Touching Spirit Bear Character Analysis
Cole Character Profile
“He is an innocent-looking, baby-faced, fifteen-year-old from Minneapolis who
had been in trouble with the law half his life”, like it says on page five in the book
Touching Spirit Bear written by Ben Mikaelsen. Cole Matthews is the main character and
focus of the book, he is the protagonist. In my opinion I think that Matthews is very
in-tune with himself and, extremely selfish. I think that he is a troubled kid who
Doesn’t know how to deal with his problems the right way. He does not respect elders,
power of others, or people above him. Matthews does not trust anybody that is not
scared of him, as it says on page three. He thinks extremely high of himself, but in reality
he is just a kid with mental issues. Issues like, …show more content…
I get that he is angry but he knows better.
I would say that children who decide to commit crimes begin at 15, or 16. The
thing kids get in trouble for the most often I think are drugs and violence. I know drugs
like marijuana and different types of pills are a problem for teenagers and I also know
from hearing things in this town that animal abuse is a problem. Punishments for
children these ages is normally probation or even juvy. I think it is important to know
what could happen if you commit these crimes. In my opinion and many others, this is a
serious matter. You are literally breaking the law, and I think that some kids, or even
adults do not understand how bad that truly is. Many people who support the jail system
believe that locking kids up helps public safety. As Americans I think that there is not a
lot that we have to do, like rule wise, so just follow the rules. It’s not super difficult
to do. I get that we all want to be our own person and whatever but you can’t really be
your own person in prison, there are even more rules there, and people that have a
higher value than you. I think that Matthews needs to realize
“He is an innocent-looking, baby-faced, fifteen-year-old from Minneapolis who
had been in trouble with the law half his life”, like it says on page five in the book
Touching Spirit Bear written by Ben Mikaelsen. Cole Matthews is the main character and
focus of the book, he is the protagonist. In my opinion I think that Matthews is very
in-tune with himself and, extremely selfish. I think that he is a troubled kid who
Doesn’t know how to deal with his problems the right way. He does not respect elders,
power of others, or people above him. Matthews does not trust anybody that is not
scared of him, as it says on page three. He thinks extremely high of himself, but in reality
he is just a kid with mental issues. Issues like, …show more content…
I get that he is angry but he knows better.
I would say that children who decide to commit crimes begin at 15, or 16. The
thing kids get in trouble for the most often I think are drugs and violence. I know drugs
like marijuana and different types of pills are a problem for teenagers and I also know
from hearing things in this town that animal abuse is a problem. Punishments for
children these ages is normally probation or even juvy. I think it is important to know
what could happen if you commit these crimes. In my opinion and many others, this is a
serious matter. You are literally breaking the law, and I think that some kids, or even
adults do not understand how bad that truly is. Many people who support the jail system
believe that locking kids up helps public safety. As Americans I think that there is not a
lot that we have to do, like rule wise, so just follow the rules. It’s not super difficult
to do. I get that we all want to be our own person and whatever but you can’t really be
your own person in prison, there are even more rules there, and people that have a
higher value than you. I think that Matthews needs to realize