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
...
The days after he found out how to make fire, he also made a spear. With this spear he could catch fish and cook them on the fire. he then sees a plane. Brian screamed and waved his arms up and down rapidly, he wanted the plane to notice him. The plan circled around the lake a few times and then flew away. Brian went to bed and hoped the next day would be better than this one had been.
...ut Jake in a confused state of his life. His love has always been the river, giving him hope, peace, friendship, brotherhood, and love. The river gave him everything but has now taken away his only brother for no reason at all. No matter how much he tries to get away from his past, the river is his life and has become his home.
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.
when describing his father. At the beginning of the story he spoke as a child
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.
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 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
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After his crew drops him off, he is first faced with the prospect of not being able to survive in this island to which he has no ideas is located within the world. After his experience with the group of yahoo's in the jungle he is...
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
The novel ends with Jake in the pits of disillusion. He breaks ties with all friends unceremoniously. He has unfulfilled sexual desires, and the realization that he has misplaced his love in Brett grips him to the core. Yet these bitter realities, these dark bottoms of the ocean may be the saving gems he would need to regain his lost self, the very important guideposts that he would need to touch to be able to rise to the surface of the sea, to be able to see the light again and ultimately to know his true self again. Similarly if he Jake is the personification of the Lost Generation, it might just be that this utter disillusionment might be the very forces that would impel the Lost Generation to find itself once more and rise again.
This past spring, was my first year running track and field at a high school level. I had spent my freshman year on the lacrosse team and had therefore missed out on track and field. From the other sports I had participated in at school, both coaches and fellow teammates had acknowledged my speed, this kept my confidence alive and made me believe I would strive in high school track
At he lilliputians he builds a raft which he uses to sail back to England.