User talk:Talexmoore

In the story Hatchet, Brain Robinson is used to living in an urban city. He is then suddenly and without warning put to the test to survive in the wilderness. He quickly learns life is not easy but he starts to enjoy the muscle he is building and how all his body fat has disappeared. Brian has to worry about a shelter, food, and the possibility of a plane passing over head. Brian slowly adapts to his new surroundings, is never gives up his faith about being rescued. Surviving in a city seems to make life a lot easier. The grocery stores are located all around town and are open sometimes twenty four hours a day. The stores require a short walk or an easy drive to reach and in a half hour, a person can get enough food for a week. The store is always stalked with food and an ordinary citizen never has to worry about a food shortage. The food is prepared in the store and can be cooked immediately after being purchased. The meat from the store is cleaned and skinned and all a person has to do is buy it, cook it and heat it. After a trip to the near by grocery store, a person can return to their home where they can be safe and secure while cooking a delicious meal. The houses in cities are some of the strongest buildings around. The strong walls support the multiple floors and do not have any sign of letting a predator in an undesignated entrance. The roves in the city are strong and resistant to water and do not break under small amounts of pressure. The walls and roves work together to keep heat inside the house, allowing the person living there the complete control of the interior temperature. The heat can come from man different sources. A woodstove is a nice and natural way to warm a home using a nice, cozy fire. Hot water heat will keep a house very warm because the radiators are in almost every room of the house. Electric heat can be turned on easily and turned off by just flicking a switch. While the inside of the house is snug and warm, the doors are equipped with strong locks or computerized security systems to keep all unwanted predators out. Living in a city has virtually unlimited access to work and recreation. People work during the day and then use their recreational devices such as televisions, pool tables, video games and sporting equipment to entertain themselves during free time. Living in a city does not require a lot of planning ahead or hard work to live a healthy and enjoy full life. Surviving in the wilderness can be very difficult and almost impossible for a person who has always relied on city life to keep them alive. In the wilderness, hunting is a major factor in staying alive. Hunting requires an extreme amount of patients and some carefully made equipment. Spears have to be made with strong enough branches that can resist snapping, but the braches cannot be too strong because the person will have a hard time throwing it if it is too heavy. Making a bow and arrow is also difficult because string is hard to find in the wilderness. The arrows must be made perfectly or else they will not fly fast or strait. Killing an animal is a technique that takes practice and practice to master. The animals are very quick and can smell humans before any person can see them. Once an animal is caught, it must be cleaned, skinned and cooked before it can be eaten. The shelters in the wilderness are also proven to be a tough test to build. The shelter must be made using trees or walls and will almost always have tiny cracks or holes in the walls, allowing cold air into the shelter. The walls will not be very strong and there is a risk of the walls catching on fire if the person has a fire going in the shelter. The roof on a shelter has to be crafted with a huge amount of precision because it is very difficult to keep water out. Once a shelter is made, the door will have no kind of lock on it. Any animal could attack the shelter and possibly get inside. In the wilderness there are always many tasks that have to be done. Cooking in the wilderness requires a lot of time and effort. Getting the food to cook is proven to be even more difficult. A person must constantly collect food to keep their life saving fire burning. The most important skill to living in the wilderness is how to plan ahead. Brian develops this skill as the story prolongs. Brain thinks about what to do if a plane flies over head, or if a storm comes. Brian eventually starts to prepare for the harsh Canadian winter.

Each way of life has different positives and negatives about them. The positives for living in a city seem to be more obvious then the positives for the wilderness. Living in the city can ensure good health because there is always a hospital full of trained doctors within an hours drive. Living in a city will also expose people to unhealthy foods like sugar and fast food. The body can lack nutrients by eating to much junk food. In the wilderness, the only hospital around is natural herbs and remedies that are hard to find. By living in the wilderness, a person’s body will develop strong muscles and will not be exposed to unhealthy foods. Brian realizes that the fat he gained from the popular cheese burger has burned off and his muscles are getting stronger from living in the wilderness.