THE HATCHET BY GARY PAULSEN

PRESENTATION BY SANTIAGO FERNANDEZ P.5

Truthfully how grateful is an individual in today’s society?

In the article “road to gratitude” by Summer Allen discusses the affects of being faultfinding. The article can be found in the great good science center webpage were they examine many psychological discrepancies about the human mind. In most articles they offer a solution to the problem and how to deal with it. This same problem is one that the boy in The novel “the hatchet” had to face and overcome. One thing he was thankful for in the book is patience to survive for long periods of time “so much of all living was patience and thinking.”

Personality pitfalls:

Certain personality factors can also alter the state of your faultfinding. In the article is says that “Envy and materialism play a huge role since they dwell on what we have physically”. It is semi impossible to be materialistic and thankful concurrently. The boy in “the hatchet” was not very materialistic so if prolonged his survival.

Genetic gratefulness:
Brain of people who show less faultfinding often respond with the moral cognition, perspective taking, and reward. This shows that psychologically your brain wants to conform to finding less faults in order prosper. In the book the hatchet the boy who had to survive on his own had to keep his mental state in order to survive. He did this by being contempt with the few things he had

Conclusion :
This article relates to “The Hatchet” because the number one tool the boy had when we was stranded by himself was his thankfulness. This allowed the boy to survive with the very few things he had and prosper with very minimal supplies. Remaining optimistic saved his life out their and kept him sane.

Allen, Summer. “Road to Gratitude.” Greater Good, Greater Good Science Center , 10 May 2018, greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/why_is_gratitude_so_hard_for_some_peo....

Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet. Thorndike Press, a Part of Gale, a Cengage Company.