces of bark. Then he piles them up under twigs. Then he takes his hatchet and hits a rock with a great blow and sparks catch the bark on fire. He hits another blow and The sparks catch the twigs on fire. And so he has a fire. About two months later Brian went to the bottom of the lake to see if there was anything useful in the plane. He brought up a survival package.


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