Ben Mikaelson Analysis

Ben Mikaelson writes an intriguing novel about abuse, depression but also forgiveness. Cole is a 15 year old juvenile delinquent from Minnesota who has known only rage and hate since he was a child. This embarrassment is sent to a remote island off the coast of Alaska because he fatally beat up a well intended redhead named Peter. After trying to escape the island, Cole decides he should go kill a bear, let's just say the bear won. Ironically, Cole now is beat almost to death. After this attack cole reconsiders his actions. At the beginning of the story, Cole was filled with horrible rage and antagonism. He later has to learn how to make good decisions in the wake of his own rage and, most important, learns forgiveness.
Cole has accepted