Journal #8

I felt happy after I finished this book. Brian getting saved was awesome, and it was a great way to finish the book. The funniest part of this book would have to be when he ate a lot of berries and during the night he was vomiting and had bad diarrhea. The saddest party would be when he heard the sound of the plane coming and he got really happy, but then it flew away. At this point he fell into a deep depression and he started to cut himself. I remember this whole book really well. I could probably give you a book summary off the top of my head.

There was a bunch of exiting parts in this book that I really like. The most exiting part would have been when the plane was crashing. I was like no way is this actually happening. The weirdest part of this book would have to be when the skunk just randomly popped by and sprayed Brian. I though it was pretty funny. The mood had a change a few times because right after he crashed he thought he was going to die. About mid way through the book he started to except what was happening and live with it. Then about ¾ of the way through the book he started to enjoy living in the forest, he liked it.

Journal #7

I feel that this book really made you think, it really made you think about what you have and what you would do if u lost it all. I feel that the book almost inspired me, like it opened my eyes to life and everything I have and how I should appreciate that and be happy I have what I have. When I finished this book I just wished there was more pages because I just wanted to keep reading it, it sucked me right into the story. I would be very happy if he was to write a sequel to this book. I would definitely read it. I have yet to read a book as good as this one. The next best book would be “The outsiders”.

I would definitely recommend people that are into adventure books to read this book. It is very entertaining. After the first paragraph you’re sucked in and you just can’t stop reading this book. If you don’t want to be hooked to something don’t pick up this book. I think every body should read this book.

Journal #6

I feel this whole book was an example of good writing. I think the best written and described part of this book is when the plane crashed and the author was explaining what was happening to Brian. How his head was swollen, mosquito's were “attacking him” ,and how he was getting a terrible sun burn. He used a lot of adjectives and verbs to describe what exactly was happening to Brian. It gave you a great mental picture about what was going on. Overall his writing was very well explained. The way he explained it was like having a movie in your head.

“If you keep going back from good luck you'll find bad luck”. I like this quote because it's very true, when you have good luck to get there you would have had bad luck to get you in that situation. He said this quote right after he realized that he was alive after the plane crash. I think it makes a lot of sense, and is a believable quote. It seems like a quote I would use or think of if I was in a situation of “good luck”. He's good luck he survived, but bad luck that he was in a plane crash.

Journal #5

From this book I learned that you always have to think positive and can never give up. You should never put you're self down, you will not get any where in life if your life if all you do is think negative thoughts about you're self. No matter what happens, a crash that leaves you stranded or your getting bullied, you should always think positive. Life is to short to think down on yourself. I also learned that if you were to be trapped some where or have to live somewhere by yourself for a long time you should never throw anything away every thing can be used as something. One man's garbage is another man's treasure.

This book gives me many ideas for when I am writing my own story. I noticed that it is a lot more exiting when you 're not told everything at the beginning of the story, it keeps you thinking about whats going to happen next. I also learned that you should not make it to easy for the main character, make them work for what they want. I think it makes the book more interesting. I have started to realize after a few books I've read, and this one that the character has to except something or learn something before they can get saved or capture the bad guy. I also learned that you need a good ending for your story, if you have a bad ending it could wreck the whole story.

The Hatchet

I decided to read The Hatchet because I have read other books from Gary Paulsen and I really liked them. They had the adventure plot in them that really keeps me entertained. I always liked the way he wrote books, he would never tell you everything right away.

Long nights
By: Eddie Vedder

I picked this song to relate to my book because it remined me of all of Brian's rough and painfull nights. The times when he was going through depression from not getting save and the feeling of his broken rids after he got ran down by a mouse.But he was strong insude and he kept trying and thinking positive. It is a sad song, it makes you think about, “what if that did happen to me”.

Journal #4

I just finished this book. It was a really good book. My favorite part of the book is when Brian got attacked by a moose, it smashed him into the water then he got up and thee moose smashed him into the water again. My favorite scene would be the plane crashing, it was intense and exiting. If I was the author I would of explained a little bit more about his parents getting divorced. I didn't totally understand the seeing of the tail of the plane after being there for 30 days or so, why was it all of a sudden in sight? And why did the moose attack him, there was no reason for it.

I really liked how the book ended. Even tho I felt it was abrupt it was a good ending. I liked that he got saved. It showed that all his positive thoughts and hard work paid off, and that going to get the survival pack was the best thing he could of done. It surprised me that the plane had come so fast, he turned the thing on and two paragraphs later a plane is landing on the lake. It was like the author just wanted to get the book over and done with.

Journal #3

The main character of my book was Brian, I really like this character. He should a lot of heart in every thing he did. I think he is a very believable character, but when I think of him I don’t think of a thirteen year old boy trap in the woods. I think of a teenage boy living in the forest, living with what he’s got. Brian change throughout this story, when he crashed he was all scared and worry "when are they coming to get me". He was thinking he was going to die, but about 3/4 through the book he started to become one with the forest, had excepted that they weren’t going to find him right away. He started to hunt and catch fish for food and pick berries, he would go out every two or so days to get wood. He built a shelter under a rock ledge.

Brian did a lot of things right in this book, such as: steering the plane toward a lake and accidentally hitting the rock wall with his hatchet. But with that he also did a few things wrong, when the porcupine walked into his shelter he kicked it, causing it to stab him in the leg with eight quills. He also ate to many cherries and had diarrhea and was vomiting during the night. He made good choices overall, he was a very smart kid. When he had his crash it opened his eyes to everything that was out there.

Journal #2

Overall I liked how this author wrote this book. It kept you guessing the whole time throughout the book, this made me keep reading. I also really enjoyed how he was very detailed in his writing he explained basically everything. I liked that there was always something going on, Brian was always doing something. I didn't like that the author skipped a whole part of the book. When Brian was in deep depression about not getting rescued. He talked about it for a little then he made a new chapter and skipped over all of it. It was also unrealistic when Brian got smashed in the chest by a moose and seem to just walk it off. I don't think a thirteen year old boy could just walk that off.

This book reminds me of two of this authors books, Brian's Hunt and Brian's Winter. There in the Brian series there a lot like The Hatchet except Brian's hunt he goes to live in the forest by his own will, with supplies and living equipment. Brian's winter was the book that was an add on the the Hatchet, it was about if Brian hadn't got rescued and had to live in the forest during the winter. I like this author, I enjoy his books I have read all the books in the Brian series and The River. I like what he writes about, surviving and adventure it keeps me entertained. It also keeps me reading his books.

Journal #1

I like my book so far, I only have 20-30 pages left. My favorite part so far would be when he learned he had to except that the people weren’t coming to save him right away, they just couldn’t find him. So he needed to live in the wilderness with nothing but the clothes on his back and a hatchet on his belt. The book has kept me entertained the whole time. I think at the end of the book there going to see the smoke from the fire he made and fly down and save him. I hope the book ends with a happy ending because Brian ( the main character) has went thought a lot though out this book. It would make me happy to see Brian getting rescued at th end of this book.

At the beginning of this book I had no idea what was going to happen. Once I read the first part where he was flying in a small bush plane to his dads house. I did not expect that the driver of the plane would have a heart attack and crash the plane. It was an exiting way to begin the book, it kept me reading more and more. It was one of those "im going to go to bed after this page, no after this one, well after this chapter". I really recommend other people to read this book, im sure after the first chapter you’ll be hooked.