Summary Of A Short Story: Cole Passed Away

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5 years later...Cole still lives on the island. He’s there because the island is the only place where he can contain his anger. Peter lives in Minnesota with his parents. Peter sometimes come to visit Cole like once a month. They became more like best friends over time.
Till this day Cole stills carves totems. Being on the island really helps Cole with his anger. Cole now knows how to handle with his anger. Cole have many different carved totems. Cole now have a carving of the spirit bear.
Ever since the dance of anger, Cole finally figured how to contain anger. After 5 years Cole is the calmest person on earth. Tomorrow is the day Peter visit Cole. That morning Peter showed up angry. He was mad that he couldn’t make babies. Peter was so mad, he started arguing with Cole. Cole told him to just chill, everything gone be alright.
After the visit with Cole, Peter didn’t know what to do. He lost his job, girl, and all his money. He stop visiting Cole for a while. Peter started doing bad things. He started selling drugs, hitting licks, and r5obbing people.
Peter been to county now, more than once. Peter took a flight to Chicago IL. He seen a famous rapper names Chief Keef. In one split second he thought to rob the rapper. Peter followed him all the way home. Once they arrived at the rappers house, Peter
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He don’t want peter going down the wrong path. Cole had forgot about the ancestor rock. He didn’t think about the rock for a minute. Cole thought he seen the spirit bear. He figured it was his imagination. The spirit bear was really there though. It walked up to Cole calmly. They stared at each other for three minutes straight. The spirit bear started talking to Cole. Cole asked why he attacked him. The bear said ‘because I thought you was gone attack me first’. Cole was quiet for a minute because he knew it was true. Later that day the bear and Cole sat next to a fire all night talking to each other. They fell asleep later

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