Cole was a troubled kid, Who grew up with alcoholic parents who nearly beat him his Entire childhood and he beat up this kid named Peter and he goes to the circle of justice to decide what Cole's consequence is so they decide to bring Cole to this island where he gets attacked by a bear and suffers in the cold. I think Cole changes by having a deathly experience, having to be lonely and the fact that he had no power or control on the island that changed him into a different person.
Cole's deathly experience changed him and his perspective on life he nearly almost died by getting mauled by a bear and starts to fade away and he's almost certain he is going to die and no one’s going to save him. This near death experience changed his life and changed him to be a better person and no longer has aggressive behavior coming from that island. “At that moment, Cole realized how badly he wanted to live. The food he had thrown up was still food. Those fish bits still contained energy, and energy was life. No thieving seagull was going to steal life from him. He jerked his arm at the gulls. "Mine," he grunted. "That's mine”(pg 52 mikaelson).
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By being alone Cole felt sorry for himself and by that it changed his perspective on things about who he was. “A bitter loneliness swept over Cole as tears clouded his Vision he felt so small here”(pg 44