Hatchet (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Gary Paulsen
- First Published: 1987
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Children’s literature, Adventure, Robinsonade
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, Self-discovery, Adolescence, Teenagers, Twentieth century, Nature, Canada or Canadians, Wildlife, Survival
- Locales: Canada
In many ways, Hatchet manifests as a contemporary take on the Robinson Crusoe plot. Paulsen recalls an incident during his stay in the Philippines where he saw an airplane crash, with military personnel unable to save the victims; it has been speculated that these youthful memories partially influenced the plot of Hatchet. The story's thirteen-year-old protagonist, Brian Robeson, finds himself at the mercy of the Canadian woods after the Cessna 406 taking him up to oil fields where his father works as a mechanical engineer crash lands into a lake.
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