commercial wants to appeal to the emotions of those who are watching in order to raise awareness of their cause. Furthermore, as the announcer makes the scene and presents the situation at hand, the viewers hear a familiar voice. As the famous actor, Scarlett Johansson, appears, she projects herself as a compassionate, serious, and informed announcer who is drawing attention to the Feeding America organization. As she represents the millions of people, particularly children, who are struggling daily with hunger
In the movie of Tim Burton, he uses many different kinds of cinematic techniques, which are shots and framing, camera angles, camera movements, lighting, editing techniques, and sound. In order to set up the mood and tone in the story, he uses those cinematic techniques in the movie. Tim Burton style are more of a dark and delightful childhood experience and that he embraces the dark elements. The movie that Tim’s famous for, have those styles and elements in it. For example, the movie Vincent has
Did banishment fail Cole or did Cole fail himself? That’s the question and I believe that Cole failed himself. There will be more reasons why I think Cole failed himself just keep on reading. So I believe that Cole failed himself because on page 24 the book says “Recklessly, he splashed the gas over the supplies. He dumped the remaining fuel on the shelter walls. Ripping open boxes, he found matches, then, swaying on his feet, he pulled out a single match. He walked outside and stared at the supplies
Cole has a lot of anger boiling inside of him. The anger filled kid blames the whole world for his problems. He blames his mom, his dad, Peter D., Garvey, Edwin, anyone you can think of in Touching Spirit Bear has probably pissed off Cole somehow. Blaming other people for his problems is an excuse for Cole. Thinking that nothing is his fault makes him feel better about himself. Nobody wants anything to be their fault. Most of Cole’s problems is his fault like ending up in Alaska on an isolated
Conquering Anger In the novel Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelson, Cole overcomes his anger and problems. Cole learns to overcome these by forgiving his dad, accepting responsibility for his actions, and by doing the morning ritual that Edwin taught him. Doing these things helps him realize that anger is a memory and he has use it to grow as an individual. Cole conquers his anger by working through many detrimental internal and external conflicts, and learning to forgive those who have hurt him
Emma smith 6th hour 5/1/23 Touching spirit bear The novel Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen is about a 15-year-old boy named Cole who almost beat a kid named Peter to death and then got sent to an island. On this island, Cole was mauled by a bear that he tried to attack out of anger. After Being mauled, Cole finally learned. After being rescued he went back on trial and ended up going back to the island where he and Peter both made
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben details of the character, Cole Matthews. Cole is a young boy struggling with intense emotional turmoil. His emotions were anger, fear, sadness, and loneliness. Cole sought refuge from these intense emotions by fleeing to an Alaskan island to avoid going to jail because he beat up a boy. However, by going to Alaska Cole denied himself the opportunity to work through his issues and develop healthy coping mechanisms. Instead, he suffered as a result of his choices in life
In the book Touching Spirit Bear, Cole does many things with major consequences. His anger mainly controls these things, but when Cole finds himself lying on the ground as good as dead, he realizes that he's not a good person, and he realizes what he has done. Here are some consequences and mistakes that Cole has made in the past to get to this point. In the first few chapters, Cole was ruthless. He always had a second chance at everything. He ended up robbing a store, thinking to just get away
The Shape of Problems Cole Matthews permanently damaged a kid saying “he deserved it”. His life was a miserable mess and he used all of that anger and took it out on others. His interpersonal conflict shaped Cole to become that person. Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen is a book about Cole. Cole has a rough life with the abuse inflicted onto him. He used that abuse and took it out on others. When he goes to an island Cole goes through near death experiences and personal troubles to become a
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
The novel Touching Spirit Bear is a realistic fiction of a remarkable journey by a young boy Cole Mathews. Cole has always struggled with his anger and one day after he robs a hardware store. A boy named Peter Driscal snitches on Cole. Cole beats Peter for turning him in and seriously wounds Peter. Cole is sent to a system called circle justice. The circle decides to isolate him on a remote island to help him change. When on the island Cole is mauled by a spirit bear. After months of rehabilitation
In the novel Touching Spirit Bear, Cole deals with extreme anger issues. Beating up kids, and always wanting to get his way. However, a year-long banishment to an isolated island teaches him his lesson when he is almost immediately mauled by the Spirit Bear, which leaves him immobile and reflective. The situation is different from what he is normally used to, and Cole finds himself learning more about the world. Later, the bear comes back, standing over him, waiting. Instead of killing Cole, the
In The Prestige by Christopher Nolan, two magicians, named Robert Angier and Alfred Borden, have an ongoing feud that was caused by the death of one Angier wife. This then leads to seeing who was able to create the greatest trick, and it seems that Alfred had won that title. He had come up with a trick called “The Teleporting Man”, in which he was step inside one box and would magically come out the other. It is revealed later that Alfred had an identical twin brother named Fallon Borden, they would
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’s Life Conflict What if the Cole was the Spirit Bear? What if he was really fighting with himself the whole time? It would make sense, whenever the Spirit Bear was around Cole, it is feeling the same way that Cole was. Cole Matthews was a sarcastic and a dishonest fifteen-year-old that was always angry and looking for trouble. He had a problem with blaming people for his troubles, when really that main problem was himself. Cole had parents that didn’t even care about him, his father always
Touching Spirit Bear, by Ben Mikealson, teaches you that Justice should heal not punish. Cole Mathews is a troubled kid who beats up a kid named Peter Driscal. He gets in trouble and gets an opportunity to go to Circle Justice. Cole is banished to a remote Alaskan island where he gets mauled by a bear. This helps Cole realize that he has been taking the wrong path of life. Cole is already a very troubled kid with a lot of anger issues, attitude, and jail sentences, which, therefore, led him to beating
Cole seems to be changing personality wise quite fast. Edwin mentions that people either change slowly under peer pressure or all at once after a traumatic event. Cole’s personality seems to have shifted all of a sudden after Spirit Bear’s attack. Before the attack Cole was furious and thought everyone hated him so he burned all his supplies. Cole had always felt superior about himself, but after the attack his anger somewhat faded and he began to himself as a much smaller item than the rest of the
Tradition justice or Circle Justice? The answer to this problem determines Cole’s fate. In the realistic fiction novel,Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen, Cole is a troubled teenager who has the option to heal himself and the people he has harmed by going through Circle Justice. Cole is also recently attacked by a Spirit Bear. Before falling unconscious once again, Cole is rescued by Garvey and Edwin. The question is, is Cole eligible to continue through Circle Justice or should he be tried through
Coles's troubled life proceeds him as he is now facing jail time for nearly beating a kid to death. In the book Touching Spirit Bear, Cole is the main character of this book and goes through many challenges throughout the book, good and bad. Everyone has a different lifestyle but everyone goes through the Circle of Life. People in Cole’s life affect him positively for the better by helping him control his anger and helping his life back on track for success. Cole’s dad negatively impacted Cole’s
Essay on Touching Spirit Bear By Lauren Lee-Chung Changing is a process that many find trouble with pursuing. It is especially dependent on one’s experiences, for negative factors such as trauma, mental illness, or lack of motivation can truly make the process difficult. A similar procedure is portrayed in Touching Spirit Bear, a realistic fiction novel by Ben Mikaelsen. Cole Matthews is a distressed fifteen-year-old teenager who gets banished to an isolated Alaskan Island due to a recent crime