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Character Analysis: Killing The Spirit Bear

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I think death will come to Cole in a very terrific way because of his condition right now. In this chapter, Cole's plan on killing the spirit bear totally fails. As soon as Cole makes his first move, the bear lunges at him within seconds. Because of this, Cole falls down and the bear jumps onto him and begins scratching him with its sharp claws. After this, Cole manages to stab the bear but that seems to make the bear more wild so he bites his leg and picks him up with his sturdy hands. Cole has a very strange feeling about something. The strange feeling was that Cole thinks his pelvis broke which. The bear continues to attack Cole non-stop and the bear finally stops after he shoves Cole in the chest. There is blood all over his face and he
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The bear is unfazed and instead viciously attacks Cole, breaking his hip and right arm as well as knocking him out. Left to die after the attack, Cole comes to realize his own vulnerability and

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Later, when he returns to the island, he starts using dances and methods to heal with Garvey and Edwin's help. One by one, Edwin and Garvey taught Cole their ways. First, Edwin brought Cole to an ice-cold pond to clear his mind. The idea was that Cole would be affected not only mentally but also his injuries from the bear attack would be numbed. Cole starts hesitant, not wanting to wake up early in the morning just to freeze, but soon Cole becomes ¨afraid he might oversleep¨ (Mikaelsen 194).

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