“People change and often‚ they become the person they said they would never be.” This happened to Cole turning into his dad because relationships can change people in drastic ways. In Touching Spirit Bear ‚by Ben Mikaelsen‚ Cole is very angry because of abusive dad and ends up hurting people. One‚ in particular‚ is Peter. Cole gets sent to an island alone where he has to learn to control his anger from Garvey and Edwin and eventually even helps Peter. Throughout this book‚ Cole is transformed from
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Cole is a fifteen-year-old boy who gets into trouble a lot. His father abuses him‚ which causes a lot of anger. His mother is an alcoholic and did not care about Cole as much as she should. Throughout the novel‚ Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen‚ Cole learns more about his conflicts‚ while healing them at the same time. Cole has many internal conflicts including fear‚ anger‚ and loneliness throughout the novel. The first internal conflict is anger. Cole’s father abused him‚
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ill-tempered and thrives on people fearing him. He feeds off of people’s misery‚ and doesn’t take any blame‚ probably because he figures nothing is his fault. “Serves him right‚” Cole mumbled when they first told him of Peter’s condition.” (Pg.8) Touching Spirit Bear. Cole brutally beat Peter up and 4-6 people had to pry him off‚ then he spit on Peter. This book is about Cole‚ because it’s about giving hope to all the children or at least anyone‚ that even when you get in trouble their will always be someone
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Touching Spirit Bear Chapter Questions with Answers Chapter 1 1. Where is Cole being sent‚ and why is he being sent there? Cole is being sent to an island in southeast Alaska as a punishment for violently beating up Peter Driscall‚ the boy who reported to police that Cole robbed and ransacked a hardware store. (6) He has accepted banishment as an alternative to being put in prison (3). 2. How does Cole feel about banishment as a punishment? Cole sees it as a way of avoiding being put in prison
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Cole Character Profile “He is an innocent-looking‚ baby-faced‚ fifteen-year-old from Minneapolis who had been in trouble with the law half his life”‚ like it says on page five in the book Touching Spirit Bear written by Ben Mikaelsen. Cole Matthews is the main character and focus of the book‚ he is the protagonist. In my opinion I think that Matthews is very in-tune with himself and‚ extremely selfish. I think that he is a troubled kid who Doesn’t know how to deal with his problems the
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does. Instead of facing long years in prison‚ Cole is given the opportunity by Garvey‚ his parole officer‚ to join Circle Justice. While he is at the island where the program is located‚ Cole tries to escape but ends up almost being killed by Spirit bear‚ a bear that is said to be a spiritual being. Cole takes the time to think about his mistakes‚ anger‚ and regrets his decisions. Throughout the novel‚ he learns how to be at inner peace with himself and how to control his rage instead of using it to
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be the same‚ to have experiences that others can relate to and to know that they are not alone‚ what happens to one person will be learned and passed on by everybody unless they find a reason to break the cycle. At the beginning of the book “Touching Spirit Bear‚” the main character Cole Matthews was prosecuted for multiple crimes to add to his extensive criminal record‚ but the latest was assault. After hearing Cole brag about his latest crime at school‚ a peer‚ Peter Driscall notified the authorities
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Learning The Lessons Of Life In the novel Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen the author discusses the idea of lessons. There are positive and negative lessons to be learned from the novel however the main focus is on the positive lessons. The most positive lessons are responsibility‚ trust and discovering yourself. In the novel one of the positive lessons I focused on was responsibility. When Cole returns home from his first time on the island after being mauled‚ Cole’s mother starts to
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Most Important Lessons In the novel Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen he discuses the idea of morals. As the reader reads the novel it is filled with many important lessons from many perspectives. Understanding that all these lessons made Cole a better person. The most important lessons learnt from the book are life is what you make it‚ forgiveness‚ and that people can change. The lesson “life is what you make it” was a big part of the novel. But also this lesson was reflective. When
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in pain due to the cold. But then he sees the spirit bear‚ which quickly disappeared. Chapter 6: Cole was thinking about the meetings with the Circle Justice. He told everybody that he gets beaten up by his dad and that his parents are always drunk. Of course Cole gets mad again. Chapter 7: Cole sees the spirit bear for the second time. When he was about to kill it‚ the bear disappeared again. Chapter 8: Because of Cole’s attack‚ the bear fought with him. Cole got beaten up and was badly
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