Bear In The Cave example essay topic

I read a Book called Hatchet. Brian Robeson had divorced parents, goes on a flight to see his father in the Canadian wilderness. This is Brains first time in an airplane. He explains this to the pilot and tells him that he is scared.

The pilot feels sorry for Brian and decides to show him that flying is not hard. He lets Brian take the steering control and lets him steer for awhile. Just when Brian thinks that everything is going well, the pilot has a heart attack and dies. Brian knows he must land the plane himself or die.

He tries to use the radio, but it didn't work. He knows that if he hits the trees he can die. So he decides to land in the water of a lake. When he lands in the water. He gets out through a window.

He sat on the bank of the lake for a while to rest. Brian knew he needed food and shelter to survive so he left to find both. He didn't want to go too far from the lake where his water was, or he might get lost. He found a cherry tree and he ate some because he was hungry. He filled his windbreaker with cherries to eat later and then found a cave to stay in. He slept good, but in the morning when he woke up, he saw a bear in the cave.

He was scared, because the bear was only about 20 feet away eating his cherries out of his windbreaker. The bear only looked at Brian and then left. The cherries must have been enough to full him up. The discovery of how to make a fire was very important to Brains survival.

He needed to have a fire at the front of the cave to protect him from wild animals, and to signal for help. A porcupine came into his cave. It was dark in the cave and he heard something moving. He knew it was alive, but he didn't know what it was.

So he kicked it. Then the quills shot into his foot and then he knew it was a porcupine. He was in hurt, and knew he could not touch it. He threw his hatchet, and it hit the rock of the cave instead of the porcupine, and it made a spark. He knew how to make the spark. Now all he had to do was find some gas or something.

He knew he needed some type of meat to survive, so he decided to catch fish. First he tried to catch them with his hands, but then he knew he needed a better plan. He made a primitive bow and arrow. He was very proud of himself when he was able to use it to catch fish, or shoot a bird. He would cook them over his fire. He was becoming better all the time at survival.

One day a tornado went through the area. It moved the plane so that the tail was now sticking out of the water. It was then that Brian remembered that the plane contained a survival pack. It was hard to get to, and it took a long time.

He almost lost his hatchet while trying to cut a hole in the plane, but he got it. When he finally got back on land, he found that the pack contained food, a knife, a rifle, and a C.B. radio. He tried to use the radio, but he didn't think it was working. It was working though because a rescue plane showed up.