Touching Spirit Bear Analysis

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Animals: Canny, but feral; sagacious but fierce. For instance, in Mikaelsen’s Touching Spirit Bear, Cole Matthews is on a journey to find himself through the natural world on a forested, isolated island in Northwest Alaska. He perceives himself through the creatures. Like Cole, I too am searching through nature for my spirit animals. The chimpanzee, the jaguar and the dingo reflect my character and personality. Known for their relation to mankind and jocular acts, I chose the chimpanzee. Chimpanzees show entertaining radical behaviors. To demonstrate, sometimes they pull witty pranks on their caretaker and laugh a hysterical laugh afterwards. To add to that, they always have a grand old time and smile constantly. While being comical, they’re

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