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smartypants23
smartypants23
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In Hatchet, why does Brian feel it is not important to know where he is but that ''they'' do not know.

 

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Posted by smartypants23 on Tuesday August 18, 2009 at 6:03 PM and tagged with brian, characters, they.

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  1. akannan Teacher
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    Brian is naturally concerned with his status after the accident.  Given the fact that the pilot lost radio transmission and that forest in which he landed is uncharted, he is fairly convinced that "they" have no idea where he is.  However, he does feel that one aspect of his status that might be a possible benefit is the reconciliation of his parents.  Brian feels that since the divorce was rather recent, the fact that he is lost in the wild might bring his mother and father together in their combined attempts to search for him.  To this extent, he sees his predicament as possibly a good thing as it can be the event which he projects would jolt his parents into reconciling.  In the end, he was somewhat right, as the epilogue tells us that upon finding Brian, his parents do end up going back  together for a short period of time, only to split up again.  Brian was able to outlast the wildness, but not divorce.

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    Posted by akannan on Wednesday August 19, 2009 at 4:45 AM