Reflection On Touching Spirit Bear

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When my ELAR teacher announced that we would be reading Touching Spirit Bear, I wasn’t psyched. As a straight-A student, I’ve never been one for reading, but your book changed that.
“The sky, this stick, hotdogs, life, it's all the same. It's what you make of it.” That quote was a major turning point for me. I started to think more in depth and I finally realized that I needed to see the glass half full, instead of half empty because life is short and you need to make the most of it.
Since I did not take pleasure in reading, I wasn’t sure I was going to finish your book. When the Spirit Bear mauled Cole, it gave me a reason to read on and i’m glad I did. The way the mauling changed Cole’s attitude was a light bulb in my head. All of a sudden,