Brian was able to find the logs, but he wasn’t sure how to combine the logs into a raft. Brian decided that the problem was that
the logs he was looking at were smooth
, and he needed logs “with limbs sticking out.” He found some like that, and proceeded to “weave” them together.
What problem does Brian encounter once he reaches the plane?
On his way back up
he
sees the pilot’s head, the flesh eaten away by fish. Traumatized,
Brian gets
sick in the water and, struggling to free the pack from the
plane
, and arrives at the surface.
What problems does Brian face in hatchet?
In Hatchet, the challenges Brian faced were that he “
‘was dirty and starving and bitten and hurt and lonely and afraid and so completely miserable
,’” but he “overcame his starvation by eating and felt a little bit better after he ate.” When he encountered a bear, he “knew that the bear didn’t want to harm him but he …
What type of injury did Brian suffer during the plane crash?
Brian is alone in a plane after the pilot suffers
a heart attack
.
Why does Brian struggle to get out of the plane?
Brian knows a “secret”–his mother was having an affair, and Brian does not think his father knows. Brian has different reasons for his tears in chapter two. These are tears of fear and frustration, as the pilot has
suffered a fatal heart attack
, leaving Brian alone in a plane he does not know how to fly.
Why must Brian get his hatchet back?
Brian goes
back to the surface to continue chopping away at the side of the airplane
. He saves all the pieces thinking that he might be able to use them fishing arrowheads or lures. He makes a hole about the size of his body and decides to wiggle through. At first, he worries that the plane will sink again.
How does Brian show his fear when the engine dies?
How does Brian show his fear when the engine dies?
He throws up
.
What was Brian’s biggest problem?
After constructing a small raft and painstakingly making his way out to the wreckage of the plane, Brian finds that he has a big problem. There is no way to get into the plane.
All the doors and windows are submerged under the lake
. He considers diving underwater and getting into the plane from there.
How is Brian thoughtful in hatchet?
thoughtful, perceptive, and
flexible
. Brian starts his time in the woods as miserable as anyone would be, stranded alone and hungry. But he quickly begins to adjust, figuring out the rhythm of forest life and trying to keep a positive attitude. In the forest, he learns, there is no use or room for self-pity.
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.
Did Brian have a hard time awake after plane crash?
Brian had
a hard time trying to stay awake after the plane crash
. Brian thought the place where he had landed was ugly with its brown trees. Brian is troubled by the secret.
How did Brian change mentally?
How has Brian changed mentally?
Brian is depressed and cries constantly
. When Brian hears or sees something he knows what it is in his mind, and he moves to be ready for it, to deal with it. Brian is a nervous wreck, jumping at every little sound.
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.
How does Brian know what is happening to the pilot?
He
notices the smell of body gas in the plane and assumes the pilot had a stomachache
. … Seeing the whites of his eyes, Brian tries to comprehend the pilot’s likely death, and to determine what action he must take, alone in a plane thousands of feet in the air.
Why does Brian call the trees the green death?
Why does Brian call the trees “the green death”?
He knows if he flies into the trees, it will tear apart the plane.
Why did Brian throw the headset to the floor?
He releases the switch, grabs the wheel, and finally levels off once again. He puts on the headset and microphone switch and calls out for help, but no one answers. In his frustration,
he pounds and screams on the wheel
, causing it to jerk up and down. … He throws the headset to the floor and thinks that all is hopeless.
