Touching Spirit Bear
Touching Spirit Bear
By Daria Cheremushkina Who is Cole Mathews? Cole Mathews is the main character in the book “Touching Spirit Bear” by Ben Mikaelsen. In characteristics Cole is angry young man who wants to get attention from his divorced parents. Cole has a warm heart inside but because of his parents and some problems such as not having friends and not having the place where you feel comfortable. He is very cold to everyone until he learns new lessons on the island. The island for him is like a transformation. He starts from an angry liar boy who wants to fight and comes back as a honest friend which will help you in any situation. He becomes a self-controller of his emotions.
When we start to read “Touching Spirit Bear”, we understand that Cole is very aggressive liar but who is hurt from loneliness. He doesn’t have friends, his parents don’t care and the only thing what he got from his parents was beating from his dad. He tries to hide his hurt under the aggression and he loses his control under the emotions. The aggression shows a lot in this book but the best scene is when Cole beats up Peter who told the police on him for stealing. Because of this fight Peter get mental problems. He was many times in detention centers, so people wanted him to be sent in jail. But then Cole found out about Circle of Justice. He get a meeting with them and there he makes a show which will represent him good. When Cole was asked by people in the Circle of Justice why they should trust him, he wanted to say “Cause if you don’t, I’ll knock your fat heads off. Instead he said politely “You shouldn’t,’ keeping his face serious as he could,”. (20) When it was his father turn to speak Cole lost his entire role. He got aggressive again because his father was lying to the community. He didn’t notice that he was lying too to the community. Cole’s father said that he wants the best for him but only what he wants is to be far away from his child. Also the reader can understand
By Daria Cheremushkina Who is Cole Mathews? Cole Mathews is the main character in the book “Touching Spirit Bear” by Ben Mikaelsen. In characteristics Cole is angry young man who wants to get attention from his divorced parents. Cole has a warm heart inside but because of his parents and some problems such as not having friends and not having the place where you feel comfortable. He is very cold to everyone until he learns new lessons on the island. The island for him is like a transformation. He starts from an angry liar boy who wants to fight and comes back as a honest friend which will help you in any situation. He becomes a self-controller of his emotions.
When we start to read “Touching Spirit Bear”, we understand that Cole is very aggressive liar but who is hurt from loneliness. He doesn’t have friends, his parents don’t care and the only thing what he got from his parents was beating from his dad. He tries to hide his hurt under the aggression and he loses his control under the emotions. The aggression shows a lot in this book but the best scene is when Cole beats up Peter who told the police on him for stealing. Because of this fight Peter get mental problems. He was many times in detention centers, so people wanted him to be sent in jail. But then Cole found out about Circle of Justice. He get a meeting with them and there he makes a show which will represent him good. When Cole was asked by people in the Circle of Justice why they should trust him, he wanted to say “Cause if you don’t, I’ll knock your fat heads off. Instead he said politely “You shouldn’t,’ keeping his face serious as he could,”. (20) When it was his father turn to speak Cole lost his entire role. He got aggressive again because his father was lying to the community. He didn’t notice that he was lying too to the community. Cole’s father said that he wants the best for him but only what he wants is to be far away from his child. Also the reader can understand