The Firegun

Jesse and Sean walked through the coldness of Alaska looking for their father. He had had a plane accident and was now missing. They had to do something. They couldn't just wait for him to come back. He might be hurt, he needed help and they knew it. It seemed stupid for two young adults to look for their father alone. There were many dangers. But they weren't actually alone. They had Cubby, the polar bear who was now their companion. If you have seen this 1996 movie, you know what a flaregun is. The father used it, and that's how Jesse and Sean found him.

The father and his son tried to escape from their destroyed habitat. Everything was now different. Not many people were left alive. Food was scarce, the weather was cold, there was fear. They couldn't just wait for their death to come. They had to fight for their survival. It was dangerous and perhaps pointless since at some point they would probably had to give up. But they weren't alone. They had each other. The situation got evertyime worst, but the boy was still a child. Many things to learn and play with. The father had found a flaregun to show him how it worked. This distraction almost cost them their lives. "The tarp was gone. Their blankets...Everything...They took everything". (253) It would be harder to survive without their stuff. They had to find the thief, and they did. Luckily they got everything back. But it was still scary. The boy knew the thief would die. He didn't have anything to help him survive.

At the end, the good guys always find a way out. It might be hard, but they always find the way out.