He is going to Alaska because he robbed a hardware store and beat a boy named Peter Driscal so badly he could have died. The Rising Action is when Cole beats up Peter because Peter told the police that Cole had broken into a hardware store; and that he robbed the store and then trashed it. After nearly killing Peter some boys from their school pulled Cole off of Peter.
Cole saw the world as that it was going to try to get him and he was trying to defend himself. Cole broke into the store and grabbed some items from the store for himself and he didn't want anybody to know about it. When he bragged about it to one of his classmates, Peter Driscal, Peter turned him in. In revenge, Cole beats Peter up very badly. Causing Peter head trauma and a permanent speech problem.
Cole grew up with his Dad beating him up when Cole would do nothing wrong. Cole never understood why his Dad was beating him up until Cole’s Mom shared with him that his dad, too, had been beaten as a child. Once Cole found out the reasoning for his abuse, he had a better understanding of his father. Kenai’s world view changed from the relationship he had with Koda.
but Cole does not know that it was the spirit bear when Cole looked at it did not move at all it just stared at him and Cole is scared at
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
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.
Have you ever heard of a dog who’s so used to dog fighting, that it’s the only thing he knows how to do? Than behind the chain, it’s a life of beating and misunderstandment. No one understands what this dog is going through, then one day he gets loose. This was the life of Cole Matthews. Throughout his whole life he has a big conflict with the world.
The relationships in Cole’s life all had a different impact on him but specifically his relationship with Peter affected him a lot. Especially the part of the book when Cole found out that Peter told on him. “‘You’re a dead man,’ he warned... He laughed when he saw fear in Peter’s eyes”(7-8). This shows the relationship at the beginning of the book and clearly it wasn’t good.
At the beginning of the novel, Cole Matthews is a vicious teenager who thinks he is superior to everyone, but is, in fact, hiding behind a shield of anger, the result of being brutally abused by his drunken father. Cole’s father, Mr. Matthews, drinks non stop until he becomes a monster, and then ruthlessly beats Cole up. When talking to Garvey, a proud, Tlingit indian, who is also his parole officer, Cole opens up about his father’s abuse saying, “‘You don’t know what it’s like being hit over and over until you’re so numb you don’t feel anything!” (Mikaelsen 28).
His words would become his only proof.” That means that Cole won’t lie anymore and that means he learned his lesson. Also on page 102 the book says “‘I am okay, Cole succeeded in grunting weakly. A thin smile failed to hide Garvey’s concern. “‘Half your bones are busted, your body is swollen like one huge mosquito bite, and you’re nearly starved to death.
This is one of numerous ways Garvey and Edwin guide Cole and teach him the principles of being a kind person throughout the novel. Additionally, this specific part of the book fits with this part of the Hero’s Journey because this is a way of how Garvey and Edwin teach Cole anger management and how to become invisible and have patient interactions with others. The novel “Touching Spirit Bear” implies and emphasizes the
Physically by his father while intoxicated. To the point where he was numb, that's how severe the beating was. Emotionally he was abused by his mom. As Cole was getting beaten by his drunk father his mother would just sit there and watch him get beaten. That made him think that she didn't care about him because if she did she would have stopped his father
Cole was always left to his own thoughts; having all the time in the world. Banishment isolates the person from the rest of the world leaving them in a state of cogitation. Also, banishment doesn’t send the person to be secluded from everyone and be dispirited. It is to
Cole has a lot of anger boiling inside of him. The anger filled kid blames the whole world for his problems. He blames his mom, his dad, Peter D., Garvey, Edwin, anyone you can think of in Touching Spirit Bear has probably pissed off Cole somehow. Blaming other people for his problems is an excuse for Cole. Thinking that nothing is his fault makes him feel better about himself.
he asks Malcolm the reason why he's sad, and Malcolm decides to tell him. Then after he tells him Cole opens up to Malcolm and tells him he sees dead people. At first Malcolm doesn't believe him and says that Cole might have early stages of schizophrenia. Eventually, Malcolm comes to realize that Cole is telling the truth and that the child he failed with was dealing with the same thing. Malcolm comes to a conclusion if Cole tries to help these dead people they will finally move on; this starts working for Cole and Malcolm starts to find the light but something is still holding him back, his wife.
