IndexTitleSettingsExpositionConflictRising actionClimaxFalling actionResolutionMain characterAntagonistFavorite characterThemeOpinionTitleThe title of this novel is Hatchet. I believe it is a tool that one of the characters in this novel will have to use and rely on. I think this title was chosen because Brian had to use the weapon a significant number of times. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essaySettingThe book doesn't really specify where it is set because Brian crashed the plane. But what we do know is that it is located in the North Woods, a vast area that covers much of central Canada. ExpositionBrian Robeson is a thirteen-year-old boy who goes through a difficult transition when his parents file for divorce. The memories of the divorce, fresh, painful, torment him throughout the book, although less and less as time passes. Brian's mother is a woman who is having an affair with another man and who also wants a divorce. Brian's father doesn't want a divorce. Yet he doesn't know about the affair. Terry is a good friend of Brian's when he was in New York. Terry usually played with Brian at the Park. Then there is Mr Perpich, little is known about him but he would also tell Brian to keep a positive attitude. Finally, there is Uncle Carter, although little is known about him, but what we do know is that he ate raw chicken eggs. Conflict There appears to be only two conflicts in this book. These two conflicts made the novel very entertaining and popular. The first is Brian against himself because he was stuck and sad about his parents' divorce and tried to cut himself with the axe. The second conflict is man versus nature. The reason is that Brian doesn't know how to survive in the wild. For example how to light a fire and how to know what is poisonous and what is not. What we see and experience in this book is survival without technology. Brian must make smart decisions or he could die for making the wrong decisions. Rising Action The novel contains many actions and events that made it fascinating. One of these actions is Brian's ability to survive in the woods without technology. The rising action begins in the first chapter, as Brian tries to survive in the harsh wilderness of the Canadian forest. Encounter dangerous animals such as porcupines, bears and a moose. When Brian wakes up after being knocked unconscious in the plane due to the crash, he is battered and hungry. The first two nights in the woods he eats these berries but then he becomes ill and discovers that they are poisonous. After this event, Brian's wilderness skills began to grow with him and he learned to make a fire and build a shelter. Climax The climax of the novel is when a tornado hits and completely destroys everything Brian expects from his Hatchet. When the tornado passes, he finds himself back where he started, without food, battered and bruised. Except the tail of the plane sticks out of the lake. Brian knows there is a survival backpack in the tail of the plane. The plane comes to Brian looking for survivors but Brian has no way to get its attention so he flies away. Ultimately, this is the worst possible point for Brian. Falling Action The falling action occurs when Brian finds a way to successfully build a raft, dive into the plane, grab his backpack, and get out. There is a strange device that he doesn't know what it is. Then a plane arrives and Brian manages to get its attention, but then the pilot tells him that he is a tracker and that he has been in the woods for more than two years and thought everyone was dead. After that the plane ends up arriving and rescuing Brian from the forest in Canada. ResolutionBrian is picked up.