Cole’s Personality changes drastically throughout the story. He goes from being a juvenile delinquent to being a person who cares about life and knows how to forgive. Three ways that he changed, are his physical ability, his personality, and his self esteem or self confidence. Things around him, like his home life, changed drastically as well. When they changed it influenced the already changing Cole to change even more. Though none of the changes in this story were bad, it doesn't mean that they will always be good either. Coles physical ability changed when he was attacked by the spirit bear. We can infer that Cole was fairly strong and tough seeing as he intimidated so many people and because he was beaten on by his dad. This changed when …show more content…
When his hip and arm broke he was never able to use them to the same extent again. This shows when he is building his shelter the second time he is on the island. He has trouble nailing the wood together with his left arm because he is right handed. Though he can't use his right arm because he broke it while trying to kill the spirit bear. So now he has a bum right arm, Cole’s limbs also start to ache when he sleeps or is staying in one position for a long period of time then moving. When Cole goes to soak in the pond every morning it helps his joints feel less achy and calms him down. So there are more benefits to the cold pond than just clearing the mind. This is why Coles physical ability has changed. Another thing that affected Cole's life and how it changed, is the way society viewed him. In the beginning Cole manipulated them a lot with his “baby face”, he played innocent when he was in front of society. He did this so they wouldn’t send him to jail, he didn’t want to take responsibility for his actions. He blamed …show more content…
If people don't think you can be trusted with anything why should you trust them with anything. His own parents didn't even trust him, and if the people who are supposed to love you most in life how are you supposed to trust others. The one thing Cole was trusted with throughout this whole book was the at. oow. Though when he got the at. oow Cole didn't care, he didn't think of it as anything important. But by the end Cole had grown to treasure the at.oow because it was a symbol of trust and