Question

The Rock once said, “Don't focus on the pain, focus on the progress” (www.quotespedia.org).In the emotional book, Touching Spirit Bear, by Ben Mikealson the character Cole Mathews did not focus on the past he focused on the present.
Touching Spirit Bear is about this kid named Cole. Cole has anger issues and beat up a kid because he snitched on him. He got sent to the Circle Justice and they sentenced him to an island to survive and to try to get away from his anger issues.
Cole has become more confident and courageous throughout the book by changing from naughty to loyal
In the beginning of the book Cole was naughty because he beat up a kid.
In one scene of the book Cole burned a cabin down. This shows that Cole is naughty because he burned something down. Later in the same scene Cole cried. Another example where Cole was naughty is when he spat at edwin. Even though Cole was naughty at the start of the book he became loyal in the second half of the book
In one scene of the book Cole made dinner for everyone.
This shows that Cole is loyal because he put work and respect into his totem pole.
Another example where Cole was loyal is when he hugged his mom.
Clearly Cole has changed because he cared for those birds that died.

is this correct because its going towards my final grade and i want it to be as high as possible

Answer 1

Answer:

I think that if you change your language more, to be more formal and not use words like "a kid named cole" or "snitched" (also not trying to be mean just being critical so that you can get a good grade) I will write the exact same thing but more formal, it will be 100% mine and you can use it if you would like.

Explanation:

In the story "Touching Spirit Bear" the protagonist is Cole Matthews. He is a troubled teenager that gets in trouble for injuring and harrassing a peer by the name of Peter Driscal. He does this because of some anger issues that he is dealing with. His offences were serious so, he was facing a lot of jail time. His parole officer believes that Cole can change and he doesnt deserve this so instead of sending him to jail he gets him into a Native American program that they call Circle Justice.

Cole becomes a better person throughout the book, he becomes more confident and courageous. You can see a clear change because in the beginning he was making bad decisions for himself and while he experiences all of the ups and downs in this program he grows as a person. In one scene of the book Cole burned a cabin down. This shows that Cole is not making the right decisions, he acts out and does something drastic. Although this is true, latter in the same scene Cole cries expressing his emotions which tells the readers that he knows what he did was wrong and deep down he wants to do better and change. In another scene of the book Cole decides to make dinner for everyone. This shows that he has changed and become better. He shows that he cares about others and wants to have joy in his life, he worked hard and showed that he respected others. Another way that shows Coles improvements is when he hugs his mom. He is showing her that he cares and that he changed.

Hopefully this helps, hope you get a good grade!