Journal Entry 57: What Makes Fire

In the book "Hatchet", Brian used what he learned in school, watch on television, observe what is around him to apply in the wild when he was trapped in the wilderness. To me, first I thought you can make fire by rubbing 2 sticks, but at last, it doesn't work. Brian tried to make a fire, but he fail many times. After he used his "brain", Brian start to figure out the 3 main necessary conditions to make a fire: The hatchet, which is to make sparks; wood, which is to make friction; and the heat, which is called temperature, too. The first time he tried to make a fire is by rubbing 2 sticks, but then he found out this type of making fire doesn't work. Then, the second time Brian tried to make fire is by using the hatchet. He accidentally hit the wall although he aimed the porcupine in his shelter, then the sparks came out. Brian figured out the way to make a fire. At first, Brian used his hatchet to create some sparks on the "dry" woods, but it still doesn't work. He think, "something must go wrong," then, he blew on the wood while he added some sparks on the wood. Finally, Brian had made his first fire.