Novels establish themes to bring change to reality. This is the case with the book ”Touching Spirit Bear” written by Ben Mikaelson. In the book a trouble teen, Cole, was the the child of alcoholics who abused him, he was the troublemaker who had beat up a kid who’s head was crushed and was sent off to an island for a punishment as Banishment. His adventure taught him many things which led to his path of healing. The author uses many life-changing themes to convey his way of change such as anger, forgiveness, and coming-of-age.
Uncontrolled anger leads to violence. Anger was a very important element to the novel. It always led him to his unnecessary conflict. “With anger that had been brewing all day, he attacked him and started hitting him hard in the face with his bare fists.” (Pg 7). In this instance, the author uses a metaphor to compare the anger that had been stacking up by which led him to using violence. He had no other way to go except anger, he had no control over anger by which he decided to use his anger on violence to Peter. “Again the Spirit Bear had vanished, but it didn't matter. If it showed its ugly face again now, it was dead!” (Pg 59) In this situation using tone such as an exclamation point, Cole was ferocious. Cole had been angry about the island and took out his anger on using violence on the bear. (so what) (try: Anger is not always a bad thing it can be a good thing such as to express your negative feelings but uncontrolled anger can cause problems such as it did with Cole.) Forgiveness can lead to change. …show more content…
Forgiveness was also a segment of the book. “I learned to forgive,” “Not just others, but also myself.” (Pg 214) In the beginning of the book Cole would always blame others for his actions such as how he beat up Peter and blamed it on Peter for not knowing how to fight back. Now he had learned to forgive and started to change and control his anger. “It's warmer in the cabin if you want,” (Pg 225) said Peter. Not only did Cole learn to forgive but so had Peter. When Peter arrived on the island he was quiet and had no hope at all. It was his only option to heal or change, he had refused to talk to Cole and even made Cole sleep in a tent far away from the cabin, he had finally started to care and build up trust and finally invited Cole into the warm, cozy cabin. From the time he started to trust and forgive Peter started to take action with Coles routines such as throwing the ancestor rock and soaking in the water. (so what) (try: Forgiveness is an excellent way of getting rid of negative emotions and to heal and change.) If you learn from the situations of life you become more mature. Coming-of-age was a major segment of the story. In the beginning of the novel Garvey compares life with a cake (Pg 28). He makes Cole taste a cake’s ingredients themselves without them being mixed up and they tasted gross. He then gave Cole a piece of cake he baked using the same ingredients and made Cole taste it and it was way better than ingredient themselves. In this way the author interprets a metaphor comparing life and cake
Uncontrolled anger leads to violence. Anger was a very important element to the novel. It always led him to his unnecessary conflict. “With anger that had been brewing all day, he attacked him and started hitting him hard in the face with his bare fists.” (Pg 7). In this instance, the author uses a metaphor to compare the anger that had been stacking up by which led him to using violence. He had no other way to go except anger, he had no control over anger by which he decided to use his anger on violence to Peter. “Again the Spirit Bear had vanished, but it didn't matter. If it showed its ugly face again now, it was dead!” (Pg 59) In this situation using tone such as an exclamation point, Cole was ferocious. Cole had been angry about the island and took out his anger on using violence on the bear. (so what) (try: Anger is not always a bad thing it can be a good thing such as to express your negative feelings but uncontrolled anger can cause problems such as it did with Cole.) Forgiveness can lead to change. …show more content…
Forgiveness was also a segment of the book. “I learned to forgive,” “Not just others, but also myself.” (Pg 214) In the beginning of the book Cole would always blame others for his actions such as how he beat up Peter and blamed it on Peter for not knowing how to fight back. Now he had learned to forgive and started to change and control his anger. “It's warmer in the cabin if you want,” (Pg 225) said Peter. Not only did Cole learn to forgive but so had Peter. When Peter arrived on the island he was quiet and had no hope at all. It was his only option to heal or change, he had refused to talk to Cole and even made Cole sleep in a tent far away from the cabin, he had finally started to care and build up trust and finally invited Cole into the warm, cozy cabin. From the time he started to trust and forgive Peter started to take action with Coles routines such as throwing the ancestor rock and soaking in the water. (so what) (try: Forgiveness is an excellent way of getting rid of negative emotions and to heal and change.) If you learn from the situations of life you become more mature. Coming-of-age was a major segment of the story. In the beginning of the novel Garvey compares life with a cake (Pg 28). He makes Cole taste a cake’s ingredients themselves without them being mixed up and they tasted gross. He then gave Cole a piece of cake he baked using the same ingredients and made Cole taste it and it was way better than ingredient themselves. In this way the author interprets a metaphor comparing life and cake