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 carrying the ancestor rock and soaking in the pond‚ which helped him learn to release his anger. He understood from his first encounter with the spirit bear that
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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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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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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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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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After reading spirit bear‚ I have realized a lot about my personality‚ specifically my spirit animals and how they relate to me. The three animals I got are the mysterious wolf‚ the curious cat‚ and the cunning fox. I was very surprised by the animals that I got‚ but once I read a bit more about it‚ I could see why I got each animal. For my first animal I got a wolf‚ they are loyal‚ and they like to stay in packs. This relates to me because I’m almost never alone‚ I’m either with my friends or family
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