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Brian Robeson's Life-Changing Experiences
BAM! CRASH! The smoke piles on, as a bush plane crashes down in the Canadian Wilderness. 13 - year - old Brian Robeson is horrified about what will encounter him next. Gary Paulsen, the author of Hatchet, gives Brian life-changing experiences, and young Brian has much to learn. After he lands in the forest, he confronts hard challenges such as finding food, using what resources he has, and he remembered the motivation of his teacher, Mr. Perpich.
After Brian plummets into the woods, his uneasiness and anxiety pushes down the hunger, but it soon takes over, and instead of worrying about himself, he thinks about, “a large cheesy, juicy burger, with tomatoes and double fries with ketchup, and a thick chocolate shake.” He soon realized that he has to venture out and find food, instead of daydreaming about it. Similarly, he has to make tools or items to help him survive in the woods. He decides to do this because as he empties his pockets, he finds, “some money, a fingernail clipper, a twenty dollar bill, tennis shoes, jeans, a watch, a windbreaker, and a small hatchet, which his mother gave him.” Brian realizes that he may not be able to survive using these resources, so he decides to “man up”, and make some tools.
Finally, Brian has the motivation of his english teacher, Mr. Perpich, who said, “to be positive, to think positive, and to stay on top of things.” He also said that you are your biggest asset. Using these helpful words, Brian manages to stay on top of things. He thought back to a movie he saw, where the hero used a cute trap to catch an animal, and soon enough, he would have an eight-course-meal. But he knew that this was real-life, not a set-up prop.
To sum up, Brian has had life-changing experiences, that changes the way that he looks at life. He is also more appreciative of the things he has, because of this, he looks at everything with a new perspective, and being in Canadian wilderness has taught him to be braver, stronger, and wiser.
