In the novel Touching Spirit Bear, Cole deals with extreme anger issues. Beating up kids, and always wanting to get his way. However, a year-long banishment to an isolated island teaches him his lesson when he is almost immediately mauled by the Spirit Bear, which leaves him immobile and reflective. The situation is different from what he is normally used to, and Cole finds himself learning more about the world. Later, the bear comes back, standing over him, waiting. Instead of killing Cole, the bear walks off, leaving Edwin and Garvey to discover him on the brink of death. When Cole finally has the ability to choke out sentences at the hospital, he declares that he is beyond anger. Cole wanted to stop having his destructive fits of anger and was sure that he would stop being mad. Things would change. Edwin, an elder that Garvey asked assistance from while planning Cole’s banishment, countered his statement by explaining that “A person is never done being mad. Anger is a memory never forgotten. You only tame it”. …show more content…
This is also considered foreshadowing. Edwin is already saying that Cole is not going to have it easy with this new plan of his. For future reference, Cole will have to face more challenges that will test his new theory. Take his parents for example. Although Cole says that he is done being mad, will he ever actually forgive his parents? Possibly, but ten years from now, even if they are all sitting together and laughing, Coe will never forget about how his parents treated him. His mother was never there for him, and his father had always put him down and beaten him. There is no way that Cole is going to just forgive
In the book Touching Spirit Bear, a native boy named Chase Matthews, is constantly getting into trouble. Chase gets sent to a live on an island by himself, as punishment for a year where he couldn't hurt anybody but runs into an unlikely friend. Chase makes many mistakes but learns from them when he's on the island. This book has taught me a lot of stuff that comes into my life every day Chase burns down the small hut and all of the food that was left for him, tries to kill the spirit bear and when he talks to the spirit Bear. When Chase is dropped off by the elders on this remote island, he tries to act as though nothing can hurt him.
At the end of the book, Cole’s actions have switched from being savage to calm. Cole invites Peter to the island so that he can help Peter to heal no matter how long it takes. “Before leaving that day, Edwin asked one more question. ‘Would you be willing to stay here longer if it meant helping Peter?’ ‘I’d stay my whole life if that’s what it took.’”
Socrates once said “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old but on building the new.” Cole Matthews is related to this quote because before he went to the island he was focusing all of his energy on fighting the old Cole instead of building the new. At the start of the book Cole is irresponsible, he doesn't own up to anything he does and always blame other people for things that he are his fault. Cole was disrespectful towards everyone and everything at the beginning of the book. He also was very grateful about everything and takes everything for granted.
The question is, is Cole eligible to continue through Circle Justice or should he be tried through tradition justice? Cole should continue through the process of Circle Justice. One way to prove Cole’s change is Cole realizing how beautiful life is. On page 114, Cole takes a look at everything around him and realizes everything, “even the wet moss and crushed grass,” is beautiful. Cole also realized that everything is connected.
In the novel entitled The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving, the main character, Ichabod Crane, lives in the superstitious town known as Sleepy Hollow. The fictional book focuses on many different tales of ghosts and goblins haunting Sleepy Hollow, but the most famous story is the tale of the Headless Horseman. This is a tale of a Hessian who fought in the revolutionary war and was decapitated on the battlefield. It is said that the Hessian searches for his head every night, on horseback, in a church yard, and kills anything that gets in his way. The three topics addressed captivating in this novel are direct characterization, foreshadowing, and tone.
Has anyone ever called you an animal? Have you been compared to a sloth because you were lazy, or a mouse because you were quiet? In my Language Arts class, we read the book “Touching Spirit Bear” by Ben Mikaelsen. In this novel, a troubled teenage boy named Cole is banished to an island to find and heal his soul after he severely beats a kid. During his stay on the island, Cole realizes that he is similar to several different animals.
The incredible change in young rebellious Cole was the result of Circle Justice. Circle Justice is a healing form of justice that was beneficial for Cole because he learned to be selfless, he gained a deeper understanding of himself and others, and he learned various symbols that allowed him to understand how to control his anger. Through Cole’s journey he starts to care about others such as the sparrows and Peter. He learned more about himself and his life and why his father beats him and treats him the way he does. Various symbols such as a random stick and rolling the ancestor rock also allowed Cole to understand his anger.
The book Ghost of Spirit Bear is a sequel to the book Touching Spirit Bear. I enjoyed this book because it has a good story and plot. While this book is not as adventurous or moving as the first book Ghost of Spirit Bear still has a good plot and creates vivid pictures in your mind while reading. I prefered Touching Spirit Bear over this book because it has more adventure and a more shocking story. The book consists mainly of the same characters but more were added when Peter and Cole go to school.
In the circle of justice Cole Matthews wants to ask for forgiveness. That is because had so much anger in him he just needed to let it out of him. He let it out of him but with beating up people, such as Peter Driscal. Peter has head trauma, speech problems, and nightmares because of Cole 's actions.
I believe that Cole should be given another chance. He has clearly made valuable emotional growth, and taken from his near-death experience According
Literary Analysis: “A Rose for Emily” Foreshadowing is a key tactic used by an author to reel the reader in. This method makes the reader try to predict the ending, and they must read to the end in order to find out if their educated guess was right or not. William Faulkner utilizes foreshadowing in his short story, “A Rose for Emily” all throughout. Emily was presented as a gothic character in this story, and this helps make the ending that is revealed more believable.
Cole was beaten by him throughout his childhood. This pain and anger gave him the personality and characteristic to inflict pain on other people. The two final themes have a very strong connection. In order to heal, mentally and physically, you have to learn to forgive and receive forgiveness. This was a lesson the reader and the main character, Cole, experience throughout the book.
The theory of life being a circle is expressed throughout grade school, but it was never really more than touched on, with the novel Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen it is truly a subject of discussion in American classes. Mikaelsen expresses this symbolism through the character Edwin, who is a Native American, from the island region where the main character Cole Matthews is sent. The whole idea of life being a circle starts off with the quote ‘“Is everything always a circle’ asked Cole ‘Why not’ Garvey said ‘Life’s a circle.” ’ This is one of the main themes throughout the novel. On page 22 the quote "Patience, gentleness, strength, honesty," Edwin said.
Although both Michael Crichton, author of Jurassic Park, and Ray Bradbury, author of A Sound of Thunder, use foreshadowing, A Sound of Thunder creates more suspense for readers. Both are excellent, but Bradbury uses outstanding diction to emphasize the importance of certain events in the plot. While the pair of stories are equally well written, A Sound of Thunder uses it's foreshadowing to allure readers into continuing the short story. In A Sound of Thunder, there are many instances of suspenseful foreshadowing.
‘The Babadook’ is a film written and directed by Jennifer Kent. It follows the life of Amelia (Essie Davis) and her 6 year old son, Samuel (Noah Wiseman). Amelia struggles to find love for Samuel, as he is uncontrollable. Little to Amelia’s knowledge, Samuel is mentally plagued by a storybook monster known as The Babadook. When ‘The Babadook’ storybook is found in Samuel’s room, and is read to Samuel by Amelia, she starts to glimpse the horrifying monster for herself.