Chapter 8
is a turning point for Brian. He has one of his lowest lows—getting stung by a porcupine in the middle of the night and getting quills in his calf.
Where did Brian encounter a porcupine?
In the middle of the night a noise awakens Brian and he senses something in his shelter. He throws his hatchet across the shelter and an acute pain spreads through his
entire leg
. A porcupine has attacked him with hundreds of painful quills.
What animals does Brian encounter in hatchet?
Directions: In the Canadian wilderness Brian came across many wild animals. Brian saw
porcupine, turtle, wolf, skunk, squirrel, rabbit, bear, and moose
.
What happened in Chapter 7 in hatchet?
In Chapter 7 of Hatchet,
Brian gets very sick from the berries he ate
. He vomits and has diarrhea (loose stools). … The bear simply examines him and goes back to eating berries. Brian runs away but then realizes that the bear did not want to attack him.
What is Brian very worried about in Chapter 8?
In chapter 8, still concerned about
his clothing situation
, Brian makes sleeves for his vest. Brian then spends a day making boots to fit over his quickly disintegrating tennis shoes.
Why was it hard for Brian to fight off the porcupine?
Why was it hard for Brian to fight off the porcupine? It was hard for Brian to fight off the porcupine
because it was so dark that he couldn't see the porcupine to go after it but he could on hear it
. What is the most important rule of survival? Never feel sorry for yourself.
What is the first problem that Brian must face in the morning?
Brian must put out of his mind the death of the pilot and his parents' divorce to fight off the dangers of the forest, such as an early
-morning mosquito attack
, and take notice of the animals and sights of his new forest home so that he can survive.
What is the secret in hatchet?
Brian is haunted by what he calls the Secret. He remembers it in dreams mostly, but it comes to him when he's awake as well. We find out that the Secret is the fact
that his mother is having an affair–Brian saw her with another man in a station wagon while he was riding bikes with Terry.
What is the most important rule of survival Brian learns?
He's understandably down in the dumps about being stranded and now stung by a porcupine, but then ”he learned the most important rule of survival, which was that feeling sorry for yourself didn't work.
” It won't get the quills out of his leg and won't make fire, so Brian decides to stop it entirely and get to work.
Why did Brian call the fire his friend?
Brian feels that fire is his friend
because it will keep him warm and allow him to cook his food to keep him alive during his ordeal
. Without it, he would quickly freeze to death, and, if not, would likely starve because his sources of food (mostly fish and small animals) would be inedible without cooking.
Why does Brian awaken with a scream at the beginning of Chapter 7?
Brian screamed
because he was sick and in great pain
. … His whole abdomen was torn with great rolling jolts of pain, pain that doubled him in the darkness of the little shelter, put him over and face down in the sand to moan again and again: “Mother, mother, mother…” Never anything like this.
What is the secret in hatchet Chapter 7?
Finally,
he's able to crawl back into his shelter
. He can't sleep, though—he's thinking about his mother sitting in the car with the strange man. He saw his mother kissing the man, and this is the secret that he hasn't been able to tell his father about, the secret that led to the divorce.
What sight caused Brian to do nothing think nothing in your opinion why wasn't Brian harmed?
What sight caused Brian to “do nothing, think nothing”?
He left the bear alone
. Why wasn't Brian harmed from the bear? When the porcupine stuck him with needles, he felt that it was all too much for him to handle.
What did Brian realize when he saw the mouse in Brian's Winter?
Brian realized
he was dreaming and the moose was still on top of him
. … He got up and looked at the moose, and he decided to cut up the moose, for the meat. Finally at midnight, he stopped cutting up the meat and went to his shelter and fell asleep.
What kind of eggs does Brian find to eat?
Later in the book, a raspberry patch helps alleviate some hunger but puts him face to face with a bear. The next nourishment he finds is
turtle eggs
, which he eats raw.
What did Brian learn when he threw his hatchet at the attacking animal?
Chapter 16 of Hatchet
He
remembers using sap to stick feathers to his arrows
. He remembers that the arrows didn't fly exactly the way he wanted, but better than without feathers. He also remembers killing and eating his first rabbit. This meant that his meat source expanded to birds, rabbits, and fish.
