When Brian’s mother makes reference to his father, Brian reacts by thinking, “Not ‘my father.’ My Dad.” How might Brian explain the difference between a “dad” and a “father”? Why is the difference so important to him?.How is his indifference toward her related to “The Secret”? Why is “The Secret” less important to Brian by the end of the novel? How does keeping “The Secret” make him feel guilty? Explain Brian’s feelings toward his mother at the beginning of the novel when she takes him to the airport. Discuss why he hasn’t told his father about his mother’s affair. Brian Robeson is haunted by “The Secret” about his mother.Have them debate the ten most essential items. Tell the students that only ten items can fit into a survival kit. Make a list of all the suggestions, and engage the class in a discussion about why these things are important.
Ask students to name one thing they think belongs in a survival kit. He is a survivor, and that is what makes him a man. He is no longer angry at his parents, and he realizes that self-pity has no positive effect on life. He comes of age in the woods, but in ways he never expected. During the fifty-four days that Brian lives in the wilderness, he learns to read nature, conquer his fears, rely on his own ingenuity, and deal with the haunting secret that caused his parents’ recent divorce. The plane crashes in a lake in the Canadian wilderness, leaving Brian alone in the woods with nothing but the clothes on his back and a hatchet that his mother had given him. Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is en route to spending the summer with his father when the pilot of the single engine plane in which he is flying has a heart attack.
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