“Life is a circle and every part of a circle is a beginning and an end.” This quote from Touching Spirit Bear is very true. It means, if you begin something, it changes things from how they were before. If something changes, things cease to be how they were before the change. For example, if you got a new pet, it is the beginning of life with your new pet. However, it is also the end of life without that pet. To start something, you have to end something else. This can either be beneficial, or not.
In Touching Spirit Bear, the change was both good and bad. To Cole, the change seemed bad, but after he got used to it, the change made his life better. Cole lived a life of anger and fear. He was afraid of his father, who beat him, and angry with him for doing it. When Cole beat up a schoolmate, he was sent to an island to live by himself for a year. He was mauled by a bear, and rescued. He later returned to the same island by choice. This may have seemed bad, but being hurt gave him time to think and realize things. Returning to the island and building a shelter gave him work to do so that he wouldn’t fall back into his previous pattern of life.
If “life is a circle and every part of a circle is a beginning and an end,” it is important to realize this and accept new opportunities. However, it is also important to remember that things cannot stay the same forever in life.
The statement I liked best was "If something changes, things cease to be how they were before the change." You also did a good job of recalling events from the novel. However, you need to work on connecting the quote to those events. For example, when Cole went to the island, what ceased to exist? When Cole met back up with Peter and apologized, what ceased to exist? Give events and the specific change from those events. Grade: 43/50
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