Touching Spirit Bear

Touching Spirit Bear

“The mauling didn’t make sense. In the past, everything had always been afraid of him. Why wasn’t the bear scared?” What does this quote mean, and what did Cole realize?

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Cole realizes that the natural world does not revolve around him. He cannot manipulate and control his way around nature. The bear does not care about Cole's emotions. Cole realizes his insignificance in the awesome power that is the natural world: he can choose to be part of it or parish.

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