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Hatchet Short Story Theme
The theme of the story Hatchet is “Sometimes in life one must learn how to survive in the wilderness. The author develops the theme by using the traditional plot.

Brian’s mom and dad has been going through a divorce. Brian is getting on a plane to go visit his dad in canada. While brian was in the front of the plane, the pilot had a heart attack. Seconds later he died and Brian was on the plane by himself.

Brian is flying the plane but doesn’t now what to do. The plane crash because he didn’t now how to fly it. He woke up in the wilderness, in pain. He started searching for food and water. He has found a berry tree and filling his mouth and his pockets and kept looking to learn how to survive.

It has been 2 months now in the

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