Cole Matthews, the protagonist of the book was a teenage delinquent who got in trouble for beating up Peter Driscal. He had been to drug counseling and anger therapy session. He had been to many police stations and detention centers. Even though he had gone through all sorts of treatments, he still struggles to calm his mind and make the right choices. Cole always looked at the bad side and would get angry for small, unimportant things. During Cole’s 2nd trip to the island, he learned that he have a choice to be happy or mad. Cole always looked at life in a negative way and would get angry at almost everything at any time. Anger was something that made Cole a bad person even though Garvey and Edwin are guiding him to be a better person . Garvey and Edwin are two wise Tlingit elders that helped Cole get on the right track and to live a brighter and better life. When Garvey brought the cake ingredients to the detention center, Cole kicked and threw the ingredients, anger blinding him. With frustration and anger, he shouted “ The cake sucks and so does my life”( Mikaelsen, 34 ). Later, Cole was sent to a remote control island in Alaska. He was accompanied by Garvey and Edwin. After the two elders told Cole important survival hacks, they left him alone on the island. Hours later, after the two elders left, Cole’s anger smoldered …show more content…
Eventually, Peter’s parent left Peter behind with Cole and Garvey so that Peter would heal. Peter started to notice that Cole wouldn’t do any harm to him so he started to get bolder and bolder. Peter started shoving Cole around several time but Cole didn’t do anything back. Peter destroyed Cole’s totem but Cole refused to get angry and even helped Peter carve his own totem. One day, Peter beat up Cole while they were at the pond, but Cole didn’t fight back even though he