Touching Spirit Bear The Devil's Arithmetic Summary

There are several parallels between the two books.  One such parallel is that in both books Peter and Cole experience some form of hardship.  On example is that in Touching Spirit Bear on pages 246 and 247, it says, “When Cole refused to fight back, Peter grew bolder. Again and again he struck Cole with his bare fists. Cole raised his arms to try to ward off the blows, but he didn’t fight back, nor did he run. This only made

In “Touching Spirit Bear” by Ben Mikaelsen, Cole Matthews is a teenage delinquent who's in big trouble for beating up a kid named Peter Driscal. He's unrepentant and even though he is facing serious jail time, his kindly parole officer, a man named Garvey, gets him into this Native American justice program called Circle Justice. The idea is that his sentencing will be focused on healing rather than punishment—and the Circle Justice elders tell him that he'll be going to a remote island in Alaska for a year in order to live off the land and think about his mistakes. The lesson i learned is that, it can be hard, but it’s possible to change. My first reason is, if you don’t try, change is almost impossible.

The two text are similar for various reasons. They are generally similar because they both have someone attempting to deny or rebel against society or government and they both get are unsuccessful and killed in the end. As seen in Harrison Bergeron this conflict occurs when Harrison

The men and women are separated, and put to work. There is a Commandant who hates them, and they are slowly killed off(The Devil’s Arithmetic) per commandant’s orders. Working daily, Hannah and her camp companions steal things such as scarves to get warmer during the frigid days and gelid nights. Some young men form a plan to escape, but of no avail, even when they change their course of action. Next, they are caught and killed in a merciless manner, as is expected of the horrendous Nazis, who are currently killing more Jews daily than ever, probably due to the fact that the Allies are winning the war. Soon after, Rivka(Hannah’s friend) is chosen to die, to Hannah responds by taking Rivka’s scarf and going in her place to be killed; when she arrives at the chamber, the mysterious power that has transported Hannah to a seemingly dream past grasps Hannah

Hanneli ‘Hannah’ Pik-Goslar was much like other Jewish children in Germany in the 1930’s, she was shunned, not allowed to go to the movies or ice skate, and was forced to attend a special school. Most of Germany was segregated against the Jewish and against her family. Hannah was born in Germany in 1928 to Ruth Klee and Hans Goslar, by the time she’s 5 years old she and her parents are already on the run from Nazi’s. When she’s 12 her sister Gabi was born. She is already friends with Anne when she hears they’ve fled to Switzerland. This is not true as they have just started their two year hiding period in the Secret Annex. In 1942 Hannah’s mom dies in childbirth with a stillborn baby. While her dad managed to get passport, they were still arrested

The similarities of the book are very simple and easy to point out. In both works, they cover the same events in

In the novel, Touching Spirit Bear, by Ben Mikaelson, Cole Matthews undergoes conflict. Minneapolis’ infamous Cole Matthews is a fifteen-year-old juvenile delinquent, who experiences a paucity of love and positive attention growing up. Consequently, the abuse creates his barbarous perspective towards life and other people. Struggling to manage his uncontrollable anger, he endures conflict with his innocent peer, Peter Driscal, with nature, with his own self, and with his inebriated parents.

I remember when I was in the eighth grade, the entire class was assigned a project revolving around the Holocaust: each rotation of classes brought us all into the next level of this month-long project. In one class, we made scale models of what we thought would be a proper shelter for hiding in and in another, we read Holocaust era literature, such as Anne Frank’s Diary and Eli Wiesel’s Night. In what was normally our History class, we watched and read The Devil’s Arithmetic. Written by Jane Yolen, the story follows that of a young girl whose family is experiencing Passover. When showing her disinterest in the event, she is transported to Auschwitz during World War II to learn the importance of her heritage.

The similarities in each book are many, as most occur in the important events in each story like them getting split from their families. In the beginning, they’re both split from their families, then sent to camps. After they both end up just trying to survive in this new place, then after some time, get sent to another camp. The next camp for

In my opinion I think that both stories are very similar in the way that both protagonist of both stories are poor men who I believe sold their soul to the devil. In the story

Imagine being on the brink of death. Then BOOM! Suddenly a change occurs. This is very similar to the novels “Touching Spirit Bear” and “The Devil’s Arithmetic” . In the novel “Touching Spirit Bear” an angered boy named Cole Matthews had a horrible day. He decided to take it out on an innocent kid. This starts as a “vacation” and ends up being a life lesson. In the novel “The Devil’s Arithmetic” a young girl named Hannah doesn’t respect her family’s culture. When she learns about her family’s history, everything turns around. While both characters in the novels go through a change after being taught lessons, the result is very different and changes them completely.

In Touching Spirit Bear Cole drives to be a better person and to make wise choices, in Devilś Arithmetic Hannah drives to other people. Cole wants to heal his anger, but it is going to take a lot of work to heal it. So he went through the Circle Of Justice. Hannah, in Devil's Arithmetic, struggles to remember the past and she is thankful for the past at the end of the story. While Cole in Touching Spirit Bear and Hannah in Devil's arithmetic have different objectives, they both are based on internal and external conflicts that help the reader achieve their goal.

In the book Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen, Cole had committed many crimes. Because of his actions, he was going to go to jail, but instead his choose to be apart of Circle Justice. From there the community decided that he would be sent to a remote island in Alaska for a year. Except when he was on the island he eventually ended up getting attacked by the Spirit Bear when resulted in many broken bones. After he was attacked he realized how important and beautiful really life is. He then was brought home because of all of his injuries. Even though Coles banishment failed, Cole developed into a new person, which made it a complete success.

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

The most evident motifs in both novels are madness, nonacceptance and the concept of betrayal. that