The Perspective of Cole

Authors note: This is my point of view redo for language arts.  Look at how I explained the point of view of the other characters.

In the book “Touching Spirit Bear” by Ben Mikaelsen there was a boy named Cole Matthews.  His point of view was much different in the story then the other characters points of view were.  Cole Matthews point of view was dark and mean as the other characters were nice and happy.  The point of view from a different person can change the story completely.

When Garvey and Edwin dropped Cole at the island, Cole was furious.  His point of view was dark 

and mean.  No matter what, Cole did not want to stay on the island.  He was thinking to himself that he was going to escape the island and runaway somewhere where no one knew where he was.  He tried escaping the island a couple times but he couldn’t do it.  The tides kept bringing him back.  He got even more mad when he couldn’t escape.  He was so mad that he had to come to the island that he even burned down his shelter and burned all of his supplies.  Then that night, Cole saw the spirit bear.  The spirit bear stared at Cole and he got angry that the bear didn’t fear him.  Cole was so angry at the bear that he tried killing it.  The point of view of Cole is much different than the others.

Garvey and Edwin believed in Cole.  They thought that Cole was able to change his ways and himself.  They thought that the island was going to be able to change his ways and his point of view on life.  So Garvey and Edwins point of view was bright and good.  They always thought of the good that can come out of a bad situation.  They were very dedicated to the things that they wanted to do and change.  They won’t stop until they know that their client is happy and that they are not thieves.  Their point of view is much happier than Coles.

This is why point of view is such a big deal in a story.  If told by other characters in the story, the story can be much different than if it were told by someone else ,but since it was told by Cole, most of the book was very dark and mean.  If it were told by the point of view of Garvey and Edwin, the book would be much happier.  This is why point of view is so important.