Summary Of Touching Spirit Bear

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What I like about the novel Touching Spirit Bear is the transformation we see inside of Cole Mathews and Peter Driscal due to the radically different ways they were, how Peter became sort of like Cole but then they both ultimately healed in the end. A quick summarization now, Cole Matthews a very irresponsible juvenile delinquent has an abusive father and an alcoholic mother, Cole being abused most of his life has developed severe anger issues and pushes, punishes, beats up, etc, anybody at his school who “disobeys” him and has been to juvie a number of times but always gets bailed out by his fancy pants rich father who can afford a top-notch lawyer, however, one day at school Peter told some adults about something Cole did. Cole went berserk …show more content…
Due to the significance of the crime Cole went to Juvie, but he could choose to join Circle Justice instead, so seeing a way out of having to go to Juvie Cole accepts, this time instead of a judge Cole found himself testifying in front of Circle Justice, they believed his lies so they allowed him to go to the island for rehabilitation, his parole officer Garvey, and Edwin a Tlingit elder accompany him to the island to give him supervision and babysit him. Cole had it nice on the island as the circle provided him with supplies and shelter but as soon as Garvey and Edwin leave Cole burns the shelter, tries to swim away, but in the end gets washed back to shore where he has to wait until the waves aren’t as fierce. In the meantime, he forages and hunts for food but encounters the spirit bear, he tries to attack the bear with his knife but because it’s a literal bear, it destroys and cripples Cole, laying down bleeding out Cole has time to think about his life and his choices before a thunderstorm rolls around and knocks and also kills baby sparrows, the first thing Cole has ever felt

Touching Spirit Bear Summary

Author’s Analysis Ben Mikaelson, the author of Touching Spirit Bear, loves to travel, be with his bear, drive around, explore and write. Mikaelson is a very creative man and has won many awards throughout his career. He is fluent in Spanish and English. He also has a wife named Connie. (Ben Mikaelson) Part of Ben’s childhood took place in La Paz, Bolivia, South America. He was bullied all throughout school because he was different than everyone else in Bolivia. His lungs also developed differently…

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Summary Of Touching Spirit Bear

The novel “Touching Spirit Bear” shows a great sense of healing and has an overall great message. In this novel, there was an uprising between the two boys, but before that happened, there were so many good parts. Some things I really enjoyed the healing process, including the ancestor rock and totem pole, and the attack of the bear, and Coles attack on Peter. Below I will share 3 of the best parts in my opinion. My first favorite part is when Cole beats up Peter. This may seem like a horrible favorite…

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Summary Of Touching Spirit Bear

reading Touching Spirit Bear. The book is interesting and enjoyable. I would recommend this book to anyone. Here are three reasons why. Touching Spirit Bear is a book that shows that people can change. Cole used to be a person that didn’t care about anyone and in the end he tried to help Peter and for Peter to stop thinking about suicide. This book is about how if you tell a bunch of lies, then no one will believe you if you tell one truth. Nobody believed Cole when he said he saw the Spirit Bear…

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