Hatchet

Brian fears that the searchers might not find him because he initially fails to notice a plane due to being absorbed in making a bow. Although he rushes to build a fire to signal the plane, it...

Brian makes his fishing spear from willow wood, sharpening it with his hatchet into a six-foot stick with a dual-prong end. However, the spear is ineffective because he cannot thrust it at fish...

Brian fails to signal the search plane because he does not have a signal fire ready when it flies by. Although he had learned to make fire, the fire was not large enough to produce the smoke needed...

Brian was making a bow when he missed seeing the search plane fly overhead. He was gathering firewood and crafting the bow in the forest when he was startled by a ruffed grouse. This distraction led...

After the plane fails to rescue him, Brian realizes two truths: first, he has fundamentally changed and is no longer the same person who initially crashed. This change is permanent and irrevocable....

Brian feels hopeless and wants to die after a plane, which he hoped would rescue him, flies away without noticing him. This deepens his despair, leading him to let his fire go out and refuse to eat,...

Brian's plan, if he heard a plane engine overhead, was to have a fire ready and wave a burning limb to signal the plane. After his crash in the Canadian wilderness, he prioritized rescue by using...