Touching Spirit Bear
"Fall seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese Proverb pg.3
This quote relates to Cole, because even though he has a tough time with his family life, and also with his personal life he seems to still get back up on his feet and do stupid things to get in him in jail. Going to jail for him is the falling down part. The getting back up part is when he is freed from jail because of his family bailing him out.
"Patience, gentleness, strength, honesty. Animals can teach us more about ourselves than any other teacher" -Tlingit Elder pg.1
Cole can sometimes lack patience, gentleness, strength, and honesty. Most of the time Cole is obnoxious, violent, and is very distrustful. Cole can sometimes be a complete psychopath. Once he was sent out to the island for his banishment, and when the elder and Edwin left, Cole burnt down his only way of survival.
"I don't know how to heal emotional and physical damage. Scars run deep." -Garvey pg.35
What Garvey is trying to say to Cole, is that his past can not be changed or altered. His Dad was mostly the one who left emotional and physical damage on Cole.
"Talk is cheap. They want you to walk the talk."-Garvey pg.21
People can say as much as they want to some extent. But if they can't prove that they can do, what they talk about then there word means nothing to people. That is why you have to walk your talk.
"Life is a circle."-Garvey pg.34
Our life is basically a circle. A circle can represent an infinite life style in where Coles life starts of from one point and keeps doing the same thing over and over again. His circle starts by committing a crime, being caught, begging for mercy, being let free, then starting all over again. His family and friends want him to break that circle.
