Essay On Touching Spirit Bear

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Ghost of Spirit Bear & Touching Spirit Bear I have never been to Minneapolis, Minnesota or have never beat a kid up on the sidewalk, but the detail in Ben Mikaelsen’s writing made me feel like I was standing next to him watching the book unfold and Come to life. This book has a lot of similarities to its prequel, Touching Spirit Bear, and mentions the connections a lot throughout the book. The story is told from a 3rd person narrator (limited) that follows everyone around and sometimes adds a quick comment or two.
The first book is about a boy named Cole Matthews, who has anger issues and beats up a kid named Peter Driscal to the point where he stutters when he talks and wanted to commit suicide for a long time. Cole then gets sentenced to a banishment to an Alaskan Island to think about what he had done. He soon arrives at the island, and not two days pass when he gets mauled by a Giant White “Spirit Bear”
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I enjoyed both books but I enjoyed the first book (Touching Spirit Bear) more than the sequel. It gave me a taste of what it would be like to live alone on an island, away from society. In my opinion, the book is also more descriptive, (“Worn steel handcuffs bit at his wrists each time the small craft slapped into another wave. Overhead, a gray matted sky hung like a bad omen.”[Touching,3]) and is more meaningful. It shows the journey Cole went through, from beating up a kid to becoming friends with him and regretting his actions. However the second book has more tension then the first book which makes it more interesting, Cole and Peter get into predicaments with bullies and gangs (“Hey look, its psycho and Gimp! Cole turned and as a gang of five boys approached. He recognized all of them”[Mikaelsen,27]). Both books are really good but I personally enjoyed Touching Spirit Bear more because of the deep meaning behind