Hatchet

Hatchet written by Gary Paulsen. The author hails from Minneapolis, Minnesota and never was a great student but one day started to read and became a great reader. He was in war for a while and wrote some books based from those experiences as well. I also learned that his father was an alcoholic and he ran away from home very young. This book has a great story about a boy and also a particular secret that plans to tell his father. This book had a great taste of survival, struggling, and success. In the end Brian the main character is able to figure these three things out very quickly and it almost costs him his own life.

 

Hatchet was definitely the first book I can finally say I ENJOYED reading and never wanted to put it down. Brian only being thirteen years old was the first thing that struck me because how is a little boy going to be able to figure out how to survive alone in the wild. Just like in the real world we are learning how to survive in different ways, Brian had to think quickly and adapt, which helped him survive and be successfully rescued. Into the Wild and Hatchet are my two favorite books and I do believe they carry the same message, “Can You Surviving on Your Own”? On a personal level this impacted a great deal because now I want to read more and more about maybe what happened after Brian was rescued.