Recall Questions
Why is Brian unable to say at first that the pilot is dead?
He doesn't want to admit that he is alone in the plane.
What type of figurative language is this?
"The memory is like a knife cutting into him."
Simile
What kind of character is Brian?
Dynamic Character
His mother
What was the Old Brian like?
city boy, overweight, scared, weak
What lesson did Brian learn about feeling sorry for yourself?
It would not help him.
What type of figurative language is this?
"...without warning, the engine coughed..."
Personification
Why does the author use flashbacks?
To give is backstory on Brian and his family.
How does Brian's hatchet help him create a fire?
He tosses his hatchet and it scraps the cave wall causing sparks.
How has Brian changed and become the "new" Brian?
He is adapting to his environment and becoming more animal-like.
What tool does Brian need to reinvent to catch fish?
bow and arrow
"He was dirty and starving and bitten and hurt and lonely and ugly and afraid and so completely miserable that it was like being in a pit, a dark, deep pit with no way out"
What literary device is this?
Similie
Which team won the NBA finals in 2020?
Los Angeles Lakers
What type of figurative language is this?
"The hatchet cut through the aluminum as if it were soft cheese."
Simile
What character trait would best describe the New Brian?
Resourceful, fearless, predator-like
What are the two advantages Brian thought of having a fire?
The ability to cook
The ability to signal a search plane
OR
The ability to keep predators away
What type of figurative language is this?
"A flip of some giant coin and he was the loser."
Metaphor
What is the tone of this passage?
“Madness. A hissing madness that took his brain. There had been nothing for him then and he tried to become nothing but the cutting had been hard to do, impossible to do, and he had at last fallen to his side, wishing for death, wishing for an end, and slept only didn't sleep.”
Hopelessness
What does the Hatchet symbolize
Civilization and the role of tools in surviving.
Daily Double:
What is the official first day of summer in Taiwan?
Dragon Boat Festival
...He could not play the game without hope; could not play the game without a dream.
They had taken it all away from him now, and they had turned away from him, and
there was nothing for him now.
What “game” is being referred to in this passage? Why is it considered a game?
Game of life.
What type of figurative language is this?
“From his height he could see not just the lake but across part of the forest, a green carpet, and it was full of life."
Metaphor
What theme is demonstrated in the following sentence?
“...hope in his knowledge. Hope in the fact that he could learn and survive and take care of himself. Tough hope, he thought that night. I am full of tough hope.”
Don't give up!
DAILY DOUBLE:
How many schools does All Aboard Have
4
What forced Brian to change?
The thought he may not be rescued