Touching Spirit Bear By Daria Cheremushkina Who is Cole Mathews? Cole Mathews is the main character in the book “Touching Spirit Bear” by Ben Mikaelsen. In characteristics Cole is angry young man who wants to get attention from his divorced parents. Cole has a warm heart inside but because of his parents and some problems such as not having friends and not having the place where you feel comfortable. He is very cold to everyone until he learns new lessons on the island. The island for him is
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Touching Spirit Bear notes Chapter 1 A flashback explains to us how Cole got to Alaska in the first place. A native of Minnesota‚ he had been in the juvenile justice system for quite some time‚ and his wealthy and well-connected parents usually would get him out of trouble with the law. Recently‚ however‚ Cole broke into a store illegally‚ but when he bragged about it to one of his classmates‚ Peter Driscal‚ Peter turned him in. In revenge‚ Cole beat Peter up very badly‚ causing Peter head trauma
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The theme of Touching Spirit Bear is that you can always change yourself for the better. Cole went through some rough times as a child which caused his actions to be pretty dumb as he was nearing adulthood. Cole repeatedly slammed the head of one of his peers into the sidewalk for telling people he robbed a hardware store and left it a disaster. Afterwards‚ the Circle sentenced him to live in isolation on an Alaskan island. Cole had to chose between changing his ways or potentially going to prison
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“Touching Spirit Bear” Essay In the book “Touching Spirit Bear” there are a many themes one of the most evident ones is what goes around come around .Cole Matthews is banished to a remote Alaskan island as punishment for beating his classmate Peter Driscal almost bad enough to kill him. Being banished on the island is a old native tradition of the Tlingit peoples to help turn around troubled youth. During Coles first stay on the island he is mauled by a pure white bear about a day after he has
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“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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change with a steady‚ continuous push or with a sudden push. I like that idea because not every person reacts to an event the same way. I agree with the statement that healing is much more difficult than the standard punishment. In the book Touching Spirit Bear‚ Cole heals only after he learns how to respect‚ to control his anger‚ and helps the boy he hurt. However‚ at first‚ he feigned that he cared and just kept being defiant. It’s not easy for one to wake up and turn his or her life around. I find
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plays an important role in the Youth Criminal Justice System. The theme of restorative justice runs throughout the Youth Criminal Justice Act and can be seen in the requirements dealing with victims of youth crimes. As stated on page 12 of the Touching Spirit Bear novel‚ Garvey quotes‚ “Everybody is part of the healing‚ including people from the community-anybody who cares. But healing is much harder than standard punishment. Healing requires taking responsibility for your actions.” In my opinion‚ youths
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Touching Spirit Bear is a book about a teenager named Cole Matthews‚ who can’t control his anger. Cole attacks Peter Driscal and smashes his head on the sidewalk. Cole is going to go to jail‚ but Cole’s parole officer‚ Garvey‚ suggests the Native American Circle Justice. Cole is banished to an abandoned Alaskan island for one year. While he is there‚ a mysterious white bear called a Spirit Bear mauls Cole. Cole nearly died. After the attack Cole’s feelings really changed and he wasn’t nearly as angry
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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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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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