In the novel Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen, the main character Brian Robeson, is tossed into the dense forest of Canada where he experiences many painstaking trials and has to hunt to survive. He gets dropped into this situation while going to visit his father. His pilot suffers a heart attack and dies leaving the plane unmanned in the sky with Brian still in it; Brian barely survives the plane crash only to find himself stuck all alone. He will be forced to do things that he never thought he’d have to do, just to live, while dealing with the larger fear that he will never be rescued.
Brian starts to develop a new sense of things< all from a new aspect of life. He wants some of the under looked luxuries back in his life. He deals with numerous trials, both with himself and nature. Whether it is physical or mental the author envelops you with copious amounts of overthought details.
The constant battle between his life and death and that of the creatures he must kill to survive, builds throughout the book so well. Paulsen foreshadows events with such great flow that the reader doesn’t think about the cause and effect. The author uses so many trials of brains willpower that you start to feel like you’re in his shoes and understand his decisions completely.
I recommend this as a self-realization read or as a very informative, good book. The author gets quite a good rating too, this book is a 4.5 out of 5. While it had action, and suspense it dint have a real sense of romance like a girl back home for Brian to think of, or a reason to go back. The novel shows that he wanted the life risking factor of survival but not the process to earn it’ which confused me, but a good read all in all.