Hatchet Chapter summaries

Chapters 1-4

Brian has never been in a single-engine plane before, and the one he has just boarded is a bush plane, a Cessna. He is going …

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Chapters 5-8

Brian wakes up with the sun in his face, and a dry mouth. The first thing he knows is thirst, he has never before felt such …

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Chapters 9-12

Brian realizes that there is a long way to go from sparks to fire, for he isn’t able to make the dry grass or woods catch …

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Chapters 13-16

Brian stands still in the water and waits to catch a fish. He isn’t hunting fish today, but one of the foolish birds, a …

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Chapter 17

Brian looks at the wreckage of his camp and decides that he must rebuild, he finds it lucky that he wasn’t hurt more …

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