The Hatchet Corner

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Group Review!

AMAZING!

We all think that this book was amazing and really cool, we al, had that chapter that was a little boring or not attractive but we also had that chapter that was just, wow.
In everyones review we are going to see different opinions but in our conclusion we all thought that was amazing, the suspense of what was going to happen, the secret, clues everything!
We also think that Gary Paulsen did a great job and if for anything he is reading this he needs to be proud because he had gave the audience and all the readers a message, well a lot of things that we can put on practice or that we will be remembering forever!
We need to thank Ms. Deena also because she embrace us to read the book, everyone, with our classmates, a journey we lived together!

-Andrea, Adriana, Samantha and Vielca.

Andrea's Review

Andrea's Review.

This was an amazing journey! I think that this book can be inspirational for all of us and all the people,I think that the people need to read this book because of it is inspirational for us, why not for other people?
Chapter by chapter I read new and amazing clues and things that made me really curious to read more about it.
People wouldn't imagine how it is to survive like that, everything is comfortable and easy for all of us, but I think we should be more active and not so lazy!
Amazing final, really but really catchy!
The twist that Gary Paulsen put on it was amazing, the transaction of days from one to another was amazing! That was also really catchy in my opinion.
I will love to know more about it, I had seen that theres more books!
We I don't know if it's about the same of Brian, but definitely going to read them!

Thanks Ms. Deena for another amazing book journey and the last one of the year!

Characters.

Here is the list of the most relevant characters:

Brian: Brian is a ordinary boy, but, something changed him, the airplane accident, well not that much an accident but the pilots accident.
He is a strong (both, emotional and physical) he had demonstrated us that he is a fighter, that he survives no matter what. If this was true, we think that he will be a inspirational teen for all of us.

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Literary Device and Question.

Literary Devices: Sick of fish-Hyperbole He's tired to eat fish all the time. He saw the blood and hated the blood-Irony He wanted to die but he didn't wanted to die. Sides as gold of the sun-Simile That the sun is so bright like the color of the gold. The wolf was so... so right.-Personification That the wolf was right in his actions and to recognize Brian. Since he had died and been born as the new Brian.- Metaphor That he had changed to be a better Brian and to survive.

Question:

How does Gary Paulsen use of Literary Devices affect the story? Describes the story in an interesting way of how Brian is surviving and living in this moments in the middle of nowhere.

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Questions 2

Questions 2

3- How did you react to what you read in chapters 6-12?
What surprised you in these chapters? What went through your mind at the end of chapter 12?

We reacted in a really surprised way because he was able to survive all this days (chapters) with only the hatchet. This chapters were really interesting becuase he had really good and bad things but he had most of bad things, but he survived and he is more healthy and strong now. Something that caught our attention was the way he used the hatchet to make fire. The scene of him really happy and excited because he was going to make a bow and an arrow was good but then he heard an engine and went to the camp really fast to make the fire but was too late, the airplane turned abruptly. He feel sad, disappointed and depressed.

4-What did you learn about Brian from his dreams and memories that you have not learned in other parts of the story?

Dream by dream and memory by memory he was giving us clues about his life and secrets outside the forest and his personal life, and we had discovered (not all of it) the clue of how to make the fire with his dad and Terry, the secret of his father and mother of the divorce, what actually happen. We think that in future chapters we are going to know more about the secret and more about his personal life.

Monday, June 9, 2014

Questions.

1-How did you react to Brian's thoughts and actions?

Do you think that he is sensible or unreasonable?

Our reactions to Brian's thoughts and actions are this ones: We think that Brian is a very strong and sensible guy, he's passing through so much, (like the secret) and now he is in the middle of nowhere. Now that he is stronger in the healthy way, he is trying to survive until support comes and rescues him. How we already said, we think that Brian is a sensible guy but in a good way, is understandable that he is like that because of their father’s problem (The Secret)

Now that we had read one more chapter we think that he is making good moves on surviving (no spoilers) like getting and making fore stuff that can help him, he is really intelligent in his actions and he knows how to do things.

2-Many people believe that if they have a positive attitude, good things will happen.They believe that people with negative attitudes somehow prevent good things from happening. Write a paragraph or two in which you support the "power of positive thinking". Use Brian's experience and your own experiences as examples of how positive thinking can help people.

I support the power of positive thinking because we need to be positive in things that you know that can help you, I’m not telling you to be positive in everything you do because not everything can be done.

I support it also because it calm me to wait a little more and to be patient in things that I know that can be done.

For example Brian had been positive in this lasts chapters and he had really good results. Now he’s starting to be calm and patient for the rescuers to come.

We need to be like that in situations that you need to wait for example for a test grade, you need to be positive and think all the good things you did for that +A you really want! Being positive can help you stress less.

I’m not saying I don’t think negative and sometimes I think thinking that way is the correct way, people had told me that why I think negative, but, It’s not like that! Is just that I see the reality they don’t see and they just take out their own argument and say that I’m thinking negative!

But, for good results, think positive!

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Adriana's review

You should read this book because it is very interesting it teach you to use what you have, be intelligent, brave, hopeful etc.

I like this book because it says something very important in life that is to not give up on what you want, Brian never give up that an airplane would found him. So he keep making everything to survive even to eat fish every day to eat at least something; and since the air plane saved him, he value the things he have and learn a lesson very important in life that is to value what you have because other people can not have all the things you have.

I recommend to read this book in my own opinion it will teach more than value what you have, it will teach to survive even when you do not have any opportunity, and to be hopeful no matter the condition or the situation.

Another thing it is that in every chapter I was surprised in how Brian manage the situation what he remember about his classes in school, and how he with only 13 years old survive alone for almost three mounts alone in a forest with wild animals and do not get crazy on the journey.

So in my conclusion the author make me interest in the book even when I had read other books about the same thing that is survive no matter the situation. The authors it is so creative and he wrote many other books that I think that are interesting.

Adriana

Character

Terry

Terry is represented as one close friend of Brian,it is a kid of his age,it can be said that they were best friends,they go camping and he haves some survival skills.The day of The Secret he was with Brian when he discover it at the station.Brian flashbacks involved often Terry and the easy times he have before.Thanks to Terry basic skills Brian copy some of them and made it out to survive thanks to Terry,it can be represented as Brian savior.

By oscar

Mr. Robeson

Mr. Robeson is dad of Brian, and the reason of why he travel to Canada because the judge said that Brian in summer vacation will be with him and in the scholar year with his mom. Also his father appear in a dream To help him survive.

By Adriana

Oscars review

Book review by Oscar Sandoval

We have already finish reading and here is what I think. The book has it details info, the name of the place, how Brian is, descriptionsand all of this make a reader interested and you can imagine this quite easily and it can be something you can represent in something or someone.

It have strong arguments and it shows how Brian step by step learned to survive by himself, this is strongly supported by the literally devices it use the ones that I most like in this book was theirony, for example he spent three days in a bow and still it doesn’twork. I think Gary the author was very creative in using all hisresources to make this book.

The book has some things I would like to change would be, the flashbacks or the memories he have of the secret at one point of the history he stopped giving clues, and I am impatient when is about secrets so in my opinion I would change the memories part and at least give one clue per chapter to make it more interesting and more hard to find what is The Secret.

So in conclusion this is one of the best books in my personal library it is a 100 per cent recommendable it have a good vocabulary and new words, it is perfect for 10 in advance ages so it can understand more easily this book is a good form to expend the time so if you are looking for a book here it is.

About the Author

Born May 17, 1939, Gary Paulsen is one of America's most popular writers for young people. Although he was never a dedicated student, Paulsen developed a passion for reading at an early age.Paulsen is a master storyteller who has written more than 175 books and some 200 articles and short stories for children and adults. He is one of the most important writers of young adult literature today and three of his novels — Hatchet, Dogsong, and The Winter Room. Paulsen has received many letters from readers (as many as 200 a day) telling him they felt Brian Robeson's story in Hatchet was left unfinished by his early rescue Gary Paulsen books 1. Flat Broke (2012) Synopsis: Kevin struggled to overcome his knack for lying in Liar, Liar, but now Kev is broke, and he's got to find a way to make money. He's in for another round of mayhem and misunderstandings in this financial comedy of errors. In Kevin, Gary Paulsen has created an appealing teen boy character who is just as human and fallible as his readers. author praise. 2. The River (1998) Synopsis: These words, spoken to Brian Robeson, will change his life. Two years earlier, Brian was stranded alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days with nothing but a small hatchet. Yet he survived. Now the government wants him to do it again to go back into the wilderness so that astronauts and the military can learn the survival techniques that kept Brian alive. This time he won't be alone: Derek Holtzer, a government psychologist, will accompany him to observe and take notes. But during a freak storm, Derek is hit by lightning and falls into a coma. Their radio transmitter is dead. Brian is afraid that Derek will die of dehydration unless he can get him to a doctor. His only hope is to build a raft and try to transport Derek a hundred miles down the river to a trading post if the map he has is accurate. 3. Brian's Winter (1998) Synopsis: He would have to find some way to protect himself, some weapon. The fire worked well when it was burning, but it had burned down. His hatchet and knife would have done nothing more than make the bear really angry -- something he did not like to think about -- and his bow was good only for smaller game. He had nver tried to shoot anything bigger than a foolbird or rabbit with it and doubted that the bow wouuld push the arrow deep enough to do anything but -- again -- make the bear really made. He bundled in his bag that night, the end of the two weeks of warm weather. He kept putting wood on the fire, half afraid the bear would come back. All the while he tried to think of a solution. But in reality, the bear was not his primary adversary. Nor was the wolf, nor any animal. Brian had become his own worst enemy because in all the business of hunting, fishing and surviving he had forgotten the primary rule: Always, "always" pay attention to what was happening. Everything in nature means something and he had missed the warnings that summer was ending, had in many ways already ended, and what was coming would be the most dangerous thing he had faced since the plane crashed. 4. Brian's Return (2001) Synopsis: As millions of readers of Hatchet, The River, and Brian's Winter know, Brian Robeson survived alone in the wilderness by finding solutions to extraordinary challenges. But now that's he's back in civilization, he can't find a way to make sense of high school life. He feels disconnected, more isolated than he did alone in the North. The only answer is to return-to " go back in" -for only in the wilderness can Brian discover his true path in life, and where he belongs. 5. Brian's Hunt (2005) Synopsis: Millions of readers of" Hatchet, The River, Brian's Winter," and "Brian's Return" know that Brian Robeson is at home in the Canadian wilderness. He has stood up to the challenge of surviving alone in the woods. He prefers being on his own in the natural world to civilization. When Brian finds a dog one night, a dog that is wounded and whimpering, he senses danger. The dog is badly hurt, and as Brian cares for it, he worries about his Cree friends who live north of his camp. His instincts tell him to head north, quickly. With his new companion at his side, and with a terrible, growing sense of unease, he sets out to learn what happened. He sets out on the hunt. "From the Hardcover edition." 6. Lawn Boy (2007) Synopsis: One day I was 12 years old and broke. Then Grandma gave me Grandpa's old riding lawnmower. I set out to mow some lawns. More people wanted me to mow their lawns. And more and more. . . . One client was Arnold the stockbroker, who offered to teach me about "the beauty of capitalism. Supply and Demand. Diversify labor. Distribute the wealth." "Wealth?" I said. "It's groovy, man," said Arnold. If I'd known what was coming, I might have climbed on my mower and putted all the way home to hide in my room. But the lawn business grew and grew. So did my profits, which Arnold invested in many things. And one of them was Joey Pow the prizefighter. That's when my 12th summer got really interesting. 7. Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod (1995) Synopsis: Paulsen and his team of dogs endured snowstorms, frostbite, dogfights, moose attacks, sleeplessness, and hallucinations in the relentless push to go on. Map and color photographs. 8. Woods Runner (2010) Synopsis: Samuel, 13, spends his days in the forest, hunting for food for his family. He has grown up on the frontier of a British colony, America. Far from any town, or news of the war against the King that American patriots have begun near Boston. But the war comes to them. British soldiers and Iroquois attack. Samuel’s parents are taken away, prisoners. Samuel follows, hiding, moving silently, determined to find a way to rescue them. Each day he confronts the enemy, and the tragedy and horror of this war. But he also discovers allies, men and women working secretly for the patriot cause. And he learns that he must go deep into enemy territory to find his parents: all the way to the British headquarters, New York City. 9. Dogsong (1999) Synopsis: "In the Old Days There Were Songs"Something is bothering Russel Susskit. He hates waking up to the sound of his father's coughing, the smell of diesel oil, the noise of snow machines starting up. Only Oogruk, the shaman who owns the last team of dogs in the village, understands Russel's longing for the old ways and the songs that celebrated them. But Oogruk cannot give Russel the answers he seeks; the old man can only prepare him for what he must do alone. Driven by a strange, powerful dream of a long-ago self and by a burning desire to find his own song, Russel takes Oogruk's dogs on an epic journey of self-discovery that will change his life forever. 10. The Transall Saga (1998) Synopsis: Mark's solo camping trip in the desert turns into a terrifying and thrilling odyssey when a mysterious beam of light transports him to another time on what appears to be another planet. As Mark searches for a pathway back to his own time on Earth, he must make a new life in a new world. His encounters with primitive tribes bring the joy of human bonds, but violence and war as well—and, finally, a contest in which he discovers his own startling powers. Awards that Gary Paulsen have receive The first was the Authors Book Award in 1985 for the CH collection,the parent Choice and Alan's award in 1991 for The boy who owned the school,Booklist editors of America for Woodsong in 1st place of the list,the Spur Award for The Haymeado in 1993,Top ten Percent Center USA and Margaret life award in 1994 and 1997 for Sister/Hermanas,he is also three times Newberry medal honors for Hatchet(the first one),Dogsong and The winter room. There is also a saga next to Hatche but this ones dosnt achive any medal. The famous movies of Gary Paulson are: A cry in the wild is about a 13-year-old Brian is the sole survivor of an unreported plane crash. Alone in the Yukon wilderness, Brian must learn to survive by his wits, find food and shelter, and brave wild, hungry animals until or if he is found. Also he do the movie snow dogs from Disney when I see it for first I can't believe that it was about him is about some dogs that is gonna do a running but it has to much adventures a like such as three stars a like it Gary Paulsen a good writer for good movies and books.