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 * [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]**Samantha nieves**
 * ** Hatchet novel notes **
 * ** Chapter 1 **
 * ** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]January 11, 2011 **
 * ** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]Brain is the main character **
 * ** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]Flying to Canada **
 * ** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]His parents are getting a divorce and he feels split in to **
 * ** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]He flying in a very small plain **
 * ** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]Foreshadowing the pilot was teaching brain how to fly **
 * ** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]The setting is in new York flying over the wilderness **
 * ** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]Problem the divorce of his two parents and he is upset **
 * ** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]Plot brains mother is flying him to the airport so he can fly in a bush plain his dad works in Candia wilderness in the oil fields brain is going to live with his dad for the summer because his parents are diverse the airplane is full of button and levers and other stuff that is right interest brain **
 * ** o, brain felt ripped apart **
 * ** o Chapter 2 **
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 * <span style="background-color: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** o Chapter 3 a teenager boy who gets stranded on the Canadian wilderness. Brian is flying on a plane to visit his dad and the pilot gets a heart attack. But Brian doesn't have any experience to drive a plane, so he crashes and lands in the water and he has to swim all the way to land. He ends up at the Canadian Wilderness. He builds a shelter from his hatchet, his mother gave him, and the wilderness is a forest so he cuts down a lot of trees. Brian is struggling to get a fire, but finally he sucseeds by using his hatchet and a rock. What Brian eats is raspberries at first, then he trys to eat fish, but he finally just eats birds, with his bow and arrow he invented. He drinks the water in the lake he first landed on. In the beginning he saw a bear, in the middle he saw another bear with cubs, and also in the middle he saw a wolf, and again in the middle he saw a porcupine and it shot quills at Brian's leg, it hurt him bad. Also towards the end Brian saw a moose close to the lake and it pushed Brian into the water and again and again and fianlly he got up and his ribs were very hurt because that was where the moose had hit him. A very magor sad event comes towards the end also, a tornado comes and destroys all of Brians shelter, and everything except the hatchet. Brian works again and rebuilds his shelter." **
 * <span style="background: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 8.5pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]Chapter 4 **
 * <span style="background: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 8.5pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]In a semi-dream state, Brian vividly recalls every detail of the incident in which he discovers "The Secret." He had been riding his bike with his friend Terry when he saw his mother in a strange car, kissing a man with short blond hair. The hatred, anger, and astonishment that had swept over him at that moment return to him anew. Becoming conscious once again, Brian slowly absorbs the surrounding wilderness as the details of the plane crash rush back into his mind. His entire body aching from the injuries he has sustained during the crash, he falls quickly asleep. Awakening in a haze, Brian finds his survival of the plane crash almost unbelievable and quickly remembers the pilot's less fortunate fate. The mosquitoes in the area swarm around him and leave him with painful bites on every part of his exposed skin. Brian feels lucky to have survived the crash, and upon looking at the surrounding area, realizes how close a call it had been; he had just barely avoided a huge rock nearby. Contemplating the scenery and listening to the many sounds of nature surrounding him, he falls asleep once again. **
 * <span style="background-color: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** o Chapter 5 notes **
 * <span style="background: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 9.45pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]Gripped by unbelievable thirst and hunger upon awakening, Brian drinks water from the lake while trying to grasp the fact that he has landed in this complete wilderness. Reassuring himself with the hope that the searchers will come that day to rescue him, Brian recalls his old English teacher Mr. Perpich, who had repeatedly emphasized to his students the importance of a positive attitude, and Brian uses this memory to motivate himself against despair. Brian experiences the profound silence of the woods, noting that such silence never exists back in the city. In a sudden wave of despair Brian suddenly remembers that he had bumped the wheel when reaching over for the pilot's headset. This action had most likely rerouted the plane, and Brian begins to accept the fact that the search planes might not rescue him for a few days. Sensing imminent panic, Brian works to calm himself, determined to find something to eat and to make a shelter. **
 * <span style="background: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 8.5pt 0in 8.5pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]most likely rerouted the plane, and Brian begins to accept the fact that the search planes might not rescue him for a few days. Sensing imminent panic, Brian works to calm himself, determined to find something to eat and to make a shelter. **
 * <span style="background: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]Chapter 6 **
 * <span style="background: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 8.5pt 0in 8.5pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]Brian recalls the time he spent playing in the city park with his best friend Terry, who he suddenly wishes were with him. Together they had pretended they had gotten lost in the woods. They had built a lean-to for a shelter, which inspires Brian to seek out an ideal spot to build one himself. Finding a perfect overhang and gathering the materials to enclose the lean-to, Brian realizes the gravity of his weakness and hunger. He decides he must seek out food and compares the customary facility of finding food with the challenge of his current situation. Still dwelling on his parents' divorce, he decides he will tell his father "The Secret" as soon as he returns home. Brian finds some unfamiliar bright red berries to eat, which turn out to taste very bitter. However, left with little choice, he eats them until the pangs of hunger subside. Since Brian has no matches he must think hard about how to start a fire; for now, he works to improve his shelter by interweaving sticks into the walls. Although he feels sick from eating too many berries, sleep nonetheless comes to him. **
 * <span style="background: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 7.75pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]Analysis **
 * <span style="background: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 8.5pt 0in 8.5pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]In this part of the novel Paulsen introduces one of the primary themes in this work: the contrast between urban and wilderness environments, and the effects of this contrast on man. In Chapter 4, Brian, a city boy, marvels at the novelty of the natural environment. Paulsen writes, "The scenery was very pretty, he thought, but it was all a green and blue blur and he was used to the gray and black of the city, the sounds of the city. Traffic, people talking, sounds all the time—the hum and whine of the city." This contrast between city and wilderness also becomes clear in Brian's search for food, when he recognizes the conveniences of city life, which he had previously taken for granted. **
 * <span style="background: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 8.5pt 0in 8.5pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]As a result of this contrast between city and wilderness, and as a result of his lack of experience with nature, Brian initially uses knowledge he has gathered from the media to brainstorm about what action he must take. When he attempts to estimate the date of his rescue, he refers to searches he has seen on the local news and to movies he has seen about lost planes. When he considers the necessary approach to finding some food, he thinks, "What did they do in the movies when they got stranded like this? Oh, yes, the hero usually found some kind of plant that he knew was good to eat and that took care of it." Of course Brian quickly realizes that the rules of the civilized world often lose their relevance when applied to the natural world. As he gains more experience in the woods, his basis of knowledge shifts from the media to his own personal experience. **
 * <span style="background: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 8.5pt 0in 8.5pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]In these early stages of Brian's stay in the woods, he still remains very aware of his home and of the routines of the outside world. He remembers his friend Terry with fondness, and at one point tries to imagine what his mother would be doing at that moment, recalling her daily routine. He actively misses both his family and friends and the conveniences of the life he had led. As the story progresses, however, the reader sees that his thought patterns become increasingly self-contained and he no longer places emphasis on societal influences. Rather, the surrounding natural environment governs his behavior and his patterns. **
 * <span style="background: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 8.5pt 0in 8.5pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]Brian undergoes a period of disbelief when he awakes after the crash. The reality of the plane crash and of his presence in the middle of a harsh wilderness leaves him dumbfounded and overwhelmed. Finding few elements of certainty, he feels the need to establish those few facts of which he remains certain. He thinks, "My name is Brian Robeson and I am thirteen years old and I am alone in the north woods of Canada." These simple statements provide some reassurance to Brian at a time when he has no idea what action to take or what kind of hope to hold out for his rescue. **
 * <span style="background: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 8.5pt 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]In these chapters Paulsen begins to employ with some regularity a certain stylistic nuance that persists throughout the book. That is, combining words that do not customarily go together and connecting them with hyphens. Such words include "hot-hate," "all-over pain," and "stagger-tripped." This unique technique provides the author with an opportunity to enhance his descriptive language. **
 * <span style="background: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]Chapter 7 **
 * <span style="background: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 8.5pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]Awakened in the middle of the night from a dream about his mother, Brian becomes violently ill from the many berries he has eaten the previous day. He has a flashback in which the image of his mother kissing the man with the short blond hair recurs to him with horrible clarity. Falling back asleep, Brian awakes in the morning, walks down to the lake, and he sees his reflection in the water. Finding his injuries and worn face repulsive, he gives in to his tears and cries in self-pity. His stomach was aching with hunger, and he ate more of the bitter red berries, this time making certain to avoid eating too many. In search of other food he comes upon a raspberry patch, where he spots a bear and stiffens with fear, but soon realizes that the bear does not intend to harm him. Picking many raspberries, he eats some and saves many more for later. With the bear in mind, he keeps his hatchet close by his side and falls asleep. **
 * <span style="background: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]Chapter 8 **
 * <span style="background: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 7.7pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]In the middle of the night a noise awakens Brian and he senses something in his ** shelter. He throws his hatchet across the shelter and an acute pain spreads through his entire leg. A porcupine has attacked him with hundreds of painful quills. After pulling all the quills out one by one, Brian cries in misery and loses his will to survive. When he can cry no more, it dawns on him that crying and self-pity accomplish nothing. He considers this realization the most important lesson he learns about survival. Dozing off once more, Brian has a dream in which his father and his friend Terry appear. Mouthing inaudible words, his father strives to tell Brian something important, cannot convey the message. He then disappears and Terry takes his place. While barbecuing in the park, he lights a charcoal fire and looks at Brian. Brian cannot make sense of these dreams nor understand their purpose. In the morning, while Brian stretches, the sun hits the hatchet and it shines like fire. Only then does Brian make the connection between his dreams and reality; Terry and his father were trying to explain to Brian how to make a fire. Striking the hatchet against a stone and watching the sparks fly, Brian determines that he will find a way to use the hatchet to make fire.
 * <span style="background-color: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">**o Chapter 9**
 * <span style="background-color: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 3.5pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]Summary **
 * <span style="background-color: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]Brian soon learns that it’s a long way from sparks to fire. He tries several combinations of twigs and dried grass, but the sparks just sputter and die. He then comes to the conclusion that he needs something finer. He first tears up his twenty dollar bill and follows that with fine pieces of birch bark. This lasts a little longer, but still the sparks go out. His next conclusion is that he needs to add oxygen and adds his own gentle breath. Finally, he creates a hot red ball of heat and that bursts into flame. He frantically feeds the new flames with small dead limbs from the pine trees, and the fire continues to [|burn] . Brian thinks to himself that now he has a friend and a guard since the fire burns near the entrance he had created for his shelter. Furthermore, the curve of the rock above his head acts as a perfect flue that carries the smoke up through the cracks in the ledge, but holds the heat where he needs it. He is momentarily satisfied with his accomplishment, but can’t help wondering what his parents are doing at that moment and whether his mother is with him. **
 * <span style="background-color: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 3.5pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]Notes **
 * <span style="background: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]This chapter is yet another step in Brian’s evolution to manhood. Using his own knowledge and his desire to protect himself, he figures out how to build a fire from the sparks of his hatchet. However, he hasn’t yet matured enough to forgive the pain his mother has caused his family and how the Secret is what destroyed it. **
 * <span style="background: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]Chapter 10 **
 * <span style="background: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 7.7pt 0in 7.7pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]Brian takes such comfort from the fire that he feels reluctant to stray from it. Knowing he will need to keep the fire going, he spends the afternoon gathering wood for the night and the coming days, falling into a deep sleep when he completes his work. A noise awakens him in the middle of the night, but nothing enters his shelter and he dozes off again. In the morning he finds tracks to and from the lake. Following them in the sand, Brian comes to a pile where many eggs lie; a turtle had come up from the water to lay its eggs. Most importantly, it strikes Brian him that the eggs provide him with a more substantial kind of food than he has yet eaten. Thinking of his Uncle Carter, who used to eat raw eggs in the morning, he decides that he needs nourishment badly enough to do so himself. Overcoming the odd taste, Brian eats several eggs and, saving the others, decides to eat one a day. Thinking of the searchers, Brian hopes they will soon rescue him. **
 * <span style="background: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]Chapter 11 **
 * <span style="background: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 7.7pt 0in 7.7pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]Brian occupies himself by storing the eggs, cleaning his camp, and stacking wood; these activities help keep him from falling into depression. Seeing his reflection in the lake, Brian notes how his body has changed. His extra weight has disappeared and his skin has browned. More significantly, however, he notes the mental transformation he has undergone. He observes his surroundings with a new keenness, his senses honed to pick up on the goings-on of the woods. His mind and body have also made a connection that had not existed before his stay in the woods. Standing atop a bluff overlooking the lake, the beauty of the lake and woods overwhelm him. He soon has an important realization that he can catch fish in the lake for food. Upon closer inspection, he notices that the lake appears full of fish of many kinds. Initially attempting to catch them with his bare hands, Brian soon concludes he needs some sort of fish spear. **
 * <span style="background: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]Chapter 12 **
 * <span style="background: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 7.7pt 0in 7.7pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]Brian spends many hours perfecting his fish spear, but in the end it fails to help him catch any fish. In need of a way to send the spear into the water, Brian decides to make a bow and arrow. While searching for wood, Brian almost steps on a bird and it flies up in a flurry of feathers. It occurs to Brian to try to catch these birds, slightly smaller than chickens, which he calls "foolbirds." At that moment a plane flies overhead, giving Brian hope that the searchers have come for him. Gesturing and yelling at the top of his lungs, Brian falls into despair and hopelessness when the plane flies past him and away into the horizon. He begins to lose faith that he will ever see his family and friends again, and experiences profound emptiness and loneliness. **
 * <span style="background: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 7pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]Analysis **
 * <span style="background: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 7.7pt 0in 7.7pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]The contrast between urban and wilderness environments reappears in these chapters. Earlier in the novel, this contrast revolved mostly around Brian's adjustment to the woods. He had to become self-sufficient and only then appreciated the conveniences of urban life. In these chapters, however, Brian has adjusted to his new life, and can look back on the person he was before the plane crash with some distance. While he investigates the turtle tracks, Brian demonstrates his consciousness of his urban habits. Paulsen writes, "He smiled. City boy, he thought. Oh, you city boy with your city ways—he made a mirror in his mind, a mirror of himself, and saw how he must look. City boy with your city ways sitting in the sand trying to read the tracks and not knowing, not understanding." Here, he acknowledges that nature has a lot to teach him and that his "city boy" identity must be shed in favor of habits more fitting to his environment. **
 * <span style="background: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 7.7pt 0in 7.7pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]Brian undergoes significant changes, both physical and mental, in these chapters. His senses have become more acute and his mind more aware. He begins to understand that self-sufficiency requires enormous effort and involves significant trial and error. Brian's mind and body begin to communicate with one another and become increasingly linked. In Chapter 11 Paulsen writes, "his mind and his body, had come together as well, had made a connection with each other that he didn't quite understand." Because survival in the natural environment relies to such an extent on the body and its condition, the mind must work to support the body. In Brian's case, he brainstorms about ways in which he can catch fish, build a shelter, make fire, and other necessities. The natural world, often more so than the civilized world, calls for a deep connection between mind and body. **
 * <span style="background: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 7.7pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]Gary Paulsen continues to use repetition as a literary technique. In this part of the book, the line that appears again and again is, "There were these things to do." The repetition of this line emphasizes Brian's new perspective on his life in the wilderness. In the first few weeks after the plane crash Brian focused on the world in which he used to live, constantly seeking and hoping for a way out of his situation. He remained relatively immobile because he thought his stay in the woods would be short-term, and because he pitied himself. In this part of the book, on the other hand, Brian accepts that it may be some time before he leaves the woods. Starting to adopt a more active and positive outlook and steering clear of self-pity, Brian makes efforts to gather food, make fire, and perfect his tools. These efforts also hint that he now looks toward the future and prepares for what it might hold. His hunger for hamburgers and for similar urban conveniences wanes, a new hunger taking its place. Paulsen writes, "This was hunger that he knew would be there always, even when he had food—a hunger that made him look for things, see things. A hunger to make him hunt." Brian's curiosity only grows with his ability to use his senses and with the enjoyment he derives from the surrounding environment **
 * <span style="background-color: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]Chapter 13 **
 * <span style="background: #fdfdf2; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 15.6pt; margin: 7.7pt 0in 14pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">** [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME~1/NIEVESS/LOCALS~1/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif width="16" height="16" caption="*"]]While Brian searches for foolbirds, as he calls the chicken-like birds he has discovered, his instincts tell him that some creature lurks nearby. At that moment he spots a big beautiful wolf, which then walks up the hill and away from Brian, followed by three others. After the plane flies by him without spotting him, Brian feels incredibly defeated. He even tries to commit suicide by cutting himself with his hatchet. When he survives, however, he determines never to let death tempt him again, and in that moment Brian transforms himself into the "new Brian." He finally figures out how to catch the many fish in the lake when he realizes he must account for the refraction of light underwater and readjust his aim. On that first day that he catches fish, he feasts on them and, satisfied with his accomplishment and the wealth of food it produced, feels hopeful. This hope, however, differs from his earlier hope that he will be rescued. He now believes the chances of his being rescued are slim. Rather, he possesses "tough hope" that he can survive on his own with his new knowledge of the wilderness. **
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Chapter 14 A skunk comes to investigate the spot in the sand where the turtle has laid its eggs. Brian yells at the skunk, which reacts by spraying him. Blinded for nearly two hours as a result of the spray, Brian runs into the lake to wash himself. The skunk has also eaten the eggs he had stored on the shore. Brian learned two lessons from this incident: make a sturdy shelter and put food in a protected place. Spending days strengthening his shelter with additional wood, and finding a high tree for a food shelf that bears would be unable to reach, Brian still faces the problem of a lack of food. After brainstorming about this problem, he resolves to construct a small pond in which he may store the fish he has caught, attracted by the remains of the fish he had already eaten.Brian demonstrates his forethought but not only finding food for the moment, but also developing some system of storage for the future. ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Chapter 15 ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">While in the woods, Brian measures time by events he experiences rather than by societal measures of time, although he does mark the passing days on the stone next to his shelter. His real sense of time, however, revolves around events such as the day of First Meat. Living off berries and fish, Brian still had still craved more substantial food, meat in particular. He has thought of trying to catch the foolbirds that abound in the woods, but despite their stupidity has a difficult time catching them. They tend to fly away at the last second, and are difficult to spot. Training his eyes to see the outline of a foolbird, Brian decides to employ his spear rather than his bow and arrow, which enables him to lunge at the birds. Moving sideways rather than straight at the bird and lunging at it at the last second, he catches his first meat. Cleaning the chicken proves harder than he had expected, and he notes once more that in the past, and in a world where his mother had cooked for him, such a duty would never have occurred to him. Brian rigs up a system to rotate the chicken over a flame and sits back to watch it cook. Anxious to have his first bite, Brian pulls off a piece that has not quite cooked thoroughly yet. He reminded himself of the importance of patience, and when the meat has finally cooked through, Brian enjoys his feast more than anything he has ever eaten. ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Chapter 16 ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Brian proudly recalls the major events since the plane crash, which he calls "First Days." For example, on "First Arrow Day" he had successfully constructed a straight-shooting arrow, and on "First Rabbit Day" he had killed his first rabbit, using similar methods as he had used to kill the foolbird. He alternates between rabbits and foolbirds, so he is able to satisfy himself with sufficient meat. In time he perfects his skills at catching foolbirds, once even catching a bird with his bare hands. While washing his hands in the lake, he senses something and turns around just in time to face a huge moose. The moose attacks him, throwing him into the water, thrashing him around, and badly hurting his ribs and his shoulder. Retrieving his bow, spear, and foolbird from the water's edge, Brian, in enormous pain, attempts to make sense of the attack before falling asleep. A far-off roar awakens Brian in the middle of the night. Suddenly, a tornado pounds down on him, slamming him on the side of the shelter. The tornado departs as quickly as it had arrived, leaving Brian out in the open, his shelter and fire obliterated. Without the protection of the fire, mosquitoes find him once again and he lies sleepless for the remainder of the night, contemplating how his situation has changed so drastically in one day. In the aftermath of the moose attack and the tornado he has little left. Nonetheless, Brian remains unfazed in his resolve to rebuild using the hatchet, his only remaining tool, still at his belt. Right before dawn Brian dozes off, awakening to assess the tornado's damage. The tornado had scattered the pieces of his shelter but they remained the area. Looking out over the lake, Brian spots the tail of the Cessna plane sticking out of the water. He thinks of the pilot, dead in the plane, and a huge weighty sadness sweeps over him. Compelled to say a few words for him, Brain hesitates because he does not know the "right words," the words of organized religion. He decides to simply concentrate and wish the pilot a peaceful rest. ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Chapter 17 ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Brian works to restore his shelter to its former shape and to gather more firewood. Exhausted from a day of hard work, he lies down to go to sleep when it occurs to him that the survival pack that the pilot had mentioned might still be in the plane, and perhaps he could access it. Wondering what it might contain, Brian hopes that he will find food or tools, and decides to try to find it the following day. He falls asleep with the picture of the tail of the plane in his mind. The next morning he eats some fish to gain some energy for his project and reasons that a raft would be the best method to get out to the plane. Finding the construction of the raft difficult, Brian must find a way to attach the logs to one another. After many frustrating attempts, Brian interweaves branches into the logs to hold them together. Moving the raft presents another time-consuming challenge, and, as dusk approaches, Brian decides to return back to his shelter for the night and try again in the morning. Brian sensed fall in the air on this beautiful night in the woods. In the morning, he sets out for the plane on his raft. Attaching the raft to the plane, Brian shutters as it occurs to him that he might see the pilot down underwater. ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Chapter 18 ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Frustrated by his inability to access the inside of the plane, Brian strikes it with his fist and the aluminum covering opens. Using the hatchet to cut through the rest of the sections, Brian is hacking away at a furious pace when he suddenly drops the hatchet and it falls to the bottom of the lake. After a few tries, Brian succeeds in picking the hatchet up from the bottom, having barely enough air in his lungs to return to the surface. He continues to cut into the plane and swims down into it to retrieve the survival pack. 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. Exhausted from his efforts, Brian drags the survival pack to his shelter and falls immediately into a deep **sleep.** ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is on his way to visit his father when the single engine plane in which he is flying crashes. Suddenly, Brian finds himself alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but his clothing, a tattered windbreaker, and the hatchet his mother has given him as a present -- and the dreadful secret that has been tearing him apart ever since his parents' divorce. But now Brian has no time for anger, self-pity, or despair -- it will take all his know-how and determination, and more courage than he knew he possessed, to survive.** ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Chapter 19 ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">In the morning Brian opens the survival pack to find many useful items, including a sleeping bag, a foam sleeping pad, a cookset, matches, lighters, a knife, a compass, a first-aid kit, a cap, and a fishing kit. Surprised to find a survivor rifle among the pack's contents, Brian dislikes it as he feels it separates him from the natural environment to which he has become accustomed. Although his daily patterns would become much easier with the use of a rifle, and with many of the tools in the kit, he feels attached to his old ways and to the self-sufficiency they represent. Brian notes his "up and down" feelings regarding the discovery of the survival pack. He then comes across an emergency transmitter and, attempting to turn it on with no evident success, Brian reasons that it had been broken in the crash. The survival pack also contains several freeze-dried food packets, which he determines to carefully ration after he feasts just once on a meal of his choice. He begins to prepare this feast with much anticipation when he hears the drone of an engine above him. The plane flies low and lands on the lake. The pilot emerges and reports to Brian that he had heard the transmitter signal. In saying this, the pilot slowly makes the connection that the searchers he had heard about were looking for Brian, who stands before him. Dumbfounded and initially unable to comprehend the situation, Brian simply says, "My name is Brian Robeson…. Would you like something to eat?" ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Epilogue ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Brian later learns that the man who rescued him is a fur buyer out to survey Cree trapping camps. Brian had lost a lot of his body weight since the crash, and he remains thin for years. Many of the changes Brian underwent in the wilderness seem permanent, such as his observant and thoughtful nature, and food never loses its wonder for him. Reporters become briefly interested in covering his story, but soon the attention wanes. Brian has many dreams in which he recalls his time in the woods, many pleasant. If Brian had had to survive the winter there, it would have been very difficult. While his parents react with such joy at knowing their son has survived, and even get back together briefly, they soon return to their respective homes. Although he repeatedly intends to, Brian never actually tells his father about "The Secret." ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Chapter 15 ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">While in the woods, Brian measures time by events he experiences rather than by societal measures of time, although he does mark the passing days on the stone next to his shelter. His real sense of time, however, revolves around events such as the day of First Meat. Living off berries and fish, Brian still had still craved more substantial food, meat in particular. He has thought of trying to catch the foolbirds that abound in the woods, but despite their stupidity has a difficult time catching them. They tend to fly away at the last second, and are difficult to spot. Training his eyes to see the outline of a foolbird, Brian decides to employ his spear rather than his bow and arrow, which enables him to lunge at the birds. Moving sideways rather than straight at the bird and lunging at it at the last second, he catches his first meat. Cleaning the chicken proves harder than he had expected, and he notes once more that in the past, and in a world where his mother had cooked for him, such a duty would never have occurred to him. Brian rigs up a system to rotate the chicken over a flame and sits back to watch it cook. Anxious to have his first bite, Brian pulls off a piece that has not quite cooked thoroughly yet. He reminded himself of the importance of patience, and when the meat has finally cooked through, Brian enjoys his feast more than anything he has ever eaten. ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Chapter 16 ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Brian proudly recalls the major events since the plane crash, which he calls "First Days." For example, on "First Arrow Day" he had successfully constructed a straight-shooting arrow, and on "First Rabbit Day" he had killed his first rabbit, using similar methods as he had used to kill the foolbird. He alternates between rabbits and foolbirds, so he is able to satisfy himself with sufficient meat. In time he perfects his skills at catching foolbirds, once even catching a bird with his bare hands. While washing his hands in the lake, he senses something and turns around just in time to face a huge moose. The moose attacks him, throwing him into the water, thrashing him around, and badly hurting his ribs and his shoulder. Retrieving his bow, spear, and foolbird from the water's edge, Brian, in enormous pain, attempts to make sense of the attack before falling asleep. A far-off roar awakens Brian in the middle of the night. Suddenly, a tornado pounds down on him, slamming him on the side of the shelter. The tornado departs as quickly as it had arrived, leaving Brian out in the open, his shelter and fire obliterated. Without the protection of the fire, mosquitoes find him once again and he lies sleepless for the remainder of the night, contemplating how his situation has changed so drastically in one day. In the aftermath of the moose attack and the tornado he has little left. Nonetheless, Brian remains unfazed in his resolve to rebuild using the hatchet, his only remaining tool, still at his belt. Right before dawn Brian dozes off, awakening to assess the tornado's damage. The tornado had scattered the pieces of his shelter but they remained the area. Looking out over the lake, Brian spots the tail of the Cessna plane sticking out of the water. He thinks of the pilot, dead in the plane, and a huge weighty sadness sweeps over him. Compelled to say a few words for him, Brain hesitates because he does not know the "right words," the words of organized religion. He decides to simply concentrate and wish the pilot a peaceful rest. ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Chapter 17 ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Brian works to restore his shelter to its former shape and to gather more firewood. Exhausted from a day of hard work, he lies down to go to sleep when it occurs to him that the survival pack that the pilot had mentioned might still be in the plane, and perhaps he could access it. Wondering what it might contain, Brian hopes that he will find food or tools, and decides to try to find it the following day. He falls asleep with the picture of the tail of the plane in his mind. The next morning he eats some fish to gain some energy for his project and reasons that a raft would be the best method to get out to the plane. Finding the construction of the raft difficult, Brian must find a way to attach the logs to one another. After many frustrating attempts, Brian interweaves branches into the logs to hold them together. Moving the raft presents another time-consuming challenge, and, as dusk approaches, Brian decides to return back to his shelter for the night and try again in the morning. Brian sensed fall in the air on this beautiful night in the woods. In the morning, he sets out for the plane on his raft. Attaching the raft to the plane, Brian shutters as it occurs to him that he might see the pilot down underwater. ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Chapter 18 ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Frustrated by his inability to access the inside of the plane, Brian strikes it with his fist and the aluminum covering opens. Using the hatchet to cut through the rest of the sections, Brian is hacking away at a furious pace when he suddenly drops the hatchet and it falls to the bottom of the lake. After a few tries, Brian succeeds in picking the hatchet up from the bottom, having barely enough air in his lungs to return to the surface. He continues to cut into the plane and swims down into it to retrieve the survival pack. 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. Exhausted from his efforts, Brian drags the survival pack to his shelter and falls immediately into a deep **sleep.** ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is on his way to visit his father when the single engine plane in which he is flying crashes. Suddenly, Brian finds himself alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but his clothing, a tattered windbreaker, and the hatchet his mother has given him as a present -- and the dreadful secret that has been tearing him apart ever since his parents' divorce. But now Brian has no time for anger, self-pity, or despair -- it will take all his know-how and determination, and more courage than he knew he possessed, to survive.** ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Chapter 19 ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">In the morning Brian opens the survival pack to find many useful items, including a sleeping bag, a foam sleeping pad, a cookset, matches, lighters, a knife, a compass, a first-aid kit, a cap, and a fishing kit. Surprised to find a survivor rifle among the pack's contents, Brian dislikes it as he feels it separates him from the natural environment to which he has become accustomed. Although his daily patterns would become much easier with the use of a rifle, and with many of the tools in the kit, he feels attached to his old ways and to the self-sufficiency they represent. Brian notes his "up and down" feelings regarding the discovery of the survival pack. He then comes across an emergency transmitter and, attempting to turn it on with no evident success, Brian reasons that it had been broken in the crash. The survival pack also contains several freeze-dried food packets, which he determines to carefully ration after he feasts just once on a meal of his choice. He begins to prepare this feast with much anticipation when he hears the drone of an engine above him. The plane flies low and lands on the lake. The pilot emerges and reports to Brian that he had heard the transmitter signal. In saying this, the pilot slowly makes the connection that the searchers he had heard about were looking for Brian, who stands before him. Dumbfounded and initially unable to comprehend the situation, Brian simply says, "My name is Brian Robeson…. Would you like something to eat?" ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Epilogue ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Brian later learns that the man who rescued him is a fur buyer out to survey Cree trapping camps. Brian had lost a lot of his body weight since the crash, and he remains thin for years. Many of the changes Brian underwent in the wilderness seem permanent, such as his observant and thoughtful nature, and food never loses its wonder for him. Reporters become briefly interested in covering his story, but soon the attention wanes. Brian has many dreams in which he recalls his time in the woods, many pleasant. If Brian had had to survive the winter there, it would have been very difficult. While his parents react with such joy at knowing their son has survived, and even get back together briefly, they soon return to their respective homes. Although he repeatedly intends to, Brian never actually tells his father about "The Secret." ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Chapter 19 ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">In the morning Brian opens the survival pack to find many useful items, including a sleeping bag, a foam sleeping pad, a cookset, matches, lighters, a knife, a compass, a first-aid kit, a cap, and a fishing kit. Surprised to find a survivor rifle among the pack's contents, Brian dislikes it as he feels it separates him from the natural environment to which he has become accustomed. Although his daily patterns would become much easier with the use of a rifle, and with many of the tools in the kit, he feels attached to his old ways and to the self-sufficiency they represent. Brian notes his "up and down" feelings regarding the discovery of the survival pack. He then comes across an emergency transmitter and, attempting to turn it on with no evident success, Brian reasons that it had been broken in the crash. The survival pack also contains several freeze-dried food packets, which he determines to carefully ration after he feasts just once on a meal of his choice. He begins to prepare this feast with much anticipation when he hears the drone of an engine above him. The plane flies low and lands on the lake. The pilot emerges and reports to Brian that he had heard the transmitter signal. In saying this, the pilot slowly makes the connection that the searchers he had heard about were looking for Brian, who stands before him. Dumbfounded and initially unable to comprehend the situation, Brian simply says, "My name is Brian Robeson…. Would you like something to eat?" ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Epilogue ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Brian later learns that the man who rescued him is a fur buyer out to survey Cree trapping camps. Brian had lost a lot of his body weight since the crash, and he remains thin for years. Many of the changes Brian underwent in the wilderness seem permanent, such as his observant and thoughtful nature, and food never loses its wonder for him. Reporters become briefly interested in covering his story, but soon the attention wanes. Brian has many dreams in which he recalls his time in the woods, many pleasant. If Brian had had to survive the winter there, it would have been very difficult. While his parents react with such joy at knowing their son has survived, and even get back together briefly, they soon return to their respective homes. Although he repeatedly intends to, Brian never actually tells his father about "The Secret." ======
 * ======<span style="background-color: #fefbfc; color: #050000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Brian later learns that the man who rescued him is a fur buyer out to survey Cree trapping camps. Brian had lost a lot of his body weight since the crash, and he remains thin for years. Many of the changes Brian underwent in the wilderness seem permanent, such as his observant and thoughtful nature, and food never loses its wonder for him. Reporters become briefly interested in covering his story, but soon the attention wanes. Brian has many dreams in which he recalls his time in the woods, many pleasant. If Brian had had to survive the winter there, it would have been very difficult. While his parents react with such joy at knowing their son has survived, and even get back together briefly, they soon return to their respective homes. Although he repeatedly intends to, Brian never actually tells his father about "The Secret." ======

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