Quotes From Touching Spirit Bear

The desire to change is fundamental in order to succeed in life. In the novel Touching Spirit Bear, by Ben Mikaelson, there is a young boy named Cole Matthews, who is filled with anger because of the negative events he experienced through his life. Due to a brutal attack towards Peter Driscal, the Circle of Justice put Cole through the process of isolation on an island. Cole struggled to be submissive in the beginning, but in the end, he was a changed boy. I agree with Edwin’s statement because through different practices and acceptance of our own mistakes, we can achieve change.
People are able to release some anger by practicing some form of therapy. Edwin took Cole to a freezing pond so that he can experience one of the processes of healing. …show more content…
During a conversation Garvey and Edwin were having with Cole about his father, I felt that Cole was really open to give sincere answers instead of avoiding them. Edwin asked Cole, “So, you think this is all his fault, huh? No, said Cole, his voice trembling. Mom said his parents beat him up, too. I don’t know where the anger all started. All I know is I don’t ever want to have a kid and beat him up” (132). Most of Cole’s life consisted of always blaming his father for everything, but in this passage, Cole doesn’t blame him. He tries to understand his father’s story. He recognizes that he is worse than his father because at least his father hasn’t been in jail. Despite all the beating his father put him through, he decides to break that chain of violence by deciding not to be violent towards a kid of his own.
Blaming others shouldn’t justify the bad behavior we decide to take. No one else should suffer the consequences, just because we are suffering ourselves. When Cole decides to be different from his father, this reveals the change that Cole has made which can lead to a better future for his