Summary Of The Secret By Gary Paulsen

"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."『Abraham lincoln』

Recently, when someone is placed in an extreme situation, they easily give up. But in this book, thirteen years old boy "Brian" teaches us how to overcome hardships, and noticing us not to give up easily.

Hatchet was written by Gary Paulsen. In this novel, thirteen year old Brian is flying on a plane to meet his father. His parents get divorced, and it traumatizes Brian. "The Secret" of this book is that his mother is having an affair.

Before he takes a journey to meet his father, his mother gave him a hatchet as a parting gift. And this is why Brian always keeps hatchet at hand, which later Hatchet helps him a lot.

When he is flying on the

plane, the pilot gave him a short lesson to Brian, how to control the plane. Suddenly, the pilot has a heart attack and dies. Brian is bemazed, but he should take a control of the plane to survive. He tries his best, but soon the plane loses control. After a harrowing descent, the plane crashes into a lake in the woods. Brian is stranded, and he must find a way to survive.
Brian only has a little food, water and "Hatchet". He always tries to think in a positive way, and he believed he will rescue soon. The first food he finds is berries, but it makes him sick. He makes a shelter to protect himself, but it wasn't safe enough in wild woods. A porcupine has entered his shelter, and Brian throws the hatchet in its direction. It shoots its quills to Brian's leg, which makes him a severe pain.
He tries to make a fire without matches and lighter, and he finally makes a fire by making a spark with his hatchet and flint.
One day, a plane flies overhead, but doesn't see Brian.

So he falls into despair, which later makes him to try to commit suicide by cutting himself with hatchet. But, he tries to think positive, and tries to adapt himself to his new surroundings. He soon catches a fish, and this was the first foodstuffs to Brian. He meets a lot of wild animals like skunk and moose. But his courageous action leads him to survive.

But soon, he encounters crisis, which a tornado sweeps over the woods. Unfortunately, it also destroys Brian's shelter. After the bad accident, Brian determines to seek survival pack in the plane. The next morning he opens survival pack, However, there is freeze-dried food that he decides to cook immediately. Later, he also finds "Emergency transmitter". He fiddles with it but it seems it doesn't work. As Brian is preparing his meal, a plane lands on the lake to rescue a dumbfounded Brian.

After I read this book, I got important morals, "The power of positive thinking" Brian was devastated after an accident, but he tries to think in a positive way. the positive idea is just the motive power to survive. Finally, he survives. I noticed thinking in a positive way is important. Also, I will do my best of my life, and I will never give

up.