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Touching Spirit Bear Takeaway

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We have finished reading our novel, Touching Spirit Bear, and we have learnt a lot of different things like Cole.

I think we could all learn to respect the people and things around us and we should try to be invisible to see the world, like Cole did in the story when he tried seeing more wildlife. Being invisible doesn’t mean staying still or trying not to smell like a human, but its means accepting that you’re part of life’s big circle. In the beginning of the book, Cole lashes his anger out on anything that stands up to him, like Peter driscal did. Cole had not accepted that he cant control everything, but after being mauled, he finally accepts this. Sometimes, I get angry at someone, and instead of acting rationally, I hurt them in a way. I think everyone, including me,  can all learn to be invisible like Cole.

 

What I do when it seems I do when it seems I can only seem to see the left end of the stick.

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Recently in our novel touching spirit bear, Edwin took Cole to a pond on a remote island in the middle of nowhere. In the pond Edwin gave Cole a stick “The right end of the stick is stick is your happiness the left end is your anger, break the left end of and get rid of your anger” Cole broke of the left end but a left end still remand. The lesson is “Anger is a memory never forgotten”

What I do when it seems I can only see the left end of the stick I:

tack deep breathes,

try to distract my self with something I love doing,

and i might count down from ten to one,

or read a book

What do you do when you can only see the left end of the stick?

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The left end of the stick is supposed to be your anger and the right end of the stick is your happiness/joy. Edwin told Cole to break of the left end of the stick and Cole did as he was asked to he broke it of but the left end was still there. Then Edwin explained that the left end is your anger you can never get rid of it, and the right end is your joy/happiness he also told Cole that if he focuses on good thoughts he will see the right end of the stick. This is what I think of when I see the left end of the stick

When i feel/ notice that i am focusing on the left end of the stick i try to think about my family and friends.i would read a book or start drawing something to distract my mind. i also try to think about the things that make me happy. One time my cousins and i went to the swimming pool and got the ball stuck on the roof. i would think of playing with my friends.

What Do You Do When You Can Only Seem To See The Left End Of The Stick

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When I can only see the left end of the stick, it makes me wonder why am I mad and what have I done to make make other people mad at me. The thought of having that in my mind becomes a dozen questions. One of the questions is why do other people try to get rid of the left end of the stick if you know you can’t. Its like saying get rid of your anger try to be happy always but nobody is perfect in life. In the book Touching Spirit Bear Edwin said anger is a memory never forgotten. I believe that what Edwin said is real. For an example you did something wrong then 2 weeks latter you are happy then but then you remembered what you did, now you know what you did wrong and you say sorry.

What Is The Left End Of The Stick?

The left end of the stick is your anger and the right end of the stick is you joy/happiness side

Is Banishing Cole The Right Decision? (Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen)

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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.