Brian's Winter by Gary Paulsen
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Book Reviews of Brian's Winter
Book Review: Brian's winter
Summary: 5 Stars
Danny Evol
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I have never been to Canada, but author Gary Paulson made me feel if I had been living in the wilderness with Brian in this book brain's winter. When a boy Brian Robinson realized winter was coming he had very little time to prepare. The cold in the wilderness he realizes that if he wants to have a remote chance at surviving he has to prepare and fast.
Brian lives in a three stone wall cave and a wood hand made wall for the fourth wall. He thinks of scary things out there in the wilderness .The suspense of the book is unreal one minute he could be cleaning his shelter one minute and then being attacked by a bear the next. The fact that Gary Paulson thought of every little detail such as, how mush snow was on the ground, or the fact that he couldn't just walk around on top of the snow, or the fact that wow it's cold out he actually will need clothes to keep him warm. Just every detail is covered and that's a great thing I love that in a book.
All the work that went into what he had to do, yes it was a little unbelievable how he found all his supplies in a short radius but life is a little unbelievable at some times. The materials he made were as followed, rabbit skin vest, deer skin pants, deer skin gloves, fool bird feathers for his arrows, war bow, killing lance both of wood and skin on them, and finally his snow shoes made of moose skin and wood. As Brian would say "I did pretty well for not knowing what I was doing."
Brian's winter is full of challenges for Brian. It makes it seem as if I lived up in the Canadian wilderness. I loved the way Gary Paulson described the bear," he looked over Brian and he could only see the fangs and the glowing eyes of the ferocious bear as he lay between it and the food he came for."
The trail of lost Brian Robinson takes place at present day in the Canadian wilderness. "I am alone and it is lonely but peaceful," Said Brian. He hears popping sounds out in the wilderness, but it is to warm for trees exploding. Brian set out the next day to find out what it was will he find it you will have to find out for your self as you read the great book Brian's winter.
The writing is the reason why I liked this book is because of the writing, the descriptions he uses and the pictures he paints are unbelievable. As I said in my first paragraph he made me feel like I was there. I would feel what he felt, I would see what he saw, and I would want to kill what he killed. Another reason why I red this book is for the action in it. All the challenges he faces and all the stuff he has to overcome.
Book Review: Brian's Winter
Summary: 5 Stars
_____Brian's Winter is the sequel to the first thrilling book by Gary Paulsen, Hatchet. Brian's Winter is a realistic fiction and action/adventure story. Gary Paulsen's story takes place in the southern midland of Canada in an unknown forest in the present time period. The way Paulsen describes this setting allows for a very realistic place and time period. Brian, the main and virtually the only human character in the story, arrived in this unknown area accidentally. He was leaving from his mother's home in New York for his father's house in midland Canada. On the way there with only one other man in the plane-the pilot-he experienced a terrible tragedy as they crashed their way back down to land._____As they fell and fell, they made there way into an L-shaped lake, directly near the small opening in a rock wall where Brian eventually would make shelter. Brian Robeson, the very self motivational and easily developmental boy that he is, taught himself to make weapons, traps, find food, hunt with those weapons, and other odd jobs that the average person does not know how to do. Using his keen, descriptive writing style, Paulsen guides the boy through winter, even though he faces many challenges and often has to battle with the blood and gore of hunting.
_____I feel that the moral to this story would have to be an obvious one for all. You should NEVER give up, and if you put your mind to it, anything is possible. So, in essence, this book and the rest in the series, was written to inspire it's readers with this message. Even though I feel this book is targeted mainly for kids about at the middle school age because of the age of Brian and how he acts and feels about life, it is suitable for people of all ages.
_____Lastly, my opinion of this story is a high one. I have very much enjoyed reading all of Gary Paulsen's books I have read to this date. I think that Paulsen has a unique writing style and a way with nature that really guides along the reader whether they're a nature person or not. I strongly recommend anyone looking for a good read to pick up this book and the others in the series.
Book Review: A Good Winter Read
Summary: 5 Stars
Peter Greco
Mr. Slater
English 9
9 December 2010
Brian's Winter Book Review
Brian's Winter, and outstanding book, pulls you out of your house and into the wilderness, taking every reader from the city life into a life of nature and survival. No cellphones, no food store, no mall. Pure wilderness. This book is perfect for any curious reader wanting an adventure.
The plot of Brian's Winter is an addicting read, it locks the reader in and keeps them on the edge of their seat waiting for the next big event to happen. Brian, a thirteen year old boy who had crash landed on a plane in the first book, must survive the ultimate test. Winter. He survived Summer when the plane had crashed but now things are different. He has to stay warm, find food, and adapt quickly to the new environment he's in.
The conflict of Brian's Winter enhances the readers impatience making them want to know more and more of what's going through Brian's head and how he quickly adjusts to the impossible situations at hand that Winter throws at him.
One Theme in Brian's Winter is that people need to rely on what the have and themselves in order to survive. Brian is alone in a forest somewhere in Canada. No one to talk to, no one to help him but himself. He has himself. Another theme in Brian's Winter is use what you have to its full potential. Brian had a bow and arrow which he used to get fish, rabbits, and birds. Everything the bow could hunt he'd hunt that. Everything his hatchet and pocket knife could cut to help him he'd cut. Like carving the bow and cutting wood for fire.
Brian's Winter is a very high quality book. A very descriptive book putting a movie in the readers head keeping them fascinated the whole time. There aren't any parts where it seems corny or obvious and it prepares you if you somehow end up in a forest in the wilderness and have no idea how to get out.
Work Cited
Paulsen, Gary. Brian's Winter. New York: Delacorte Press, 1996.
Book Review: Steve brians winter review
Summary: 5 Stars
Stephen Dillenburg
5/ 14/06
Reading
Brian's winter
Gary Paulson's story "Brian's winter" is about a 14 year old boy named brain Robinson that gets trapped out in the Canadian wilderness for over 3 months. Through this story Brian learns how to live in the wilderness and learn the laws of Mother Nature. He gets to experience a human free world and discovers a world that might soon become a world of the past.
One summer Brian flew up northward to visit his dad as he normally does ever since his parent's divorce. The only thing this time is that the pilot suffers a heart attack and dies but fortunately he taught Brian a little on flying planes and it was enough to get Brian to land safely on the ground, on the ground in the middle of nowhere. He had landed the plane right in the center of the Canadian wilderness and soon would be spending the rest of his summer and winter there. This would soon be easily placed as Brian's greatest adventure yet.
Brian spends much time through this story learning the basic necessities of the wilderness. He learns many survival tips throughout this story but at the same time he learns many morals on life for example he learns how to appreciate the things he has because you never know when they might just vanish. He also learns use your time wisely because even the smallest change can lead to a bear of a disaster.
Not surprisingly Gary, the author, has experienced very similar events such as the Alaskan Iditarod which taught him very similar lessons of life and probably caused the inspiration of him to write this book. Although he has not had the same experience it is still close enough for him to describe them to us.
Through this story Brian faces with many hardships and sufferings but he also experiences the good and joyful side of Mother Nature. I would defiantly recommend this and the other Brian saga books to people who are looking for adventure and good lessons for not just in the story but also in real life.
Book Review: The Lost Boy
Summary: 5 Stars
A young boy had to learn how to survive on his own. A boy named Brian Robeson had crash-landed in the Canadian Wilderness. The only tool Brian has was a hatchet.Then he noticed the plane had started to come up to the surface of the lake and he had to swim out there and get what ever he could and found a first aid kit with everything he needed. So then it started to get cold and he had to make himself a shelter that could keep him warm when winter comes. So he started to build and made a hut thing with sticks and a bunch of mud to keep it sealed tight.
Then he was all set but his clothes he had on wouldn't do munch so he needed some animal skin and started to use rabbit fur but he would have to kill to many. Then he had to start to go for bigger game. And ended up face to face with a moose and he ended up fighting it and killed it. He made a vest and shoes covers kind of like boots. And it had kept him really warm so he was all set for the winter that was coming to him. Then the winter came and lots of it came so after a while he had to make himself some snowshoes.
The book Brian's winter is very good. It was very descriptive Gary Paulsen stated where he was coming from in the book. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes nature books or who would even like to learn how to survive off of Brian. The purpose for Gary writing this book would be that a kid could survive on his own just not parents. If I was to ever be lost in the wilderness I would probably want Brian to be with me cause he was a very smart boy and knew how to build things out of things from the forest. He never ever went crazy from not seeing a human in the longest time he always kept calm and just kept on going with his days making it seem he would be there for his whole life. If I was to rate this book out of 1-10 I would rate this book a 10 because it's the best book I had read in a long and it always had my attention.