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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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” 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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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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“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 there to help and support you‚ and Cole just happens to main character to prove this theory.
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Unfortunately‚ sometimes it takes a big accident to help someone improve‚ like Cole. I agree with what the character Edwin said about how someone can 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
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The book Touching Spirit Bear is a book written about a challenged teen named Cole Mathews. He has instigated some terrible crimes he must pay for by living in isolation on a remote island since he is a danger to society. One problem that continues to plague Cole is how he refuses to take ownership for his own choices and actions; instead‚ he wants to blame others to excuse his poor decisions. Along his journey to change‚ he is fortunate to have mentors that try to help him reform his ways. Many
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with the many animals they encountered. Many tribes believed that relating with an animal gave them a sense of connection with nature and the planet. Recently‚ I too have began to immerse myself in the study of native animal spirits as part of my work with the Touching Spirit Bear novel. There are three animals in particular who match a big part of my personality: the Racoon‚ Albatros and the Humpback Whale. These animals reflect the obvious traits I’ve been told I express in my everyday life. In a
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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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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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