CHAPTER 18-19-EPILOGUE..Name : Mohammed Ahmed.

ID : ST1021120162.

Grade : 10.02

What did brain do when he first saw the plane.

Brian works himself around the plane two more times, but

still can't figure out a way to get in. In frustration, he bangs

his fist against the plane, only to find that the plane's

aluminum cover gives easily under the force. Well, that's

convenient.

He pulls out his hatchet, thinking that maybe he can use it to

cut his way into the plane and, amazingly, it works—he

quickly cuts a triangular hole in the plane's side. 

While he's working on pulling the aluminum back to make the

hole larger, he suddenly drops the hatchet. He feels it fall

into the water and bump into his foot on its way to the

bottom of the lake.

How did he manage to get into the broken plan?

At first, he can't believe what's happened. Without his hatchet, he thinks, he has nothing—no tools, no fire, no food.Determined to get the hatchet back, Brian takes a deep breath and plunges into the water. He doesn't know how deep the lake is, but he gets down about six or seven feet before he has to come back up for air. He tries again, kicking against the plane for more momentum, and is able to grab the hatchet from where it's settled at the bottom of the lake. Just barely making it back up to the surface before he runs out of air, he rests awhile on the side of the raft before turning back to the plane. Eventually Brian is able to make the hole in the plane large enough to fit his body through. Although it makes him nervous, he lowers himself into the hole and, coming up several times for air, he dives again and again into the wreck. Finally, he spots the survival bag. As he tugs it back to the surface, he catches sight of the remains of the pilot, badly decomposed. 

What shocked him when he first saw the pilot?

The plane's pilot steps out onto the sand in front of Brian's shelter. He

tells Brian that he picked up the emergency transmission, then saw the

crashed plane sticking out of the water as he flew over the lake. He asks if

Brian is "that kid," the one they were looking for a couple of months ago.

Brian, not quite believing that he is finally being rescued, introduces

himself to the pilot. Then, seeing that the stew and the peach whip are

nearly done, he asks the pilot if he'd like something to eat. 

How did the survival bag in chapter 19 help him?

The bag also contains a rifle. The rifle makes Brian feel peculiar, as

though he's removed from everything around him. He uses the lighter to

re-start the fire, which has gone out during the night. That makes him feel

strange, too. 

Returning to his rummaging in the survival pack, Brian finds a little

electronic device in a waterproof bag. At first he thinks it's a radio or a

cassette player, but when he examines it more, he realizes that it's an

emergency transmitter.

Towards the end (Epilogue) a new plane came and landed, how did it (plane) know that Brian was there.?

Brian also does research to learn more about the animals and plants in the

woods. The food that he called "gut cherries" are known as chokecherries,

and are commonly used to make jam. The "foolbirds" are ruffed grouse.

The fish he ate were bluegills, sunfish, and perch. That's more than we

learned in science class.

Brian has dreams about the lake and the woods. They aren't bad dreams,

just vivid and realistic dreams of his life on the lake. 

summary of epilogue in 50-80 words 

Brian has dreams about the lake and the woods. They aren't bad dreams,

just vivid and realistic dreams of his life on the lake. 

If Brian hadn't been rescued when he was, the narrator tells us, he would

have had a very rough time in the woods when winter came. The lake

would freeze, making the fish inaccessible, and prey would become

scarce. 

Despite a brief period of family unity and happiness when Brian is first

rescued, Brian's family situation quickly returns to what it was before the

crash. His father goes back to work in the oil fields and his mother keeps

seeing the man in the station wagon. 

Brian is never able to tell his father about the man or tell him the secret

about his mother's affair.