Cole's Symbolism

Author’s Note: This is my text analysis piece and I tried to make connecting within this piece.

Anger raging within Cole because someone snitched on him. In the book “Touching Spirit Bear” by Ben Mikaelsen there is a lot of symbolism and foreshadowing. Some examples of symbolism in this piece are the spirit bears fur, the rain after Cole gets mauled by the spirit bear and the “ancestor rock”.

Although talking about what symbolism is in this book I will explain what the symbolism means in this story. The color of the spirit bear’s fur is white and the bear is supposed to be peaceful. Also the rain after Cole gets mauled stands for sadness but it also stands for renewal because after this Cole becomes more peaceful because he realized that he can’t solve all of his problems from violence. Another piece of symbolism is Cole rolling the “ancestor rock” down the hill is suppose to represent him letting go of his anger everyday.

Even though the symbolism in this piece is interesting don’t forget about the foreshadowing. One example of foreshadowing is Cole seeing spirit bear because Cole thinks the spirit bear will attack him. Another is Garvey helping Cole after he burned the first cabin down because that should have been Cole’s only chance but Garvey believed that Cole could still prove himself.

All in all there is a lot of symbolism and foreshadowing in this book. The author did a good job at adding lots of symbolism and foreshadowing. Although I did not analyse every single piece of symbolism in this book, the ones that I talked about were the ones I thought were important.

Dreams

Dreaming for the future, making goals for later. This is a poem called "Dreams" by Langston Hughes. The overall tone of this poem is serious because it is saying that if someone gives up on their dreams then they will end up regretting it later. Some of the symbolism is the broken-winged bird which stands for vulnerability and loss of freedom.

A Wrinkle In Time

Imagine walking into a portal that would allow you to “tesser” to somewhere else quickly. In the book A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle three children named Meg, Charles Wallace and Calvin experience this on their journey. Some themes that are in this book are bravery, adventure, and friendship. I know that these are some of the themes in this book.

Although talking about these themes can be useful i’m going to discuss how they fit into the book. Bravery fits into this book because they go on a journey to places far from earth to save their father. They don’t know what is going to happen or what is even happening while they are on this journey. They venture far from earth with three mysterious women who say they will help them.

Although Bravery is a theme in this book don’t forget about adventure. This book is definitely about adventure from them going to the woods to find the three women and then the women “tessering” them to certain locations. The places they go they can’t take it all in because they need to move as swiftly as they can. They almost end up getting taken over because of all the “tessering” they had to do.

Although adventure is a cool theme don’t forget about the theme of friendship. Friendship is a very important part in this story. If the theme of friendship wasn’t in this story then some of the people wouldn’t be able to be saved. The only reason everyone made it back alive was because of friendship especially for Charles Wallace.

All in all this story demonstrates the themes of bravery, friendship and adventure. The themes in this book make the story really excellent. In the story these themes help guide what will happen later.

No Chance of Escape

Author's Note: Water flowing into an excavation site with heavy rubber suits are being worn, they can't swim in the water it was almost truly no escape.

Imagine being at an excavating a site ten stories beneath a sewer wearing rubber suits hardly able to move. While Lynn Rosellini was writing she wrote a short story that involves that situation called No Escape. Swaby, Kenneth Schofield and John Kanash were all together in an excavation site. Till all of a sudden water flooding the site and there is nothing you can do about it. Even though the only way out is by a man cage the crane driver grabbed the man cage and saved one of the men. Even though the rule was don’t go back he made a smart choice.

In addition, the radios are broke and they can’t communicate to each other for him to lower that man cage. While they lower the cage water keeps pouring in and it is almost going to drowning them. A man goes back to save his fellow workers, even though the safety rules say you don’t go back if there is a danger. If he would have wasted anymore time his friends wouldn’t have made it out and the place would’ve been flooded.

To begin with the rubber suits were a setback to them with the heavy rubber boots and rain suits. Seeing that they almost drowned they need to invent rain suits and boots that weigh less for them if they did that they would be able to have a chance to get out. If they did that they would be a little bit safer and probably a little bit more comfortable in those suits. The suits were so heavy they were stuck down there.

Likewise he made a good decision to go back and save his friends, their families were no doubt thankful that he went back to save them. When Swaby saved them they were chin level with the water; about to drown. Swaby was very intelligent for going back to save his friends, if he would stay hesitated more than 15 seconds they would have drowned.

All in all Swaby made the right choice to go back and save his friends. Swaby was a hero for going back; his co-workers were thinking they were going to drown before Swaby came back down in the man cage. Swaby saved their lives because he knew he could save them, even though there is a rule they should have it set under circumstances instead.

Touching Spirit Bear

Boys and girls running outside in the school playground from two kids fighting. One kid getting his head smashed into the ground. In the novel Touching Spirit Bear Cole Matthews goes through numerous life changing events. I know that a number of the themes are loss, courage and bravery. The story shows the themes when he goes to the island in Alaska for a year of isolation. The author demonstrates in the book to readers that people who don’t fit in with society need to fit in with society.

Although themes are fun to talk about I want to discuss how those themes are in the novel. The reason that I know loss is a theme of the book is because Cole lost his childhood because his father drank and beat him. Since Cole’s father beat him while he was drinking he couldn’t have a normal childhood because his life went downhill after his father beat him. When his father beat Cole his mother didn’t want his father to beat her as well because he was drinking. One possible reason that Cole’s dad beat him was because his dad’s parent beat his dad like how his dad beat him. Kids who are abused by their parents either have a bad childhood or they miss out on their childhood.

Even though loss is one them don’t forget about the other themes are even more interesting. I know that courage and bravery is a theme because after he get mauled by the spirit bear he could have just gone to court but he went back to the island. Since he went back to the island he still had all of his problems like his right arm being weak and he had a harder time to walk. He had to be alone for one year with him being weaker then everything else.  People who have damages to their body it is hard to recover and make limbs strong they were before.

While the theme of courage and bravery is interesting on the other hand loss can still be explained more. Cole lost some of his childhood because when his father started beating him he felt like nobody else is better than him. After that he started to beat kids up and get in trouble all the time, it got so bad to the point where he pounded peter's skull into the pavement. The police were thinking about sending Cole to an adult court because he has been getting in so much trouble and this put it over the edge.  The reason he did this is because he lost his childhood because his father beat him but his mom didn't do anything about it. 

Although Touching Spirit Bear is a story that demonstrates if you don’t fit in with society you better try better to fit in. The themes kind of describe what the author trying to demonstrate. Its better if you fit in society and if you don’t you won’t live a good life.

The Titan's Curse

Imagine Fighting the immortal Titan Atlas, and ending up taking Atlas’s place in holding up the skies. Thats what Percy Jackson had to do in The Titans Curse by Rick Riordan. The person point of view in this book is Percy Jackson. Percy Jackson embarks on a journey through various magical places to get to his quest objective. I know that Percy Jackson has the main point of view in this story.

Although Percy is the main point of view there are some other point of views in this book. The other people who have a point of view is Annabeth and Grover; Percy’s Friends from camp. Also the gods have a little bit of the point of view but not much. Annabeth and Grover go along with percy on his quest.

Although Grover’s and Annabeth’s point of view is interesting don’t forget about Percy’s point of view. Percy’s point of view is that the Titans are evil and that some of the gods are only able to talk to their kids at certain times. Percy’s father poseidon can barely see him because he is one of the big three gods. Most of the other demigods don’t see their parents as much either but Percy sees his father the least.

From these point of views the reader feels that percy is the leader of them and he goes through a lot of dangerous tasks. The reader should feel like the gods never help their children and that they just watch what they do. The reader also should feel that Annabeth and Grover are Percy’s friends and helpers. 

Because of what Percy's point of view is the reader feels trust for Percy Jackson. The way the reader feels toward the gods is that they are good but they barely help their demigod children. The reader feels hate and rage toward the giants and the titans because the titans are trying to take over the world and they are trying to destroy the gods.
All in all if the story was in a different point of view like if it was from Bianca’s who is another character it would be completely different. Her point of view would be that they have to go and save Artemis and nothing else because she is one of her followers. Bianca would only want to save Artemis for the sake of her cult. All in all Percy has the main point of view and if it was in any other persons point of it would be told differently.

Carter's View On Things

In The Throne Of Fire by Rick Riordan, there are two different point of views in the story, Carter and Sadie Kane, and the gods. Carter and Sadie Kane want to resurrect the sun god Ra to defeat the snake of chaos Apophis. The gods, Carter Kane and Sadie Kane want to help each other but it would mean one side loses something of great importance to them. There is a huge event that is about to happen that they both have point of views on. If either side succeeds it wouldn’t benefit the other side. Both sides think Ra should be resurrected but the gods think that Ra will want to be crowned king of the gods again which Horus god of war just got crowned.

Even though talking about what the point of view is I will explain them a little bit. Maybe one reason the gods might think that Ra will want to be crowned king of the gods is because he was the first king but he was sent to slumber. He was poisoned by Apophis and Isis said the only way to heal him was to learn his secret name, she learned his secret name but she tricked him sending him into the heavens to slumber. Ra couldn’t come back from the heavens because Isis had his secret name and commanded him to slumber. Everybody's secret name is the ren in egypt, it was one of the five parts of the soul and it was called the ren. Everybody has a ren, the ren is someones personal experiences and everything about them.

Although the gods point of view is interewsting, don’t forget about Carter Kane’s and Sadie’s point of view. Carter and Sadie have a completely different point of view from the gods. Carter and Sadie believe that the only way to save the world from Apophis is to resurrect Ra. For them it is hard to resurrect Ra because when he was sent to slumber he went back to three different forms. The three forms of Ra are Khepri the rising sun, Ra the midday sun, and Atum the falling sun but he is just referred to as Ra in the book. In order to resurrect Ra they had to go through the duat and resurrect each form of Ra which is a feat no magician has done before. They try to delay Carter and Sadie on their quest by battling Carter and Sadie. The way the reader should feel is that Ra has been the rival of Apophis and if they do not resurrect him they will be doomed because Ra has been his Rival since the beginning of time. 

Although if the point of view was changed it would be completely different. Carter, Sadie and the gods would be on the same side with no conflicts. They might try to get at least one of the three scrolls of Ra so that unless someone gets it from them, there is no chance of him getting resurrected. They would try to defeat Apophis by themselves and they would fail. The only chance they have it resurrecting Ra, if they don't the world will end.

If either point of view changes the other one has to change as well, even just a little bit. Both point of view i crucial to the story, each point of view depends on the other. When nobody could have another point of view because they aren’t in half of the story, if there was it would have to be a new character.