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What part of Canada does hatchet take place?
SETTING. The story takes place in Hampton, New York, and the forests of Northern Canada, in the present day.
Why is Brian going to Canada?
Brian is visiting his father in Canada because his parents have recently gotten a divorce. Brian spends the school year in New York with his mother and his summers with his father, who works as an engineer in Canada.
How does Brian feel about the Canadian wilderness?
Brian feels alone both in a physical sense and in an emotional sense. He is literally all alone in the forest. There are no towns or cities or people anywhere near where he crash lands.
When the novel begins where is Brian going for what reason?
Where is Brian going at the beginning of the novel? To visit his dad in Canada. Why was Brian not speaking to his mom? He’s angry at her for causing the divorce because he saw her with another man.
What gift did Brian’s mother give him before Brian left on his trip?
When Brian opens his satchel on the plane, he pulls out a hatchet with a rubber handgrip. Brian then remembers when he received the gift from his mother before he left to stay with his father in Canada. She had given Brian the hatchet as a gift so that he could use it while out in the woods with his father.
Why did Brian’s mom gave him a hatchet?
Brian’s mother gives him a hatchet because she thinks he might be able to use it while out in the woods with his father. His mother and father recently went through a divorce, and the courts set up a system that has Brian living with his mom during the school year and with his dad during the summer.
Where does the hatchet go in the book Hatchet?
This triggers his thoughts that there may be a survival pack of some sorts on the plane. Brian makes a raft from a few broken off tree tops to get to the plane. When Brian is cutting his way into the tail of the plane, he drops his hatchet in the lake and dives in to get it.
Who is the author of the Hatchet series?
Hatchet is a 1986 Newbery Honor-winning young-adult wilderness survival novel written by American writer Gary Paulsen. It is the first novel of five in the Hatchet series. Other novels in the series include The River (1991), Brian’s Winter (1996), Brian’s Return (1999) and Brian’s Hunt (2003).
How does Brian get to the plane in Hatchet?
When a sudden tornado hits the area, it draws the tail of the plane toward the shore of the lake. This triggers his thoughts that there may be a survival pack of some sort on the plane. Brian makes a raft from a few broken-off treetops to get to the plane.
What year was hatchet made?
Hatchet is a 1987 Newbery Honor -winning young-adult wilderness survival novel written by American writer Gary Paulsen. It is the first novel of five in the Hatchet series.