Cole The Bear Chapter Summary

Cole Matthews never owned up for his actions, always blaming everything and everyone else for them. When someone named Peter Driscal tells on Cole when he brags about robbing a store, Cole gets angered and nearly kills Peter. Cole waits for trial, unsure of whether it would be in juvenile court or if the jurisdiction would be passed to an adult court. A man named Garvey tells Cole about a punishment called circle justice. After going through many tests, Cole is allowed to use circle justice and is sent to an isolated island in Alaska where, when left alone, burns all his supplies and is nearly killed by a white bear called “Spirit Bear”. When he survives, he decides he wants to stop being angry and take responsibility for his actions. Peter

Margaret Laurence was a Canadian novelist born in Manitoba. She liked to travel and she based some of her works on the places she visited. Five of her books are based on a town called Manawaka, though it is fiction, it is based on her birthplace. The story The Mask of the Bear by Margaret Laurence, portrays a young girl that lives in an unhealthy environment, this is shown through the themes of entrapment and loneliness, through certain aspects of Vanessa’s writing by using her mind and body to escape, and furthermore, the story also combines the symbolism of wearing a mask. The theme of entrapment and loneliness displays how Vanessa lives in an unhealthy home. Through Vanessa’s writing, it is revealed that she uses her mind and body to

E.K. Johnston draws information from Shakespeare’s, “The Winter’s Tale,” to write her book, “Exit, Pursued by a Bear.” For example, E.K. Johnston bases her story’s conflict on Shakespeare’s work. The conflict in her story is how a girl struggles to obtain control of her life after being violated (Johnston 58); whereas, Shakespeare’s story conflict is about a woman was falsely accused of having an affair and suffered injustices (2.1). Johnston’s story is very similar to Shakespeare’s, because both have a girl or woman struggle because of other’s actions. Hermione in “Exit, Pursued by a Bear,” struggles to manage of her life after she was sexually violated, and Hermione in “The Winter’s Tale,” was in prison because her husband thought she was

That is when Cole realized that “he wanted to live.” Henceforth, he fought to survive, wanting to make a difference in his life, because of the savage attack, which gave Cole the chance to view his life without anger. Cole's transformation became evident as he strived to control his anger, learning many ways to deal with it. Before Cole left the hospital, Edwin and Garvey inquired about the spirit bear, as Edwin believed the spirit bear did not live near Cole. He was willing to show Edwin proof by pulling out the spirit bear's fur he took; however, he froze thinking about how “the more he lied, the more he tried to prove he was right.”

In E.K Johnston’s Exit, Pursued by a Bear, Hermione Winters was sexually assaulted at a cheerleading camp party. This is a huge problem for Hermione because it affects her entire life and she has many problems to deal with as a result. She overcomes this event by getting help and support. The help and support she gets is mostly from her best friend and her parents. Her mother supported her decisions and helped her through the entire event. Her mother is educated and knows where to go to get help. Not only does she overcome this event but she also overcomes her negative feelings and thoughts. Parents who want to educate their kids on sexual assault and rape should read E.K Johnston’s Exit, Pursued by a Bear because it informs parents on their role before and after a traumatic event through education and unconditional love.

In Ben Mikaelsen's novel, Touching Spirit Bear, the protagonist, Cole Matthews, is a troubled 15-year old teen, who has received the title as a juvenile delinquent. His traumatizing past has turned him into an angry, stubborn and rude figure. Due to an unacceptable action, Cole is then shipped to a remote island, in Southeast Alaska, to embark in an experience that can possibly give him the chance to "change". At first, Cole struggles to change from a juvenile delinquent, but as the novel progresses, Cole slowly becomes someone he never knew he could become. He encounters a variety of challenges and obstacles that teach him many life lessons.

People like Cole who have gone through hard times and struggles know that facing adversity and succeeding is a hard process but it is possible. In the book Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen Cole has been facing adversity for a long time and taking his feelings out on others but after he beats up Peter Driscal his parents and the police think it's time for him to change. So they send him to an island but Cole doesn't want to change and causes problems for himself that he must solve later. Relationships, experiences, and the mindset of a person can be the difference between failing and succeeding in the face of Adversity. Everyone knows having positive relationships with people is vital to survival in the world.

realized that he had become a part of nature. In the story, Ike had brought a

Cole had made the bear mad and the bear had attacked Cole and left. “ Cole felt a rush of tears and emotion” (110). Cole was so afraid and emotional when he was attacked and sometimes even when he saw the bear he would be afraid of being hurt again. Cole had change that now when he sees the spirit bear he is no longer afraid like before. “‘during the late summer and early fall, Cole had spotted the spirit bear every few days as it wandered along the shore…’”(236). Cole was calm when he saw the bear now he didn’t freak out and cry, now that he is stronger from the

After the Civil War, the American Southerners had a strong trauma that could not be forgotten. Considering that William Faulkner was also one of these Southerners, approaching to his texts through a psychoanalytic lens would be a meaningful work. In fact, Faulkner is one of the rare writers who faced Southern racial ‘taboo’: the miscegenation. In addition, a Southern Renaissance that what Faulkner does with the South through his novels are very similar with what Freud did with the European civilization after the World War I in his work about ‘psychoanalytic mourning’ (Lee 229). Actually, Faulkner went through the World War I just like Freud did and he is one of the “Lost Generations”: a group of writers who were strongly affected by the inhumanity of war. Thus, this essay will focus on analyzing Faulkner’s “The Bear” in psychoanalytical view.

William Faulkner’s novella “The Bear” from his collection of works, Go Down Moses, is a symbolic exploration of the relationship between man and nature in the eyes of a young boy. The heart of the issue, the warped idea of the ownership of land, is revealed thought the clash of man and nature in a wild chase that ends only in blood and death. The prey is nature itself, represented by a bear, while the hunters are men, full of greed and destructive possessiveness, pursuing that which they do not understand. Ike’s idea of the bear, presented in section 1 of the novella, expresses the idea of symbolism in relation to the bear and to the hunters and what the battle between the two represents.

Love exists in the short story “The Bear Came Over the Mountain” by Alice Munro and in the short story “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” by Raymond Carver. in Munro’s short story the plot is that of a mentally ill wife, Fiona, who falls in love with another patient while her husband still tries to hang on to their old love. Her husband eventually wants to have an affair with the wife of the man his wife is having an affair with. Their love changed because of their circumstances due to ill health. Carver’s story discusses the different definitions of love due to the type and quality of relationships; everyone has a different definition. Love also exists all over the world within different environments and cultures. The concept of love depends upon the environment in which it inhabits. Love is dependent on the life of the people in love and it also depends on their current environment. Nature and nurture are also huge factors into the development and process of love. What nature and nurture mean is whether it is due to how the person lives and acts along with their personality compared to whether it’s all in their genetics beforehand. Love is more on the nurture side instead of the nature side of human experience.

“The Bear,” by Tom Lombardi, is about of a husband and wife. While reading the story you start to understand that Gary, the husband, doesn’t seem to care to much about his wife, Lois. Gary doesn’t seem to even care about Lois. Gary was very unsensitive when it comes to things. In the story, while they are in the woods, Gary tells Lois to pay attention to bears, if she sees a bear, she should not be scared, but don’t be stupid. While Lois went to use the restroom one time, she encountered a bear. However, during this time, she felt that the bear was communicating with her. In the story, Lois talked about the bears puppy-like eyes and that the bear rolled over and showed his belly. In a way, this made Lois trust the bear and not to fear the bear. The bear tells Lois that he has seen Lois and Gary together making love and he

In the passage from The Bear, Faulkner is outlining the reverent, supernatural, and fearful feelings that Isaac, as well as the others, placed on the bear in their minds and imaginations. Isaac at this point had never experienced the woods or the bear. He only heard the tales and stories his father and the other hunters told time and time again and glimpsed the fear in their eyes. The stories drew a undefeatable, powerful caricature of the bear and of the woods in Isaac’s mind. These narratives also revealed the lonely existence of the bear, and how he was without a wife or any children to pass his legacy onto. Somehow, it made him more formidable and invincible, and it strengthened Isaac's belief in the immortality of the bear, and how it

The black bear is the smallest North American bear. The adults are usually less than six feet long and stand about two to three feet tall at shoulders. The weight of a black bear varies between 125-500 ponds. They have small eyes and rounded ears. Also their snout is very long. Each paw has five very strong claws, which is used for tearing, digging, and climbing. One single hit from the front paw is enough to kill an adult deer. A black