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tomahawkAuthor Gary PaulsonMain Theme The story Hatchets theme is determination, perseverance and survival. Brian Robeson, whose parents are divorced, flies to visit his mother in Canadian wilderness. His pilot has a heart attack and dies. Brian managed to prop the plane in a lake, and escape unharmed. Now comes the hard part, endure in the wilderness until rescued. He does aim one tool to inspection and repair him, a hatchet that his mother had given him as a gift. He will have to use it, his own determination, imagination, perseverance and common wizard to survive. Plot Summary This flight to see his father in the Canadian wilderness is Brains first time in an airplane. He explains this to the pilot and tells him that he is scared. The pilot feels sorry for Brian and decides to show him that flying is not real difficult. He lets Brian take the steering control and direct the line of flight for a while. Just when Brian thinks that everything is going well, the pilot has a he art attack and dies. Brian knows he must kill the plane himself or die. He tries to use the radio receiver with step forward success. He knows that if he hits the trees, he can die, so he decides to land in the water of a lake. When the plane is in the water, he gets out through a window. He lay on the bank of the lake for a while to rest. Brian knew he needed food and shelter to survive so he set out to find both. He was very sleepless not to get lost or go too cold from the lake where his water was. He found a cherry tree and because he was very hungry, he ate his fill. He filled his windbreaker with cherries to take in later and thus managed to find a cave for shelter. He slept very well, but in the morning when he awoke, he saw a bear in the cave. He was terrified, because the bear was only about 20 feet away eating his cherries out of his windbreaker. The bear only looked at Brian and then left. The cherries must have been enough to curb his appetite The discovery of how t o ask a fire was very important to Brains survival. He needed to have one at the mouth of the cave to protect him from wild animals, and to note for help.