This Newbery award winning novel is a spectacular one to read due to the attention grabbing techniques found in its work. Hatchet is a remarkably exciting, easy to understand, novel in which you retain survival knowledge through themes including isolation, irony, and survival.
Isolation is a theme much present in the story line since throughout almost the entire story Brian is found stranded and alone. Brian is completely isolated from the rest of the world physically and mentally and therefore we only had his thoughts to be our understanding of what was happening. For example, we were able to see the thought process of the many intents Brian made to build a fire. The reader is then able to learn that you can build a fire from creating sparks with metal, your breath, and flammable material like paper; almost as if you were in Brian’s shoes.
Irony is an interesting theme played in Hatchet explored in one way principally. While exploring the forest, Brian witnessed a mother bear with her cub, a pack of wolves, and a turtle laying eggs. All of these encounters signified unity. At home, his parents had just divorced, his family falling apart, no unity. Ironically Brian finds more unity alone and stranded in a harsh Canadian forest than he did at home.
The entire story line revolves around the theme of survival. Survival stories are usually characterized by a man, woman and or creature having to overcome obstacles in an unexplored environment. In Hatchet, we see that the conflict in this theme is between Man vs. Nature. Throughout the story we see how Brian survives tornados, animal attacks, and hunger.
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen is a fast paced, suspenseful, adventure novel. It’s a novel in which Gary Paulsen really tries to put the reader in Brian’s shoes by giving so much detail of what’s going on with him both physically and mentally. Hatchet presents a realistic, exciting survival story great for any audience looking for an exciting piece of literature to read.
Isolation is a theme much present in the story line since throughout almost the entire story Brian is found stranded and alone. Brian is completely isolated from the rest of the world physically and mentally and therefore we only had his thoughts to be our understanding of what was happening. For example, we were able to see the thought process of the many intents Brian made to build a fire. The reader is then able to learn that you can build a fire from creating sparks with metal, your breath, and flammable material like paper; almost as if you were in Brian’s shoes.
Irony is an interesting theme played in Hatchet explored in one way principally. While exploring the forest, Brian witnessed a mother bear with her cub, a pack of wolves, and a turtle laying eggs. All of these encounters signified unity. At home, his parents had just divorced, his family falling apart, no unity. Ironically Brian finds more unity alone and stranded in a harsh Canadian forest than he did at home.
The entire story line revolves around the theme of survival. Survival stories are usually characterized by a man, woman and or creature having to overcome obstacles in an unexplored environment. In Hatchet, we see that the conflict in this theme is between Man vs. Nature. Throughout the story we see how Brian survives tornados, animal attacks, and hunger.
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen is a fast paced, suspenseful, adventure novel. It’s a novel in which Gary Paulsen really tries to put the reader in Brian’s shoes by giving so much detail of what’s going on with him both physically and mentally. Hatchet presents a realistic, exciting survival story great for any audience looking for an exciting piece of literature to read.