Hatchet Feelings
At the end of the novel, Brian begins to think of his hatchet as an INVALUABLE tool. What does the word invaluable mean?
Important; necessary; useful
What item from the survival pack helps Brian get rescued?
The radio transmitter
True or False?
After Brian is rescued, he has constant nightmares about the plane crash and being stranded in the wilderness.
False; Brian does not have nightmares at all.
When Brian makes the raft, he decides to wait until the next morning to float out to the plane and retrieve the survival pack. Why does he decide to wait?
It is getting dark, and he needs to eat and get rest before taking on such a major task.
Before going to sleep after the tornado, Brian remembered that inside the plane was ______________.
What is the survival pack?
When does Brian feel indifferent toward the hatchet in the novel?
Brian feels in different toward the hatchet when he first receives it as a gift from his mother.
What is Brian most excited about receiving in the survival pack?
The food
How do we know that Brian's appreciation of food increases when he returns home?
What is he often finds himself standing in the grocery aisles staring at the food in appreciation?
What were some of the items that were in the survival pack?
What is sleeping bag, cook set of pots and pans, matches and butane lighter, freeze dried food, and a rifle?
This is the main conflict in the story Hatchet.
What is being lost in the wilderness and then being rescued by a pilot?
How do you know that the hatchet is important to Brian in the following quote?
"He reached for the side of the raft and hung there, just breathing, until he could think once more — the hatchet clutched and shining in his right hand."
He's clutching the hatchet for dear life; Brian takes a moment to gather himself before continuing.
How does Brian react after the tornado destroys his shelter?
He reacts with a sense of humor ("I hope the tornado hit the moose") and is motivated to rebuild things quickly.
Brian lost 17% of his body weight while he was stranded in the Canadian wilderness. Is this a permanent change or a temporary change?
What is temporary?
Think about the Epilogue of Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. What seems to be permanently different about Brian?
What is Brian remains observant and thoughtful?
Untouched especially by anything that harms: not damaged
What is intact?
Finish the statement by selecting the correct words:
As Brian's feelings to the hatchet (increase/decrease), his ability to survive on his own (increases/decreases).
increase; increase
As Brian's feelings to the hatchet increase, his ability to survive on his own increases.
What type of plane comes to rescue Brian?
An AMPHIBIOUS plane
Brian becomes more observant and thoughtful after he is rescued. Is this a permanent change or a temporary change?
Permanent
This is how the rescue plane found Brian.
What is hears the emergency transmitter from Brian's plane?
Not being conscious or aware
What is oblivious?
Brian feels at the end of the novel Hatchet that the hatchet was the only one thing that was "this" in his journey of survival.
What is the "one thing that was a constant"?
While washing the foolbird in the lake, Brian was attacked by a ________________.
What is a moose?
Brian had gained immensely in his ability to do "this" in what was happening around him and react to it;" that would last him all his life."
What is observe?
How has Brian changed or evolved from chapter 1 to the Epilogue?
What is "answers will vary"?
Teachers decide.
An outburst of excitement
What is furor?