Passage Analysis On Hatchet
Have you ever had a life changing experience? Well, three characters from the following text have. Brian from Hatchet, Moon shadow from Dragon wings, and Rachel from Eleven all have been through hard to face turning points. Here are all the juicy details about them, just kidding, you have to read the rest of the text to find out. In the passage Hatchet, Brian is encountering loneliness and hunger after being stranded in the wilderness. In the first few paragraphs, Brian has thoughts of his possible rescue and thinks “they might come today” and “take him home”. He is trying to convince himself that help is on the way. Hunger starts to kick in and his thoughts go to food. Some evidence from the text is “there came hunger”. This proof
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To make it worse, he lives at the Golden Mountain (America) which is home to the white devils (Americans). Some evidence from the text is “My own grandpa had been lynched”. This proves he most likely hated them for lynching (hanging) his grandfather. Moon Shadow also refers to them multiple times in the test as white demons. This shows he thinks of them as evil scary monsters. All of these are turning points in his life. The following passage is about a girl named Rachel who’s just turned eleven but feels anything but eleven. Some evidence from this passage is “The part of me that’s three wanted to come out. This shows that she feels three even though she is eleven. Another proof is “That’s not, I don’t, you’re not…Not mine”. This shows that she is finding it hard to speak up for herself when she should be able to now that she is eleven. Being eleven is not easy but she should take life in and live each day as it comes.
Life has a way of being unpredictable. With each of these stories, it shares how life does not go as planned. There are interesting twists on these life changing experiences for all three characters. An important passage from Hatchet in paragraph 24 that applies to everyone and stuck with me was “You are your most valuable asset. Don’t forget that. You are the best thing you
To make it worse, he lives at the Golden Mountain (America) which is home to the white devils (Americans). Some evidence from the text is “My own grandpa had been lynched”. This proves he most likely hated them for lynching (hanging) his grandfather. Moon Shadow also refers to them multiple times in the test as white demons. This shows he thinks of them as evil scary monsters. All of these are turning points in his life. The following passage is about a girl named Rachel who’s just turned eleven but feels anything but eleven. Some evidence from this passage is “The part of me that’s three wanted to come out. This shows that she feels three even though she is eleven. Another proof is “That’s not, I don’t, you’re not…Not mine”. This shows that she is finding it hard to speak up for herself when she should be able to now that she is eleven. Being eleven is not easy but she should take life in and live each day as it comes.
Life has a way of being unpredictable. With each of these stories, it shares how life does not go as planned. There are interesting twists on these life changing experiences for all three characters. An important passage from Hatchet in paragraph 24 that applies to everyone and stuck with me was “You are your most valuable asset. Don’t forget that. You are the best thing you