SHARPSHOOTER

CONNECTION TO HATCHET

• Sharpshooter survives war, Hatchet survives nature.
• Both main characters are young men.
• Weapons are useful tools for survival in Sharpshooter and Hatchet .
• Sharpshooter daily fought battles to stay alive as did Hatchet.
• Both main characters cared and thought about their families.

SETTING

• Hatchet occurred in the Canadian Forest with harsh weather.
• The impact was great for Hatchet who faced loneliness, and starvation.
• Sharpshooter took place in Vietnam during the war in the 1960s.
• The setting impact of Sharpshooter was similar to Hatchet.
• Sharpshooter faced harsh weather, and numerous deaths.

CHARACTERS

• Hatchet's protagonist was Brian, a smart resourceful boy.
• Hatchet's antagonist was nature, harsh weather and terrain.
• Sharpshooter's protagonist was Ivan, an intelligent military solider.
• Sharpshooter's antagonist was the Vietcong, a Communist guerrilla army.

CONFLICT

• Hatchet's inner conflict was loneliness and the secret.
• Hatchet's external conflict was weather and insects.
• Sharpshooter's inner conflict was personal survival techniques.
• Sharpshooter's external conflict was fighting the Vietcong and harsh weather.
• Type of conflict for both was Man vs survival

PLOT

• Exposition: Ivan wanted to fight for his country.
• Rising Action: Ivan received letter to fight in war
• Climax: Ivan was promoted to the LRRP rank.
• Falling Action: The LRRP took Ivan under their wing.
• Resolution: Ivan received letters from his best friends and they talked