Hatchet+Synopses

= Hatchet Synopses =

Theme: loneliness

Thematic Statement: Loneliness can help you grow stronger.

Title: Hatchet

Author: Gary Paulsen

Setting: Canadian Wilderness

Point of View: third person

Main Characters and a Description of Each: Brian: A boy who crashed in the Canadian Wilderness and learns many new things.

Central Conflict and how it was Related to the Theme: Brian crashed in the Canadian wilderness with only his hatchet to help him when the pilot had a heart attack and died. He has to endure the elements of the wild, but being alone in the wild strengthens him in many ways.

How was the Theme Developed (give Specific Examples from the story that Support the Theme): Brian crashed in the wild and is alone. EX: Because he had no one to help him, Brian had to learn how to make a fire, build a shelter and tools, ect. with just a hatchet and the things around him. EX: When he did not have his mother to cook for him, he searched and hunted for his own food and lost much of his extra fat and body weight.

I would like to read another book by Gary Paulson because the story was very good and I felt like I was really there.