Clarification

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"breaking into a hardware store. After robbing the place, he had totally trashed it." "He denied the break-in, of course, then he beat up the boy that turned him in. The kid, Peter Driscal was a ninth grader Cole had picked on many times before just for the fun of it." "Peter was no match, and soon Cole had pounded him bloody."
-Touching Spirit Bear By: Ben Mikaelson

1. Cole is a teenager who makes bad choices. He first robbed a hardware store. Then he brutally beat up Peter Driscal, the boy who turned him into the police. Cole unleashed his uncontrollable anger upon Peter, and Peter had no chance of defending himself against Cole. His decision to hurt Peter caused him to be put in a detention center. Relating to success, Cole was very unsuccessful because his decision to hurt Peter did not benefit him at all.

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"He had slept poorly because he had considered making a canoe instead of a totem. Taking a deep breath, he lifted the hatchet and began striking the center of the log. Again and again he hacked, until a deep groove circled the log. With each blow he felt his anger disappearing." -Touching Spirit Bear By: Ben Mikaelson

2. Cole had found a large log. It was perfect size for a canoe, but he knew that it would not be right. Cole chose to build the totem pole. So that he couldn't build canoe, Cole hacked at the log until he could no longer use it as a canoe. Cole was successful because he did the right thing. He chose to stay on the island and heal instead of escaping. This shows his success toward his healing.

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"He knew how to be invisible. To be invisible he had to clear his mind." "The day he touched the spirit bear he had been near death and had completely given up trying to be in control."
-Touching Spirit Bear By: Ben Mikaelson

3. Cole knew how to be invisible. Cole knew he had to let go of the anger and think of life, and clear his mind. He had to stop thinking of himself and think about life and choices in a different perspective. He had to stop trying to control everything. In the end, Cole knew he wasn't the only one to think about. Cole is successful because he learned to be invisible, to not only think of yourself all the time.