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Why did Brian want a raft?
Why does Brian build a raft? He plans to float out to the plane and use it as a working base while he’s trying to get inside.
What did Brian call the survival pack?
A treasure
What did Brian call the survival pack? A treasure.
What does Brian call his shelter in hatchet?
What does Brian start to call his shelter? He starts to call his shelter, home. Compare and contrast Brian’s actions in eating the raspberries and his actions when he ate the gut cherries. They are both edible.
What was the name Brian gave the raft?
He named his raft Brushpile One. Then he had a new problem. How would he keep it from floating away? The other problem Brian had, once he solved these two problems, was that the raft barely moved.
What does Brian find in the survival pack in hatchet?
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. Brian notes his “up and down” feelings regarding the discovery of the survival pack.
Why did Brian name his raft brushpile one?
(Ch. 17) Brian decided that the problem was that the logs he was looking at were smooth, and he needed logs “with limbs sticking out.” He found some like that, and proceeded to “weave” them together. He named his raft Brushpile One.
Why did Brian need a raft to reach the plane?
Educators go through a rigorous application process, and every answer they submit is reviewed by our in-house editorial team. Brian used logs that had branches protruding from them instead of clean logs, so he could bind them together more easily. Brian needed a raft to reach the plane, where the survival pack was waiting for him.
Why did Brian use branches instead of logs for his raft?
Log in here. Brian used logs that had branches protruding from them instead of clean logs, so he could bind them together more easily. Brian needed a raft to reach the plane, where the survival pack was waiting for him. He knew that he would need to make the raft himself, but he was not sure how.
What happened to the plane in Chapter 17 of Hatchet?
In Chapter 17 of Gary Paulsen’s novel, Hatchet, Brian has just survived a tornado touching down and destroying his campsite. In the process, the swirling action causes the tail of the plane to stick out in the lake. When Brian sees the tail, he remembers that there is a survival pack still inside the plane.