This is the trailer of Cast Away:

This is a picture of the book Hatchet:

This is my essay:
The book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen and the movie Cast Away, starring Tom Hanks, are stories about survival. Hatchet is about a boy named Brian Robeson. He is 13 years old. Cast Away is about a man named Chuck Noland; he is about 30-35 years old. You could see the stories are talking about different things. However, they have similarities too. For example, both character missed their family; both characters explore, and finally, both characters show of display perseverance.

Both character missed their family and friends, but they showed the way they missed differently. For Brian, he dreamed about his mom, dad, and friends, after he was in the Canadian wilderness, after his plane crashed. His parents divorced and he feels that it was all because of his mom, so he was angry at her, but he realized he started to miss his family, including his mom. For Chuck, he really missed his fiancé, Kelly. After he was stranded in the tropical island after the plane crashed, he drew Kelly’s face all over his cave’s wall. He looked at her picture every single day, and that made him think he has to stay alive. I would miss my family and friends too, only if I were him.

Both characters explored and that helped them stay alive. For Chuck, he decided he has to eat something, or else he will starve to death. So, Chuck made a spear and sticks it into a crab and ate it raw. Even though he thinks it is very disgusting, he still ate it down. For Brian, he decided to eat the raw snap turtle eggs that he found in the sand. So, he poked a hole and drank the raw yolk down. I think that was really brave. I am afraid to eat those things raw.

Both characters show or display perseverance and mostly that helped them stay alive. For Brian, he tries again and again. When he was making fire, he never gives up. He was very happy and he says that fire was his friend. For Chuck, he made fire for a long time, and after he made fire, he was so happy. He was so happy he said, “I made fire!!!! Yeah!!! Look at what I’ve made!!!!! I made fire!!!” He used a leaf and did the SOS sign. He was calling the fire friend too.

Both the book Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen, and Cast Away, starring Tom Hanks, are both about survival stories. They were both stranded alone and used these character traits to help them: Family, Explore, and the most important Perseverance.