Timothy Treadwell’s understanding of human relations to animals (specifically to bears) is that they are his soul mates and his salvation. Timothy has dedicated his life to protecting and studying the bears in the Alaskan land. The bears, he says, are inspirational, gave him a life, and they helped him become a better person (i.e. help him give up drinking). Timothy exclaims several times that he will die for the animals. Timothy behaves like the bears and lives in their territory. Perhaps, since he believes that they are the same, he probably thought that they were harmless as well. Timothy was rather delusional. Perhaps, he thought he would relied on the companionship of animals because he didn’t fit in with humans. He felt like he had a
