in pain due to the cold. But then he sees the spirit bear‚ which quickly disappeared. Chapter 6: Cole was thinking about the meetings with the Circle Justice. He told everybody that he gets beaten up by his dad and that his parents are always drunk. Of course Cole gets mad again. Chapter 7: Cole sees the spirit bear for the second time. When he was about to kill it‚ the bear disappeared again. Chapter 8: Because of Cole’s attack‚ the bear fought with him. Cole got beaten up and was badly
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This is a quote that to me is true. There is someone that learned the real value of good and life lessons‚ a young boy from minneapolis. This character is from the book Touching spirit bear by Ben Mikaelsen. Cole learned many life lessons‚ he learned how to behave‚ and most importantly he learned how to control his anger. In the book “touching spirit bear” Cole learns how to control his anger and be more patient. He learned to blame himself for him problems instead of other people‚ he learned about
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In the book‚ Touching Spirit Bear‚ a boy named Cole has a bad temper‚ and it gets him into trouble more than once. His anger puts him in a predicament that almost causes him jail time. An Indian group called Circle Justice‚ focused on helping troubled teens‚ steps in to help. As a result‚ Cole has to spend a year on an island in south-east Alaska. There he is mauled by a rare black bare that is completely white called the Spirit Bear. Although he suffers near fatal injuries on the outside‚ his wounds
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Touching Spirit Bear‚ a book about a young teenage boy‚ Cole Matthews‚ is a lively story penned by Ben Mikaelsen. This is the story of a young troubled teen who finds himself in major trouble after physically damaging another boy‚ Peter Driscal. Cole finds himself getting banished to an island by himself for a year. He does not apprehend the extremity of this situation because he always was in power‚ and was feared in any given environment. Cole only spent a slight amount of time on the island though
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Cole is a dynamic character and has defiantly changed throughout the story. I know this because at the beginning of the book he tries to kill the Spirit Bear and it says "Cole found courage in the Spirit Bear’s stillness. It must have been scared. Why else would it 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
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Comparison Essay I like reading a book that has an exciting beginning a fast pace and that is very detailed. The beginning of a book usually determines the succession of the book‚ because that section is where the author tries to hook the reader like a fishermen trying to reel in a fish. Between the books Pigmen‚Touching Spirit Bear‚The Pearl and the outsiders‚ I think Touching spirit bear has the most superior beginning based on the categories of descriptive language‚General readability and the
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Touching Spirit Bear Question 1: Cole Matthews is an abused child who turned into a troubled kid because his parents abused him every day. He became an angry person who was willing to take anybody out in his way. When he got into trouble he would manipulate everyone into thinking he was sorry but he never really meant it. Cole hated everyone because anytime he didn’t get his way he would resort to the same violence and anger his father used on him. Cole thinks everything is a game‚
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Throughout life we all face problems‚ and sometimes these problems cause us to go over the edge do to the fact that we really don’t know how to control our anger. In the book Touching Spirit Bear Cole encounters many problems with life. People were tired of having to pay for his anger in their community. Eventually he was banished to an island to learn how to take control of his life. But what important lessons does Cole learn about controlling anger and how does it change him? In my opinion
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Did you know the spirit bear is also known as a Kermode bear? I didn’t‚ as a matter of fact‚ I didn’t even know there was a white bear beside polar bears until I read touching spirit bear? In the book Cole learned four life lessons. Throughout this paper‚ I will talk about three life lessons that I have learned. In addition‚ I will explain why they are important to me. My first life lesson is “ Everything happens for a reason”. The symbol is a fire burning‚ bright‚ scolding to the touch‚ and full
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relationships is a strong parent-child bond. Nonetheless‚ not all parent-child relationships are fortunate enough for the children involved to benefit. When a parent does not support his/her child‚ the relationship between them will weaken. In both Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen and “Sorry About Your Parents” by Icon for Hire‚ the parents are abusive to their children. Despite this obvious similarity between the two texts‚ this can be shown as a way the two texts differ as well. The fathers beat the
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