Touching Spirit Bear is a book about a teenager named Cole Matthews‚ who can’t control his anger. Cole attacks Peter Driscal and smashes his head on the sidewalk. Cole is going to go to jail‚ but Cole’s parole officer‚ Garvey‚ suggests the Native American Circle Justice. Cole is banished to an abandoned Alaskan island for one year. While he is there‚ a mysterious white bear called a Spirit Bear mauls Cole. Cole nearly died. After the attack Cole’s feelings really changed and he wasn’t nearly as angry
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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
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Touching Spirit Bear notes Chapter 1 A flashback explains to us how Cole got to Alaska in the first place. A native of Minnesota‚ he had been in the juvenile justice system for quite some time‚ and his wealthy and well-connected parents usually would get him out of trouble with the law. Recently‚ however‚ Cole broke into a store illegally‚ but when he bragged about it to one of his classmates‚ Peter Driscal‚ Peter turned him in. In revenge‚ Cole beat Peter up very badly‚ causing Peter head trauma
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change with a steady‚ continuous push or with a sudden push. I like that idea because not every person reacts to an event the same way. I agree with the statement that healing is much more difficult than the standard punishment. In the book Touching Spirit Bear‚ Cole heals only after he learns how to respect‚ to control his anger‚ and helps the boy he hurt. However‚ at first‚ he feigned that he cared and just kept being defiant. It’s not easy for one to wake up and turn his or her life around. I find
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“Touching Spirit Bear” Essay In the book “Touching Spirit Bear” there are a many themes one of the most evident ones is what goes around come around .Cole Matthews is banished to a remote Alaskan island as punishment for beating his classmate Peter Driscal almost bad enough to kill him. Being banished on the island is a old native tradition of the Tlingit peoples to help turn around troubled youth. During Coles first stay on the island he is mauled by a pure white bear about a day after he has
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plays an important role in the Youth Criminal Justice System. The theme of restorative justice runs throughout the Youth Criminal Justice Act and can be seen in the requirements dealing with victims of youth crimes. As stated on page 12 of the Touching Spirit Bear novel‚ Garvey quotes‚ “Everybody is part of the healing‚ including people from the community-anybody who cares. But healing is much harder than standard punishment. Healing requires taking responsibility for your actions.” In my opinion‚ youths
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The theme of Touching Spirit Bear is that you can always change yourself for the better. Cole went through some rough times as a child which caused his actions to be pretty dumb as he was nearing adulthood. Cole repeatedly slammed the head of one of his peers into the sidewalk for telling people he robbed a hardware store and left it a disaster. Afterwards‚ the Circle sentenced him to live in isolation on an Alaskan island. Cole had to chose between changing his ways or potentially going to prison
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The book Touching Spirit Bear is a book written about a challenged teen named Cole Mathews. He has instigated some terrible crimes he must pay for by living in isolation on a remote island since he is a danger to society. One problem that continues to plague Cole is how he refuses to take ownership for his own choices and actions; instead‚ he wants to blame others to excuse his poor decisions. Along his journey to change‚ he is fortunate to have mentors that try to help him reform his ways. Many
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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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with the many animals they encountered. Many tribes believed that relating with an animal gave them a sense of connection with nature and the planet. Recently‚ I too have began to immerse myself in the study of native animal spirits as part of my work with the Touching Spirit Bear novel. There are three animals in particular who match a big part of my personality: the Racoon‚ Albatros and the Humpback Whale. These animals reflect the obvious traits I’ve been told I express in my everyday life. In a
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