Comparison Of Ruthless And Touching Spirit Bear

there is a simple way of explaining types of anger. This will help you find an answer for the direction of managing anger. The goal of anger management is to help calm us when we are in a rage of anger, not to subdue our anger issues. The first stage to dealing with our anger issue is to realize that it is our unfulfilled expectations or desire, a traumatic, or enraging event that has taken place in our

Have you ever thought about how everything that goes around comes around ending up like a circle? Circles are always connected and so is everything around us. In the novel Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikealson, Cole is sent to an isolated island to reflect on his actions. At the island, he gets mauled by the spirit bear and almost dies. This lets him think about what he has done and allows him to change. The motif of circles that Cole encounters, changes him and influences him for the better.

In this part of the story, Cole is telling Garvey and/or Edwin that he can help Peter, because he realized his true emotions. In the text it states, “I know he’s afraid of me and what I did. He thinks I’m a monster that’s coming back to get him. Maybe if he meets me again face to face, he’ll see I’ve changed. And maybe he’ll see that he can heal, too.” (Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear, 206 - 207). This shows that Cole feels empathy for Peter and knows that he can change Peter’s mind about who he thinks Cole really is. Cole is a good person now, and even though he made a mistake back then, he is back on track and is capable of doing things that no one thought Cole would ever do. Peter is a good kid, and once he saw that Cole has become who he is now, Peter did realize that Cole was a good person, and eventually, learned that sometimes you just have to trust

In chapter 13 of Touching Spirit Bear, the character Cole begins a new transformation that will change his life. According to the text it states, “‘I didn’t think anybody cared about me anymore,” Cole said….” Cole now believes this because he realizes Gravey and Edwin care about because they took him to the hospital when they found him ripped up with broken bones. His parents don’t even about him. This is going to help by trusting people and not get mad all the time. Cole’s dad beat him and his mom ran when this went on. The author states, “He (Cole) spoke softly, ‘I don’t need to prove anything. I’m telling the truth.’” This means that Cole now learns that telling the truth is the right thing to do and he does not need to prove himself. This

Touching Spirit Bear is about a teenager named Cole Matthews. Cole Matthews lives in Minneapolis he has anger issues that may have been caused because his dad beat him up and mother doesn't stand up for him. Cole Matthews gets himself into a lot of trouble .About a week after Cole robbed a hardware store without getting caught . A guy named Peter Driscal tattled on him and told the police all about the robbery . This made Cole very upset causing him to push Peter into the sidewalk making his head bleed and repeatedly kicking and punching Peter. So after the Peter incident Cole had to decide if he should go to jail for 2 years or 1 year in the circle of justice which could end up being worse than the 2 years in jail if he really doesn't want

In Ben Mikaelsen’s Touching Spirit Bear, Cole Matthews is a troubled adolescent who often acts out with aggressive behavior. Cole begins the novel as a very violent teenager, however, near the end he grasp how to deal with his anger.In the first chapter of the book, cole struggles with dealing with his emotions in a healthy way. Instead of working issues out he responds murderously towards Peter. Later in the novel, he is still furious, but he is beginning to alter how he acts. Finally in the end he has transformed from being enraged all the time, to responding to the world around him, in a positive peaceful manner.

The realistic fiction novel Touching Spirit Bear, by Ben Mikaelsen, the passage indicates that anger can never be forgotten. On Cole’s second trip to the island, after his mauling by the Spirit Bear, Cole still struggles with his anger. Edwin takes him to a freezing spring and teaches him, using two sides of a stick as an symbol, that you can never get rid of your anger, but you can focus on happier times. After Cole leaves the water and soaks in Edwin’s meaning, he concludes that Edwin’s message “makes more sense than all the weird things the counselors and psychologist have told me” (Mikaelsen 146). Cole will never stop being resentful of his life, how his parents neglect and abuse him, how everyone seemingly wants to just get rid of him.

I read the sequel to Touching Spirit Bear for one of my projects to complete. The book is called The Ghost of Spirit Bear. In these two books there is a lot of similarities and differences. Both books also have a similar theme. Although, I did end up liking one more than the other.

As Buddha once said, “Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.” (Rosberg, Johanna. "Holding Onto Anger Is Like Drinking Poison and Expecting the Other Person to Die - Buddha.") This quote explains that there is no punishment for anger, what you decide to do with your anger, now that is up to you. Anger can cause unpredictable behavior if it is taken into its own hands improperly. Poe and Blake use point of view and actions to convey that holding in anger and revenge can drive one to do uncharacteristic actions unlike their behavior.

The theme of love and friendship in Touching Spirit Bear is a unique connection that Cole learns from people that he meets on the island. After the Spirit Bear and Cole have their differences the Spirit Bear gives Cole a piece of white hair off its back, Cole is shocked by the peacefulness and learns that everything may not be as harmful as you think. After Rosey took care of Cole from his injuries from the Spirit Bear, Edwin pleas to the Circle Justice to give Cole a second chance, they accepted the request. This shows Cole what friendship is because Edwin had been in his shoes before doing what Cole is doing. As Edwin teaches Cole how to build his own shelter and rituals Cole understands the amount of love Edwin has for him by caring to

Something in my life that my anger was affected by was being blamed for something that I did not do. I was blamed for saying curse words that I did not say. However, because I have been in trouble before for cursing, which I did do, they did not believe me this time. This caused me to become very angry, which in turn made me lash out at the person who blamed me. By not having self-control over my anger I had to sit in In School Suspension for a whole

Anger is not a good, thing, and should be kept under control, for causes people to act rashly and clouds their judgment. An example is when Cole tries to explains why he beat Peter Driscal up, he explains that it was the anger that caused him to act out and behave irrationally(Mikalsen 234) This means that Cole did not mean or want to hurt Peter, but his anger clouded his judgement and convinced him to beat up and bash Peter on the sidewalk. This shows that anger causes people to do things they normally wouldn’t even think of doing. Therefore, anger should be held back and taken out somewhere else, otherwise it could hurt people.

To begin, anger is one of those feelings that can make people do or say the things they’ll regret later. For instance, in the play, Romeo and Juliet, Romeo’s friend, Mercutio, was

When it comes to anger issues, it seems almost second-nature to ignore or deny their existence. Why blame yourself when you can let your co-worker or that cashier know how you really feel? I mean, they’re the ones that caused the problem, right? But let’s really think about it; yes, your co-worker did spill coffee on your paperwork, and yes, that cashier did accidentally short-change you, but did those instances really warrant such an explosive reaction? Did it really anger you so much to continue your aggressive behavior for hours afterward? When we fail to realize our anger triggers and sweep that important self-dialogue under the rug, it’s easy for us to become wrapped up in a state of perpetual denial. Worse yet, if we’re cognizant of our anger problems, we often believe the factors that lead to our volatile feelings will somehow ‘work themselves out’. Conversely, anger is present in the home-life of thousands of families all across the globe.

For instance, anger leads to brutal acts of violence in the Criminal Minds episode “Children of the Dark.” In this episode, a man’s rage leads him to commit the most extreme act of violence: murder. This man was abused by his foster family and the memories of the constant abuse stayed with him as he grew older. The man, reacting to the years of abuse and the anger the abuse created, decides to kill random families and lastly targets his own foster family. The man’s violent acts illustrate that anger is a dangerous emotion that puts others in harm’s way (“Children of the Dark”). Evidently, instead of coping with the rage and learning how to control it, the intense anger succeeds and turns the man into a murderer. Due to the lack of control over this influential emotion, the man allows anger to take hold of him and causes him to commit awful actions. Hence, anger can lead to unwanted and unfavorable consequences. Furthermore, if anger cannot be controlled, it will most likely result in acts of