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Summary: Brian's Winter Review
Review: Brian's winter
Brian Robeson, who is of the age of 13, was in a plane crash where everyone had died except for him. Brian found himself to be in the Canadian wilderness. He found himself having to save himself and learn the rules of the wilderness on his own. Luckily there was an emergency pack on the plane for him to use to at least have some kind of materials to have with him for all times. Brian had made himself a bow and arrow to use as a weapon for protection and to hunt animals. He came across many animals when he was in the forest: a skunk, deer, and moose. Some of the animals he used as a food supply or he used the fur to make clothing to keep himself warm. After time, he made himself a shelter to store his supplies in and to give him a place to sleep at night and to keep himself out of the cold for when winter came. Brian was always alone and he ever since he ahs been away from his parents he constantly thinks of them and brings back the memories of the times they had together to try not be remember that he was by himself and that no one was going to go and find him, at least not for awhile. Brian was stuck in the wilderness for 94 days. Will Brian ever be rescued and go back to living a normal life again?
This novel was overall interesting. This story was enjoyable from the beginning because of the way that it kept you guessing on what was going to happen next. There were always new experiences and survival tips that Brian introduced in the story. Gary Paulsen selected descriptive words to help me create a picture in my mind to understand the novel better. The book seemed very realistic.
On a scale from one to ten I would rate this book a nine. The book seemed to be very descriptive and kept me on task to what was going on in the story. I would say that the story could have been more graphically descriptive though.
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Summary: Brian's Winter By Gary Paulsen
Review: Brian's Winter By Gary Paulsen
Brian's Winter is about a 13 year old boy who was in a plane that crashed in Canada. Brian has been stuck in Canada for about 96 days. While Brian was alone he had to keep himself warm at nights, and occupied in the day. While it got closer to winter Brian knew that a tee shirt and jeans wouldn't last through below zero weather. Brian also knew that he had to have food to stay alive. Brian then decided to hunt. When he got [some game] he knew that he had to let it dry before actually being able to use it. When it dried he used the hide to make a long sleeve shirt, gloves, and boots. Later on in the story Brian kills a moose. He uses the hide to make snowshoes so that he can walk on the snow without sinking into it and without getting snow into his shoes. One night Brian hears these shots in the woods but he was too tired to go see what it was. A day passes and Brian decides to go check to see if he could find anything. He did he found a straight line but he didn't know what it was. Will Brian ever find a way out Canada and back to his family???
This story was very good! I really enjoyed reading such a descriptive book. I liked how Gary put so much description into this book. He made the killings that Brian did so full of life, it was like I was actually standing right there watching Brian [hunt] the animals. The only thing that I didn't like about this book was that Gary left the end of the chapters so suspenseful. I didn't like that because when my class read the book we didn't read it until a day later. So I was [anxious]because I wanted to know what happened to Brian when he tried to [hunt] the moose. I guess for an author that is a very good thing, to leave the audience hanging. Not for me I have to know what comes next.
If I had to rate this book it would be 4.5 out of 5. I know that is really good and I thought that this book was excellent. If people didn't know what kind of book this is, it is a Realistic Fiction. I am guessing that Gary Paulsen does a lot of these types of books.
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Summary: Brians Winter Review
Review: Brains Winter
The book Brains Winter is about this kid named Brian Robeson and he has to survive in the wilderness with only a survival pack and his hatchet. Brian made some tools to help him survive in the wilderness, like a bow and arrow, that he made out sticks and moose hide. He also made snowshoes to walk better in the snow. He made the snowshoes by using moose hide for the laces and he used weeping willow for the outline of the shoe. Brian has some difficult times trying to survive and he has some good times trying to adapt with the animals. Will Brian ever get rescued or will he die trying to survive in the wilderness?
I really enjoyed the book because I like how Brian had a different challenge everyday. I also like how Brian was always on the go and I like how he does something really stupid but then learns from his mistakes. My favorite part of the book was when he woke up one morning and there was a bear in his tent and he decided to kick the bear and when he did that the bear went wild and threw Brian. Then the bear came up to him and was ready to hit him but the skunk sprayed the bear. The only thing I didn't like is how Brain wasn't paying attention to the warning signs that nature was giving him that winter was coming.
If I had to rate the book out of a 1-10 scale, I would have to rate it a 9 because I enjoyed the book and I like survival books. Also why I rated the book a 9 because I enjoyed how Gary Paulsen put so much detail into it. I really enjoyed how Brian had so many different challenges that he had to face and how he overcame them.
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Summary: Brian in Canadian Wilderness
Review: Brian Robeson had no chance to share his feelings and information about a big family's secret with his dad. (Hatchet) After the plane crashed to the lake, Brian spend more then three months in the Canadian Wilderness alone, and he survived only with his hatchet. At first he was hoping that somebody will find him, but time passing fast, and no one has found him. Everybody thought that Brian is not alive anymore. Brian started a new life in the wilderness, he made his own "house", found new friends.
In this book you will find a lot of information about survival tips, benefits from the nature, and also about hunting. You will learn how to build a shelter, how to make a fire, how to make weapons and more.
If you are interested in how Brian survived in the Canadian Wilderness during the wintertime, when weather is colder than you can imagine, you should read this book.
I liked this book because the author did a good job to create a vivid picture in your mind when you are reading this novel. Gary Paulsen described all Brian's life in the wilderness by the things he learned from the animals, lessons from his mistakes. The best thing about this book is that this novel Brian's Winter is not boring at all.
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Summary: Bria'ns Winter
Review: Brian's Winter is a book based on a real life situation. If you like to read realistic and survival books, Brian's Winter is a great book for you!
Brian Robeson is a 13-year-old boy and is stuck in the wilderness for over 4 months because his plane crashed. All he is left with is the emergency pack from the plane and his thoughts and ways of surviving. Hunting, building shelter and a fire, making clothing out of animal skin, making better bows and arrows, listening to natures signals, and playing the visiting game, are all ways this thirteen year old boy survives. Coming up with the "visiting game" was very clever for Brian to do. When playing the visiting game you are to imagine that a relative, friend, spouse, rock star, whoever, is in front of you. You then talk to them and tell them how you are feeling and what is going through your mind at that time. I think this was very helpful to Brian because it helped him cope with what he was going through.
Being at the age 13, and stuck in the wilderness all alone may lead to some difficulties as well. Brian often makes the mistake by ignoring nature's calls. The weather often changes and Brian notices it, but doesn't really do much about it. He also makes the mistake of trying to become friends with some of the animals. He makes one friend named Betty, she's a skunk and then tries to make another friend, but this is a big mistake. Brian tries to become friends with a bear and it doesn't work out the way he wants it to. Brian also makes the mistake by trying to build a fire in his shelter when it is airtight.
On a scale from 1-10, I rate this book a 9. It gives you a lot of details of what Brian sees, feels, hears, and different conflicts Brian has. It just amazes me how a 13-year-old boy can think of so many different ways to survive on his own. What would you do if you were stuck in the wilderness?
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Summary: Brian's Winter
Review: Brian's Winter is one of the best books I have ever read in my life. There are tons of reasons why and I am going to tell you about all of them. But, first we start out with a summary of the book.
The story takes place in Northern Canada, were it has lots of trees and is in the middle of no where. Brian Robeson is 13 years old and is stuck out in the wilderness all by himself. He learns many survival tips right when he sets up camp. He notices the animals will stay away from you if you stay away from them. He gets attacked by a bear twice and figures out that he left his food out. He hunts and makes things out of what he has such as; a vest out of Moose hid and snow shoes out of twigs and yarn. He thinks he heard gunshots when it was a false alarm and almost gets himself killed in the processes. And the ending you will have to find out for yourself.
Brian's Winter is a book that makes you think about the choices he has is to kill an innocent animal to survive. He makes you really think of your loved ones. It is hard to imagine what you would do in the middle of no where with animals that would kill you if they need too. Not seeing a human being for almost a couple of months. It would be very difficult to survive and cope with no one to talk to or none of the technologies you have at home. I would miss home a lot and I don't know if I could survive in the wilderness.
The rating I give this book is a 9 out of 10. Because the book has everything an award-winning book needs. Adventure, feeling, emotion and action. And this book has all of them put into one book. The author (Gary Paulsen) took a great deal of time to write this book and it really paid off! Out of the books I have read this one is definitely the best book.
Brian's Winter was very good and the next time you have a chance you should pick up the book and read it. It has everything you want in a book.
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Summary: Brian's Winter
Review: In Gary Paulsen's Brian's Winter, 13-year-old Brian Robesen is still stuck in the wilderness. Fall comes and Brian starts to notice that it is getting colder outside. He decides that he must improve his shelter and the clothing that he has to stay alive in the Canadian wilderness. Winter gets closer and closer so Brian must gather more than enough supplies to stay alive during the winter. Snow falls and Brian is packed in the shelter for days at a time. He learns how to skin and gut an animal and how to make clothing out of it. Brian is also faced with other challenges.
I thought this book was very well planned out and it had many details. It also taught me something about how to stay alive during a cold period of time if I ever came across the situation Brian was ever in. I also liked how Brian had a connection with some of the animals in the wilderness such as the wolves because he learned how to make territory with his urine. I disliked how in some parts of the book it didn't make sense to me at all and at times this book was a little boring because I'm not into a lot of action books like this one, so sometimes I lost interest in the book.
If I were to rate the book 1-5 I would give Brian's Winter a 3 ½ because like I said before the book would get very boring in certain places but all and all it was an interesting and educational book.It also had a lot of details also.
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Summary: Williams review on Brians Winter
Review: In the book Brian's Winter, he starts off saying that he didn't get rescued, and for his readers to imagine he never got resued. The book I thought over all was very good, it is filled with cliff-hangers and adventure. I like how it is also full of danger, but it also brings out brian's true charcter. Like when he kills the deer for example, he silently thanked the deer for everything it gave him. He also has to find out how to survive the harsh cold of a canadian winter. He does this by making a winter proof cabin, making animal skins, and such things. I only thing I didn't like about this book was the ending. I think if you like action, or adventure books, this would this be a good book for you.
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Summary: Brian's Winter - Judi's Review
Review: In an alternative ending to Gary Paulsen's Hatchet, we find that Brian is still in the middle of the northern woods, with summer nearly over. The first signs of the approaching winter, a different something in the air, eludes Brian until he finds that he is ill-prepared for the coming changes. However, true to his character, Brian figures out how to sustain himself during the winter months. He makes warmer clothing and boots from animal skins, he winterizes his shelter and learns how to keep the fire inside, and he makes stronger weapons, enabling him to hunt bigger animals. I appreciate the fact that although Brian kills animals so that he can live, hunting never becomes a sport to him. For example, when Brian kills the deer, he silently thanks the animal for what it provides him.
I think the only thing I didn't really like in Brian's Winter was the ending. The entire story was so full of challenge, suspense, and danger, and the ending just left me feeling flat.
I give Brian's Winter 4 out of 5 stars!
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Summary: Outdoor Adventures
Review: ...Brian is stranded on a lake in the Canadian Wilderness after the prop plane he is in crashed landed into a lake. Brian had only a few things that he salvages from the plane to survive. Brian has to learn to hunt, fish, and live off the land so he can survive in the dangerous wilderness that he is stuck in until someone finds him and brings him to safety. Brian's Winter had a very interesting way of keeping me into the book. I really liked how Gary Paulsen made suspenseful situations for Brian to struggle through. I also liked how Gary kept all the scenes realistic. If the scenes weren't realistic the book wouldn't have turned out as good as it did. Another thing that appealed to me were the encounters that Brian has to deal with, some of the animals that he encounters are skunks, bears, moose, and deer. Those scenes were very suspenseful and it kept me wanting to keep on reading. Overall this book is one of the best books I have ever read and I assure you that you'll like this book too. I would recommend this book to people who like action adventure books. Anybody who likes being in the outdoors Brian's Winter is the perfect books for people who like that. On the other hand I think anyone can relate to this book in some way and would enjoy reading it.
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