He has had only a short lesson on how to fly the plane, so he must come up with a plan of to how to land. He has decided to let the plane run out of fuel and try to glide it down on a shoreline next to a lake.
It is a good plan, but unfortunately instead of landing on the shoreline, Brian lands in the lake. He does manage to free himself from the plane and swim to shore. There he begins his long adventure of living on his own in the wilderness. A hungry friend, but a good one. I have a friend named fire. He tried using twigs, grass, and even a torn up twenty-dollar bill, but nothing would work.
It is then he notices some beech trees and the paper like bark which is peeling off of them. He uses the bark to make a fire. He is thrilled with the fire, calling it his friend, because he can use the fire for light, heat, protection from insects and animals, and to cook with. Maybe she's not who he thought she was all this time.
Maybe everything he's counted on is wrong. He's not sure he can ever trust her again, and he's not sure how to live with that. Now that's gotta hurt. So Brian's pretty messed up at the beginning of the book. Actually, the description of Brian's emotional state just after the pilot's heart attack is also a great representation of where he is in general at this point in his life:. He was stopped. Inside he was stopped. He could not think past what he saw, what he felt.
All was stopped. Brian is in a place where he just can't figure out how to go forward; he doesn't know how to get over what's happened and go on with his life.
He's feeling totally alone, and he's scared. He doesn't know how to pick up the shattered pieces of his life, how to be Brian now that everything he knew is in question. Just to throw a wrench into the works, our nice, friendly author tosses a plane crash at this poor boy and strands him all alone in the wilderness.
When it rains it pours, huh? The cool thing about Brian, though, is that he's up to the challenge. Like we said before, he's a smart kid, and he's pretty good at thinking things through even when he's in a crazy-dangerous, my-head's-on-fire kind of situation. He stays as calm as he can, approaches his problems thoughtfully and creatively, and does what he needs to survive. Oh, and he has a fair bit of luck, too. The pivotal moment for Brian, of course, comes at the end of chapter 12, when the rescue plane comes…and goes, after he fails to get the signal fire going in time.
Up until this point, Brian's focus has been on keeping himself alive just long enough to last until he's rescued. As the plane disappears in the distance, though, he's forced to confront the fact that no rescue will be coming and he's likely to be on his own for a long time.
Hatchet Character Analysis Words 5 Pages. In the incredibly captivating, and exciting book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen the reader feels like she is experiencing a tough but believable journey. This happens when a pilot has a horrific heart attack and Brian, who is not a pilot, has to control the plane by himself. All Brian has on the island is a hatchet his mother gave him, and he has to survive alone while also coping with a family issue.
But sometimes in the deepest darkest places of life, lessons are learned about how to be responsible, how to be persistent, and how be creative which are all character traits Brian discovers on his journey.
However, since Brian has to stay alive, he has to become persistent, and he does. An example from the text that shows Brian is persistent is on page 58 where Brian is in desperate need of food. Instead of giving up, Brian kept going to reach his goal-- to get to the berry tree. Another example from the novel that shows Brian is persistent is when he made a fire. The process of making the fire took him two hours. He was persistent enough to keep hacking at the wood.
Finally, after about three hours, Brian created a fire. In the woods, however, on a diet of berries, fish, "foolbirds" as he calls them , and rabbit, Brian's stomach shrinks and he becomes all lean muscle. When he catches a glimpse of his reflection in the lake, he remarks on how different he looks. His looks are not the only or the most profound change. The real change has occurred in his mind and in his outlook on life. He realizes that being in the natural environment and having to be concerned about physical needs has brought his mind and body to a closer harmony.
As his English teacher used to tell him, his mind has the power to dictate his body's behavior. As long as he remains positive and active, he can accomplish virtually anything. This link between mind and body is a new sensation for Brian, and a sign of his increasing comfort with nature. All these changes signify Brian's emerging manhood, a major theme in the novel. At the beginning of the novel Brian defines himself through his parents, and for this reason the divorce presents a particular kind of pain for Brian.
He sees instability in his future, no longer able to take solace in his identity with his family. At thirteen years old, Brian does not feel quite ready to define himself as an adult. The plane crash and his subsequent stay in the woods force him to come to terms with this broken sense of identity.
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