Monday, October 25, 2010

Touching Spirit Bear, Anger Dance

How does the anger dance show what Cole has learned during his time on the island? What exactly does Cole learn during this dance? Justify your answer with evidence from the text. Please use proper spelling, capitalization and grammar. No text speak.

19 comments:

Jasper Borrelli- Lewis said...

The anger dances shows what cole has learned on this island. on pg. 192 when he is shouting at the tree to move and it won't it is representing when he realizes that he was always weak and never in control. on pg. 193 when he is showing his attack from the spirit bear it is representing him realizing that he needs to control his anger. What cole learns during his anger dance is that he needs to forgive more so he can control his anger.

Nick Turner said...

During Cole's anger dance he learned that he can't be in control all the time. He learns this when he can't move the tree on pg 192. When he forgives himself he learns that nobody is bad they just do bad things.

Emily said...

The anger dance on pg. 191-194 show what Cole learned during his time on the island is that he gets angry when there are things or people that think they are better than he is because Cole thinks he is superior to everything. On pg. 192 when he is yelling at the tree he realizes that is why he gets angry. Cole learns that forgiveness is the key to controlling his anger during the anger dance. On pg. 193 when he screams toward the shore "I'm sorry!.... Please forgive me! I didn't mean to hurt Peter!" this is when he realizes he has to control his anger through forgiveness.

Maddie B said...

The anger dance shows that Cole has learned on this island in a way that he has learned that he can not always be in control with everything he does. The thing that Cole exactly learns when he danced this dance is forgiveness. He screams out " I forgive you" and " I didn't mean to hurt Peter", you can see that he didn't want to hurt Peter, and that he finally knows what forgiveness is.

Victoria G said...

I think Cole definitly learned during his time on the island. He learned that he can't always be in control, when the tree refused to move, and he learned how to forgive and actually care for others when he screamed i forgive you and i didnt mean to hurt Peter. These changes are definitly a large improvement from where Cole started.

Clara Alves(: said...

The anger dance shows Cole that he can't always be in control, like on page 192 when the tree won't move when he's screaming at it to. Later on in the book, he realizes that his anger can be kind of released through forgiveness.

Eric j said...

The anger dance shows that Cole has learned to be forgiving and apologize for what he has done. He also noticed that he was a monster. He couldn't control his actions and now he felt remorse.

rachel said...

What the anger shows what cole had learned on the island is that he can't always be incontrol. He is trying to control others when he really needs to help himslef. What exactly cole learns is forgivness. On page 193, he is asking peter to forgive him and feels bad for him.

shaston(: said...

the anger dance shows that Cole was always weak and not as powerful as he said he was and that he was never in control with what he does. Cole learns that he needs to forgive himself and others.

Cassio said...

The anger dance on pgs 191-194 shows how he was in his past. Always frustrated and when he yells at the tree to move it's showing how he used to need control,and got angrier the less fearful the person or animal was. What he learns during the dance is that he has changed and doesn't want to go back to his old ways. Also he had undserstood forgiveness.

Ally said...

the anger dance shows that cole is realizing and facing that fact that he wanted to hurt poeple/ things that didnt fear him.Cole learns that his anger cant be controlled unless he tries to control it. he also learns that his actions will have consequences. He also realizes that hes tired of his anger and he wants to get rid of it but he knows he can't especially not unless he gets forgivness from the ones he hurt.

Douglas ferreira said...

All of the dances that Cole dose makes him realize that he is not incontrol of everything like back home. That shows how the world works. That teaches him how to control his anger and his other personal problem. All of this tell him he needs to forgive more and try to control his anger.

Jessica! said...

The anger dance shows that Cole learned how to deal with his anger in positive ways during his time on the island. While doing this dance Cole learns to forgive and that he is really just another person and not some strong, mean, super controlling boy like he once thought he was. he realizes this on page 192 when he's screeaming at the tree to move and it doesn't, he can't control it!

Guilherme S said...

The anger dance shows that Cole can't always be in control.He mentioned that in page 192 when he learns that he cant move the trees!

Andre G said...

The anger dance shows that Cole has learned a lot on the island. During the anger dance he learns that he can't always be in control like he previously thought he could. He also learns that you can't not be angry, you can only control it. He realizes this when he's yelling at the tree on page 192.

Lizmary said...

The anger dance shows what Cole has learned on the island. For example on page 192 when he is telling the tree to move and hitting it with his knuckles, it shows that he isn't as superior as he thought he was. What Cole learned during the anger dance was that he needs to forgive himself first. He needs to accept the help of others and learn how to forgive them too.

Brianna said...

The anger dance teaches Cole to appreciate life and that what he had made of it before he has changed and what he thought of himself was completely opposite.It made him realize a lot of things.

kristin said...

the anger dance shows what cole has learned living on the island. also cole realizes that he is weak and not in control because on pg.192 when cole is shouting at the tree to move. cole also realized that he needs to control his anger.

Guilherme de Oliveira said...

When Cole dances the anger dance, he learns thst he is not in control of everything. This is shown on page 192, when he tries to make the tree move out of his way, but it dosent. Cole also learned to forgive and take resposability for his actions and mistakes, this is shown on page 193 when he screams hes sorry about hurting Peter and page 194 were he is sorry for punching the tree.