When Eddie got to his residence he noticed that his chainsaw was missing from inside his camper and he believes that Jeffrey Burrows had stolen his chainsaw. Jeffrey Burrows lives on the same property as Eddie but in a different residence. Sgt. Aaron Warren confronted Jeffrey about the chainsaw and Jeffrey stated that Eddie had left it beside a burn pile in the front yard and he picked it up a put it in the shed.…
The readings in this class were quite interesting and made me view different situations from someone else’s perspective. With all the books and stories we were responsible for this class, I connected to three wonderful stories for two particular reasons. As a young doctor, and doctor in general, there will be times when you develop a strong attachment towards a patient that may affect you mentally or a patient comes in with symptoms that are not recognizable. When I become a doctor, I always worried how I would react under pressure and whether I would become too emotionally attached to my patient; that is why I connected to The Scalpel and the Silver Bear, From the Heart and My Own Country, short stories from the book A Life in Medicine. These…
The movie “ Triumph of the Nerds: Riding the Bear” may sounded funny when you first heard it, but in fact it is a documentary about how Microsoft rise as a major company that produces Operating System (OS) that is used worldwide until this day. The key of Microsoft success can be seen from the title “Riding the Bear”, where at that time Microsoft was still a small company that has a very smart business strategy. The business strategy that Microsoft employed is the utilization of a powerful company called the IBM, and in a way they rose to the top by using them. Another important part of the movie is the fact that this is the initial introduction to the world of Personal Computer (PC), whereas at that time the idea of a small size plastic boxes…
Kermode Bears Kermode bears, also known as Ghost Bears ,and Spirit Bears.. They get their name because “of its rarity and a small percentage of them have white coats”(Beersoftheworld.net). The kermode bear’s name comes from a zoologist named Ursus kermodei. As time went on ,people have believed this bear has evolved for 10,000 Years (Bearsoftheworld.net). Now I will be talking about the spirit bears habitat.…
This quote heavily applies to the protagonist throughout the entirety Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen. In this story, the reader follows the story of Cole Matthews, a fifteen-year-old juvenile delinquent from Minneapolis. Cole narrowly escapes going to court for assaulting a classmate named Peter Driscal after he tried to turn him in for robbing a store. Instead of going to court and most likely jail, Cole is sent to Circle Justice. It is decided that Cole should be sent away to a remote island to begin his learning and recovery.…
Respect: Before reading the book The Berenstian Bears- Show Some Respect by Jan Berenstain. The teacher will discuss with the students on respect. The teacher will write on the write board the responses that the children come up with. Once they are done discussing, the teacher will start reading the book. During the story the teacher will asking the students questions on how the berenstain bears are being disrespectful.…
Cole’s Profile In the book, “Touching Spirit Bear” by Ben Mikaelsen, Cole Matthews is a bad boy. He’s a 15 year old baby faced child who has been in trouble with the law half his life. His father whips him with a belt whenever Cole sets him off while his mother just stands there watching. Because of that, he has let his anger out on everyone and everything else.…
Imagine yourself in the past with no one, or on an island in the middle of nowhere. This is how the characters of Touching Spirit Bear and The Devil’s Arithmetic felt. Alone with nowhere to go, but they were alike and different. The main characters both have relatable conflicts but also structural differences. Similarly, the books Touching Spirit Bear and The Devil’s Arithmetic both have a narrator's Point- of - view and it’s effect on the plot, theme.…
"The Bear and the Bow" is the sixth episode of the fifth season of the American fantasy drama series Once Upon a Time. The action in this ten minutes part of the episode takes place in the functional seaside town of Storybroke - Maine in the present, and in Camelot in the past (six weeks ago), which residents are actually characters from various fairy tales and other stories transported to the real world. Episodes usually have one segment that details the characters' past lives that, when serialized, adds a piece to the puzzle about the characters and their connection to the events that preceded the curse and its consequences. The other, set in the present day, follows a similar pattern with a different outcome but also offers similar insights.…
The theme of Touching Spirit Bear, by Ben Mikaelsen is that everyone can change. This is because The main character, Cole, is bullying a lot of kids and is not very nice, after he touched the spirit bear he noticed how beautiful the world was. Peter was attempting to commit suicide and he also feared Cole, later they started to trust each other. “I want to help you carve the blank space on your totem that you saved for your dance of anger. ”(Mikaelsen, Touching, 239).…
When The Bear Family Moves Once Upon a Time a family of bears were moving in town from there old home in minnesota the family had a momma bear, a father bear and one Teen bear. The family was moving because of the Teen bear getting bullied in school . He was cut from His school Bearball team. The baby bears friends made the team and that made him sad cause now he would have nobody to play with After School.…
The article “Of breathing holes and contact zones: Inuit-Canadian writer Markoosie in and through translation” by Valerie Henitiuk (2017) talks about Harpoon of the Hunter, a novel written by Markoosie and published serially between 1969 and 1970 in Canada and known for being the first Inuit novel. The article also discusses the translations of the novel into English and French, the unequal translation relationship between major and minor languages that many times has a history of colonialism and oppression behind it, and the post-colonial contact zones created through certain translational acts. Henitiuk begins by stating how translation from a minor language into a major language showcases the inherently unequal relationship between the…
An old proverb once said, “Be careful what you wish for.” “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W.Jacobs takes place at the White’s Villa, right before a guest brings a monkey’s paw that grants three wishes to someone, and when Mr.White makes a wish for 200 pounds, his son coincidently gets caught in machinery and dies. In the end, Mr.White wishes for his son to come back, but realizes that isn’t happening. In “The Monkey’s Paw” Mr.White learns to be careful what you wish for. The theme of “be careful what you wish for” is first introduced when the guest brings an item that grants three wishes.…
Carpaccio’s The Lion of Saint Mark: An Example of Venetian Expansionist Propaganda Vittore Carpaccio completed his now iconic painting The Lion of Saint Mark in 1516, a perilous time for Venetian imperial power as foreign nations fought back against the Republic's expansionist policies. While the painting was originally commissioned to be placed within the Venetian Treasury near the Rialto, Carpaccio's work was later moved to the Ducal Palace, where it remains today (Willis 47). During this era of Venetian history, the Ducal Palace not only served as the location of the highest seat of power within the city, but also as a central hub for propaganda and the crafting of a Venetian nationalistic narrative. Joanne Ferraro in her book Venice: The…
Jacobs runs with two themes: be careful what you wish for and you can't get something for nothing. Jacobs illustrates both themes when Herbert urges his father to wish for two hundred pounds. Everything seems to be going fine the next day until Herbert leaves for work. Not long after he is gone, a strange man comes to their house and informs Mr. and Mrs. White their son has been in an accident involving the machinery he was working with and he was instantly killed. The company Herbert was working for offers to help pay for his funeral expenses by providing Mr. and Mrs. White a sum of two hundred pounds.…