Diary of Hatchet
Brian Robeson, the main character, is a very interesting kid. After
the first few pages you could tell that he was strong-minded, twelve or thirteen
year old kid. His parents were divorced and he spent some time with his dad.
He lived far away so Brian had to take a plane. From the back of the book I
knew that he gets in to a plane accident and has to survive on his own. I was
surprised that the author went right to the plane wreck. I thought it would
have a somewhat boring beginning like most other books I read. Brian keeps
talking about how his parents got divorced and he cries every time he thinks
about it. He calls it the big "secret." Brian keeps describing visions of his
mom kissing some new man, not his father. You can tell that he takes the
divorce very seriously and sometimes gets emotional. 10/05
In this part of the book, Jake, the pilot, has a heart attack and dies. To
be honest, I, myself, have thought about what I would do if I was on plane and
the pilot died. I really don't know what I would do, I don't know how to fly a
plane. Luckily, Brian had been taught by Jake how to fly the plane. Brian
didn't know how to land so he flew the plane into a lake. This part of the book
was hard to believe, there was a lot of "coincidents." Brian showed his
intellectual side when he realized that when Jake was suffering from his heart
attack he turned the plane to the left. That could greatly increase the time it
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When the pilot found him, the old Brian would have not been very patient to get on the plane and go home, but now he is kind and patient, because I think he realizes that the pilot has probably just saved his life, and he really owes the pilot. In chapter 19, the text says “He looked at the pilot and the plane, and down at himself - dirty and ragged, burned and lean and tough - and he coughed to clear his throat. ‘My name is Brian Robeson,’ he said. Then he saw that his stew was done, the peach whip almost done, and he waved to it with his hand. ‘Would you like something to eat?’” This quote really shows that he has grown as a person and has gained kindness and patience. Before this experience, he would’ve not said anything and just got on the plane and whined to go home. Now, he is inviting him to eat, showing that he is waiting, so he is more patient, and by offering the pilot something it shows that he is
when describing his father. At the beginning of the story he spoke as a child
Seventeen-year old Patrick Farquhar in Flight #116 is Down by Caroline B. Cooney takes on a challenge to prove himself in a real emergency. Patrick Farquhar is described as determined, confident, and a hero.
The story begins with Jake driving on the freeway. He is so enraptured by his daydream of better possibilities that he ends up smacking the car ahead of him. Jake considers driving away but instead he stops and finds out that the owner of the Toyota he hit was a beautiful girl. From there, Jake switches into his smooth talker role with Mariana. Jake then tries to con her by saying he doesn't have any insurance and assures her that he will pay for it. As he drives away, he sees Mariana behind him writing down the license plate numbers that he stole from another car.
his father left his mother and him to start another life with another family. His mother
“Why Lord of the Flies Speaks Volumes About Boys.” (17 Sept. 2014) Jake Wallis Simons, The Telegraph.
The little’uns are almost a reminder of the kind of people who rely heavily on others in general and only really complete tasks that benefit their own interest. Thomas Hobbes the philosopher believed that humans were selfish and fed off of others for their own interest; his views on human nature apply to all the characters in the novel but are shown especially in the little’uns. In society the people who are more obviously dependent and struggle through lots of situations relate to the class of “little’uns” in the book. When talking about the beast Ralph expresses his concerns about the little’uns behavior when he says "I mean the way things are. They dream. You can hear 'em. Have you been awake at night?" Jack shook his head. "They talk and scream. The little’uns.” (Golding 52). They are dependent on the other boys to guide, help and even comfort them. This is not only because they are young and aren’t as mature but also because they physically or mentally cannot complete some tasks. There are people in
The main characters of this novel are Ralph, Jack, Simon, and Piggy. Ralph, who represents civilizing instinct, is elected as the leader of the group of the boys and tries to promote harmony among themselves. Even though he seeks to lead the group and defeats Jack in the election, he doesn’t try to dominate people. Rather, he focuses on the group’s common interest of being rescued. For example, he gives responsibility to the hunters to keep a signal fire while he tries to make a shelter. Unlike Ralph, Jack would like to dominate people. This is especially evident once he becomes the leader of the hunters on the island. He tends to show the other boys how strong and brave he is while expressing his dominance over them. By the end of the novel, Jack usurps Ralph to become the general leader, in which position he shows how barbaric and cruel he can be.
The Lord of the Flies by author William Golding is a tale of a group of boys who have been stranded on a deserted island as a result of a plane crash. The boys are faced with plenty of challenges that they all choose to make different choices for such as turning towards savagery for Jack and towards civility for Ralph, which ultimately brings the entire groups sanity to the edge. Within the novel there are plenty of themes, and most of them relate to the inherent evil that exists in all humans as well as the savage nature of mankind. In The Lord of the Flies, Golding shows these boys’ transformation from being a civilized group of boys to savage beasts due to their adaption to the freedom that they have in their new society, which connects
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family. When he was about eight years old, he had learned to stand up for himself and
Myers’ early childhood. He is being babysat by his older sister, who happens to have a boyfriend
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...t the group more than the short-term enjoyment that this new attraction presents. He knows that finding the beast will provide the entire group of boys with emotional security due to the fact that they will literally face their ultimate fear: the beast. Because Ralph values the emotional security of the group of boys, he serves as father-figure. He symbolizes someone who will always be looking out for his peers, through thick and thin, just as any father would.
At he lilliputians he builds a raft which he uses to sail back to England.