Hatchet Timeline

By crowson

  • The Secret

    Brian sees the man kiss his mother, and learns of the secret.

  • The divorce

    Brian's parents are divorced before Thanksgiving.

  • The Crash

    Brian's pilot has a heartattack and crashes the plane into a lake, located in the Canadian wilderness. Brian escapes the plane and swims to shore.

  • Gut Cherries.

    After the plane crash Brian finds small berries that he calls "Gut Cherries."

  • Brian Gets Sick.

    From eating too many gut cherries, Brian gets horribly sick.

  • The Bear.

    After discovering raspberries, Brain encounters the bear.

  • The Porcupine.

    Waking in the middle of the night, Brian hears a noise, wich he laters discovers is a porcupine. He throws his hatchet at it, with makes sparks against the rock wall.

  • Fire.

    Brian uses a 20 dollar bill, bark and his hatchet to make fire. He uses the hatchet to strike agains the rock to make a shower of sparks.

  • The Missed Plane.

    Brian hears a plane, but the plane never sees him and turns away.

  • Cutting.

    After the plane flys away, Brian feels hopeless and goes to the bluff to cut himself. He falsl asleep.

  • Turtle Eggs.

    Brian wakes to hear digging, he finds eggs in the sand.

  • Rescued

    A fur-buyer hears Brian's emergency transmitter and lands in the lake. Brian is rescued.