Aaron Thompson- Outside reading2

In the novel Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, Brian Robeson(the main character) is stranded and alone in the Canadian wilderness after the pilot of the single-engine Cessna plane in which he is traveling suffers a heart attack. Brian is forced to try to land the plane, but ends up crash-landing the plane. Brian figures out how to make fire. He forces himself to eat whatever food he can find, such as turtle eggs, fish, berries, fruit, some rabbits, and even a couple of birds. This novel is related to the course because of Brian's life in the wilderness. He learns to become one with the place in which he is forced to live in order to survive. In the end, he is rescued by a water plane and brought safely back home.