Why Banishing Cole was a good idea.
I think bashing Cole was a good idea because,
1. Cole is going to be in isolation so he has no one to talk to this is good because he has time to think.
2. No one can be able to help him on the island so he will have to rely mainly on himself for surviving.
3. Since he will have time to think he will have time to relax a bit and “roll away his anger”
Those are 3 things on why banishing Cole was a good idea.
I personally think Cole should be sent to jail! He smashed peter driskols skull into the side walk! Cole was also mean and threatening. Cole threatened peter, “your a dead man,” touching spirit bear page 7.Cole was taking it out on the spirit Bear, “A bear with half a brain would have turned tail and run. Instead this dumb animal had attacked.”, he thought. Page 69
Cole wanted to take it out on the baby sparrows.”if I where the mother I would leave them to fend for themselves”,he thought.”She didn’t ow them anything”.”Without his injuries he could have crawled up and and knocked the nest down”,” that what the stupid birds deserved”he thought. Page 75
Recently in our Touching Spirit Bear study, we read a part where the main character, Cole Matthews, had severely injured Peter Driscal. The community has been trying to come up with a punishment that will heal Cole. A man named Garvey suggested banishment to an island in Alaska. I think that this is a good idea because, if it was a bad idea, then why would Garvey suggest it in the first place. He is a native Tlingit and is from Alaska, so he would know if it was a bad idea. He says that others have gone and healed there. Banishment for Cole will also be a better choice for Cole than jail. As the Keeper from Circle justice says, jail will not heal, it can only anger them. Jail is not good for Cole because the environment around him is bad, but on the island, he is alone with nature . Banishment can also let Cole be alone and have time think and learn respect and humility. He will be away from people he can hurt and people who anger him. That is why I think Banishment is the best choice for Cole.
Cole’s banishment
we have been reading this book called touching spirit bear and the main character name is Cole Matthews, he has been banished to this island and our teacher gave us a question. The question was was banishing Cole to the island a good idea or a bad idea? So here is what i think.
I think that having Cole banished to the island was a good idea because in the story the keeper of the circle said jail is not to heal so I was thinking maybe that means it won’t heal someone unless they will learn from their mistakes because that’s the only way they will change, if you don’t learn from your mistakes then how are you gonna change. I also think that since the keeper agreed to that it would be a good idea because the keeper just wants Cole to change and become a better person but the keeper probably doesn’t want to hurt Cole either but I be wrong, maybe sending Cole to the island was a bad idea, who knows. Also Cole could learn how to take care of himself at the island, he will have to because hes on his on and if he doesn’t take care of himself he could die. That’s why i think banishing Cole to the island was a good idea.