SSR - Zachary Smith - 11/13/2011 - Touching Spirt Bear - Mr. Kenealy (Ms. Buys)

I am reading "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen. The story is centering on Cole being banished to an island because of the bad things he has done. He has encounters with a "Spirit Bear" and sometimes those are very gruesome. He's fought the Spirit Bear, been attacked by the Spirit Bear, and is learning to understand the meaning behind all of this. Cole has been alone so long and is feeling he's learned his lesson and ready to return home, however the two other characters in this point of the book, Edwin and Garvey, feel he needs more of a lesson before leaving. Cole has to understand and learn to deal with his anger issues. He needs to understand why he has them, and what he did to Peter was wrong. That is why he's being punished.