In the book Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen, a boy named Cole who beats up this kid name Peter because he told on him for robbing a hardware store. Cole was about to go to jail for what he did but then his parole officer named Garvey told him about this thing called the Circle Justice. The Circle Justice is a native american form a justice where they seek more for healing then for just having a normal punishment.
My opinion is that Touching Spirit Bear is a dramatic and breathtaking book where people learn to heal, forgive, and trust. Cole, the main character, is trying to live life to the fullest and find himself. He makes poor decisions... He is the bully... Will he ever learn from his mistakes?
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben details of the character, Cole Matthews. Cole is a young boy struggling with intense emotional turmoil. His emotions were anger, fear, sadness, and loneliness. Cole sought refuge from these intense emotions by fleeing to an Alaskan island to avoid going to jail because he beat up a boy. However, by going to Alaska Cole denied himself the opportunity to work through his issues and develop healthy coping mechanisms.
In Ben Mikaelsen’s Touching Spirit Bear, the main character, Cole Matthews has mixed opinions about himself and nature throughout the book. The above haikus illustrate Cole’s feelings and opinions toward nature in the beginning, middle, and end of the story. The three haikus tell many things, including Aha Moment signposts, the fact that Cole is a dynamic character, and even one little theme of the book. They can teach you a lot about Cole as a character and the whole plot of the story.
Cole Matthew’s Character Analysis By: Rio The novel Touching Spirit Bear with the main character of Cole Matthew, who is very temperamental, shown by his actions throughout his life. As the starring character is fifteen and is an innocent-looking, baby-faced fifteen-year-old from Minneapolis who had been in trouble with the law for half of his life.
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.
One’s life experiences crucially influences ones values and morals. An illustration of this is demonstrated in Mikaelsen’s novel, Touching Spirit Bear. Fifteen years old, Cole Matthews is a troubled teenager who is banished to a remote island in Alaska for nearly murdering fellow classmate, Peter Driscal. As he spends a prolonged time on the island and experiences near death experiences, he develops new values, learns to heal from his trauma caused by his abusive father and alcoholic mother, and even begins to evaluate past actions. Cole’s story exemplifies many ways in which people can overcome their troubles.
Tradition justice or Circle Justice? The answer to this problem determines Cole’s fate. In the realistic fiction novel,Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen, Cole is a troubled teenager who has the option to heal himself and the people he has harmed by going through Circle Justice. Cole is also recently attacked by a Spirit Bear. Before falling unconscious once again, Cole is rescued by Garvey and Edwin.
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall is a novel based on the clash of two cultures---the Hmong culture and the American culture. A little Hmong girl is diagnosed with epilepsy which her parents believe is caused by spirits. Because of this belief, they try to cure her illness not with western medication but their own Hmong ways. There is a huge misunderstanding between the parents and the doctors that Anne Fadiman explores. Anne Fadiman provides readers with a vivid, detailed history of the Hmong in Laos to their involvement in the Vietnam War to their struggles in America that explains this clash.
“We need to realize that our path to transformation is through our mistakes. We 're meant to make mistakes, recognize them, and move on to become unlimited” (Yehuda Berg). As the quote suggests, transformation occurs through mistakes. Even if one seems irrecoverable, there is always a flicker of hope. The novel Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen chronicles the journey of a “lost cause” into a rekindled and hopeful teenager.
Coles's troubled life proceeds him as he is now facing jail time for nearly beating a kid to death. In the book Touching Spirit Bear, Cole is the main character of this book and goes through many challenges throughout the book, good and bad. Everyone has a different lifestyle but everyone goes through the Circle of Life. People in Cole’s life affect him positively for the better by helping him control his anger and helping his life back on track for success. Cole’s dad negatively impacted Cole’s healing and forgiveness.
Saying Goodbye to Anger In the novel Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelson Cole overcomes his anger and problems. He gets rid of his anger by, doing the dance of anger, soaking in the cold pool, and carrying the ancestor rock up the hill. When he does these things Cole learns to overcome his anger and find peace within himself.
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.
Simmons. First of all, minors are tried differently in court than adults. According to www.law2.umkc.edu, “ the Court considered whether it was cruel and unusual punishment to execute a prisoner for a crime he committed when he was a minor.” This shows that minors do not get tried as severely as adults. The article also added, “In previous decisions, the Court had found it unconstitutional to execute persons who were less than 16 at the time of their crime, but had upheld executions of those 16 and 17 at the time of their crimes.”
As adults or as juveniles, according to how serious is the crime they committed. There are many court cases that involve teens that are thirteen and fourteen being charged as adults for heinous crimes they have committed.
