take a healthy man with a machete a week to travel three miles. It took Dylan Barstow’s grandfather two weeks to be found by villagers after an airplane crash by the Sepik River‚ on the north side of PNG. His grandfather‚ in Jungle of Bones by Ben Mikaelsen‚ was flying an aerial missions in WWII when he and the crew of the bomber Second Ace crashed. Dylan and his Uncle‚ Todd‚ have set off on an expedition to find the wreckage of the plane‚ but Uncle Todd is also tasked with teaching Dylan a lesson
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Cole is a fifteen-year-old boy who gets into trouble a lot. His father abuses him‚ which causes a lot of anger. His mother is an alcoholic and did not care about Cole as much as she should. Throughout the novel‚ Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen‚ Cole learns more about his conflicts‚ while healing them at the same time. Cole has many internal conflicts including fear‚ anger‚ and loneliness throughout the novel. The first internal conflict is anger. Cole’s father abused him‚
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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
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Cole Matthew‚ is young selfish‚ uncaring‚ changing‚ delinquent. Cole Matthews had been beaten by his dad most all of this life. Cole is a “baby-faced fifteen-year-old‚” (5). The book Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen‚ is about Cole changing. Cole starts of as a liar‚ a stealer‚ and a plain old jerk. But needed changed is good. Cole’s family is alway bailing Cole out of jail. “His mom acted like a scared Barbie doll‚ always looking good but never fighting back or standing up to anyone” (Page
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DIALECTICAL JOURNAL – The Book Thief A dialectical journal is a type of multi-column‚ conversational note-taking. It will help you develop critical reading and reflective questioning. In your journal‚ have a conversation with the text and with yourself – The Book Thief is the perfect book for this type of conversation. Write down your thoughts‚ questions‚ insights‚ and ideas while you read. The most important part is that‚ while reading‚ you are responding to the text with what’s on
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just stand there instead of attacking? Cole felt his smoldering anger ignite"(Mikaelsen 64). In this example‚ Cole attacks the Spirit Bear simply because he thought it defined him. He also doesn’t appreciate nature and thinks he can take it down. Cole thinks life is useless until he thinks about the baby sparrows. Cole thinks‚" The sparrows were so frail‚ helpless‚ and innocent. They hadn’t deserved to die"(Mikaelsen 82). You can tell he defiantly has a change of heart when he
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“People change and often‚ they become the person they said they would never be.” This happened to Cole turning into his dad because relationships can change people in drastic ways. In Touching Spirit Bear ‚by Ben Mikaelsen‚ Cole is very angry because of abusive dad and ends up hurting people. One‚ in particular‚ is Peter. Cole gets sent to an island alone where he has to learn to control his anger from Garvey and Edwin and eventually even helps Peter. Throughout this book‚ Cole is transformed from
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Most Important Lessons In the novel Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen he discuses the idea of morals. As the reader reads the novel it is filled with many important lessons from many perspectives. Understanding that all these lessons made Cole a better person. The most important lessons learnt from the book are life is what you make it‚ forgiveness‚ and that people can change. The lesson “life is what you make it” was a big part of the novel. But also this lesson was reflective. When
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GIFTED HANDS: THE BEN CARSON STORY RELEASE DATE: February 7th‚ 2009 STARRING: 1. Cuba Gooding‚ Jr. as Benjamin "Bennie" Carson (lead role) 2. Kimberly Elise as Sonya Carson (mother) 3. Aunjanue Ellis as Candy Carson (girlfriend & wife) 4. Gus Hoffman as Teen Bennie (teenage Bennie) 5. Jaishon Fisher as Bennie (young Bennie) GENRE: Drama AUDIENCE: All RATING: TV-PG RUNTIME: 120 minutes DISTRIBUTOR: TNT/Turner Entertainment Group DIRECTOR: Thomas Carter EXECUTIVE
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Thinking before Taking Action As a human being‚ anger is an unavoidable emotion. It is close to impossible to control other people’s reactions‚ but how you control your reactions depend entirely on you. George Jean Nathan said‚ “No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.” Meaning no person can make the correct decision when they are being driven by their anger. It’s difficult to handle strong emotions‚ but it takes an even stronger person to learn how. The idea of managing impulsivity
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