Imagine going through a world where you change everyday. One morning you wake up as happy as can be, the next day mad and depressed as you can be. Doesn’t really happen, but you can change, like Cole did but it wasn’t just overnight. Cole started as a selfish young delinquent, then slowly changed to a caring, understand person. Cole needed a change for sure, his actions started hurting people, like Peter. Peter was one of Cole’s victims. Cole actually gave Peter some internal and external damages.Cole changed by forgiving Peter, actually getting feelings for people, and forgiving his dad. He needed change, and the island gave us just what we want.
I never thought I would see Cole forgiven Peter, and caring for him. When Peter came to the island, I noticed a change in Cole’s mind and behavior. Cole tried to help Peter out, and stop him from being depressed. Cole was seeking out friendship and trust (Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen, page 239). By Cole seeking out friendship, he must have forgave Peter. And by Cole wanting friendship, that shows change in Cole, before we wanted nothing to do with Peter, and now after the island we wants to be friends with Peter. As an
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And it must take change to forgive someone who has beaten you, I know I would never in a million years forgive someone who has beaten me. While Coles on the island he says to Garvey, “my dad has beaten me my whole life,” he explained. “But I know now he never mean’t to hurt me. He was beaten by his father, and that's all he knew.” Cole swallowed a big lump that had formed in this throat. “I learned to forgive,” (214). This is a very important quote to me, it shows a lot of change in Cole. Cole has always hated his dad, but now he realizes his dad went through what he did, and he still forgave his dad after years of pain in Cole. This shows a lot of change in Cole and in this