What Is The Theme Of Touching Spirit Bear By Ben Mikaelsen

Andrew Gilmet
Mr. Ian McIsaac
English 10
30 May 2023
Touching Spirit Bear— By Ben Mikaelsen Do you really believe that locking him up is the best option for a person like Cole? Cole is a troublemaker who, despite being locked up, will never change his ways. Additionally, the only chance we got to save Cole is by enrolling him in the Circle Justice program which will help him in his recovery. Please consider my primary arguments on why I think this is the only possibility for the best outcome.

First, Garvey explains why Circle is more than just avoiding jail in Chapter 1, page 12, by Ben Mikaelsen. Furthermore, he claims that "if you enter jail angry, you stay angry." Follow your heart; it is how you will return. It is

We still hate each other, I still feel bad about my cat, and you’re angry because you have to pay a fine. In Circle Justice, you sign a healing contract”. Basically, what he is trying to say here is that even if you put Cole in jail, Peter and Cole will still hold a grudge against each other. All jail is going to do is harden Cole and make him worse than he is now because the police don't care about the inmates or about trying to heal them. Moreover, jail will scar Cole’s soul, so I know for a fact that circle justice is the right thing to do because he has a chance to fix his mistakes by knowing up to them. Therefore, he will be able to heal properly. Hatred can never be taken away, but if you learn how to suppress it and control it, you will be able to live a happy life. We have to start realizing that putting people in jail is something that won’t fix anything. The only time that this should be done is when someone kills multiple people. Last, people need to learn from their mistakes. When you put someone in jail, both sides will still be angry, so we should start trying to fix the problem instead of avoiding

I lived my early years here in Drake, but no one cared enough to take me through Circle justice. If they had, maybe things would have been different”. “Take my word for it, jail scars the soul. And I was never able to help those I hurt”.

Previously, Garvey already discussed why circle justice is better than jail. However, he is now disclosing his true identity by saying that he has experienced the same troubles as Cole. He's telling us that because circle justice didn't exist for him, he couldn't heal. He claims that things could have been different if he had gone through circle justice, but it appears to me that nobody cares about individuals like Cole anymore because all we want to do is lock them up and forget about them. Furthermore, Garvey explains that he couldn't heal the individuals he wounded because he didn't have circle justice. Moreover, jail left a wound to his spirit. This breaks my heart because both Garvey and his victims didn’t receive fair treatment, They both were left