Hatchet Summary

FICTION #3: An individual’s struggle toward understanding and awareness is the traditional subject for the novelist. In Hatchet, 13-year-old Brian Robeson, our protagonist, is going to visit his dad when he is unexpectedly stranded in a forest, somewhere in Canada, after his plane has crash landed. In the early scenes of the book, we can discover that Brian is a troubled young boy who is anxious and perplexed. Brian is perplexed because of “The Secret” about his mom’s affair and about why his parents are divorced. He is anxious because the pilot has just had a heart attack and died, causing Brian to have to fly the plane by himself. Throughout the book, we learn that besides being afraid and lost, Brian shows that he is also brave, self-reliant,