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Trust has caused Cole to change. Cole wasn't able to be trusted at the beginning of the story. But then Cole was able to be trusted because he has changed. When Cole touched the Spirit Bear, he felt trust in the bear because the bear didn't attack Cole.

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𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚍. 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎, 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚓𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝙿𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚒𝚛𝚌𝚕𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚛𝚢. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚞𝚕𝚎𝚍, 𝚒𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚍. 𝙰𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚊𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚖. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚛'𝚜 𝚏𝚞𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚎'𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚖. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝙿𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘 𝙿𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚜𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚝𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚑𝚒𝚖. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝙿𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛. -𝙰𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗

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Trust. I chose trust for the theme of Touching Spirit Bear because trust caused Cole to change. When Cole touched the Spirit Bear he felt trust. When Peter felt trust in Cole he was healed.
-Published by Kyle

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I chose Change as my theme because over the entire story, all the themes led to change. The Cake example. It was at the very beginning of the story, but it still symbolized that bad experiences still can lead to change.  So throughout the entire book the examples and ambiguous meanings of conversations all were trying to lead to change | Maks Rayburn

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I think the theme of TSB is life. Garvey, Edwin, and Cole have mentioned lessons about life. They say that life is a circle, and many other things.

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I think this book shows trust because when Cole touched the Spirit bear, it trusted Cole to not attack. For example when Cole touched the bear it trusted Cole not to attack and stay calm and release all the anger that had built up in him. Also another example for trust is when peter trusted Cole and went out together and I also think that this is a move for them to be friends. I think this is why trust is the theme of the story. Yohaan Kushwah.

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I think the most important theme was growth. In the start of the book he was defiant, rude, and let his anger take control of him. Throughout the whole book he was always changing and growing as a character. Towards the end of the book Cole can finally control his anger. But he is always growing as a character throughout the book which is why I think it's growth.

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I chose trust because that is what helped Cole and Peter heal. Cole had to trust Edwin and Garvey in order for them to show Cole ways to help him heal. Garvey and Edwin have to trust Cole or they wouldn't bring him to the island. Peter has to trust Cole or he would not have been brought to the island with Cole. Bonds change when people trust.
-Dean

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I picked this theme because Cole was brought to this island to heal. When Cole interacted with the Spirit Bear a part of Cole changed. Cole went through many of Edwin and Garvey's lesson. Cole danced the dances he walked the ancestor rock, and he went to the pond. He also had to deal with the consequences of what he did to peter. Cole had to change, and in order to change he had to heal. - Maayan Goldenstein

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I think the theme is forgiveness because Cole had to forgive himself, and everyone else to heal. Not just Cole, but Peter also had to forgive Cole to heal. The book ends with Cole giving Peter the at.oow. Passing on the blanket shows that because Peter wouldn't accept that gift unless he had forgiven Cole. Cole also wouldn't have given the gift unless he forgave himself. This is why I think the the theme of the book is forgiveness.

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theme - patients

I think the theme is patients because over the whole story Garvey and Edwin were patient with Cole until he could heal. When Cole did heal, Cole was patient to also help Peter heal.

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Healing is the biggest theme in this book because most of the time Cole is healing . After doing the dance of anger Cole could finally heal . Now Cole is trying to help Peter from all that happened .
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I think the theme is Change because almost everyone in bool changed. First Cole, in the start of the book Cole was rude, mean and violence, and didn't trust people. Now at the end of the book Cole is not mean he's kinda rude but he trust people. The next person that changed was his mom. When his mom was drinking now she quit drinking and she can talk with Cole. The last person that l think changed was Peter. I think that he changed by lots of ways. One of the ways with talking with Cole at first when he came to the island he didn't really talk with Cole. Now at the end, they talk much more.-Kayla

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I think that the theme is healing because Cole came to this island because he did something wrong, and because he needs to heal.  Cole needs to heal from all things he did to himself, and he also needs to heal from what his dad did to him.

Also, Peter needs to heal, and he tried to commit suicide 2 times, which is ridiculous.  Peter did this, because he was so distraught over what happened to him.  If Peter stays on the island with Cole, then he will not only learn to heal, but to trust Cole.  When Peter heals, he will feel better about himself.
-Becca Bornstein  ❤😜

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I think the theme of TSB is nature, because throughout the story, Cole learns to respect nature and love it. At the beginning, he killed bugs and nature, but at the end he likes it, and realizes how important it is.
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I chose change because Cole went through a  hard life and changed throughout the book. Cole had went through so much such as his dad beating him, parents divorce, and not getting any love or affection. Cole had so much anger built up inside him and it controlled him. He took it out on other people and blamed others for his own mistakes. Once Cole goes to the island everything changes. Garvey and Edwin teach him valuable lessons and Cole goes through a process of change by letting to of anger, learning about trust, forgiving himself, and more. That is why I chose change as my theme. - Jenna

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I think that the theme is to be responsible for your actions

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I think that the theme is to be responsible for your actions

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Cole hurt Peter at the beginning of the story. He smashed Peter's head on the sidewalk and now Peter is unable to walk normally. Cole later on in the story wanted to help Peter heal by telling Edwin that Peter should come to the island. Cole knew that he couldn't fix what he had done to Peter physically but he still wanted to help Peter mentally heal like Cole did. On page #202 it says "You're not listening!" Cole screamed across the water. "I can help him!" This shows that Cole is desperate to own up to his mistakes and be responsible and help Peter. This is how I think that the theme of this story is healing. -Ariele

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𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚍. 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎, 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚓𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝙿𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚒𝚛𝚌𝚕𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚛𝚢. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚞𝚕𝚎𝚍, 𝚒𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚍. 𝙰𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚊𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚖. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚛'𝚜 𝚏𝚞𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚎'𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚖. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝙿𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘 𝙿𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚜𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚝𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚑𝚒𝚖. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝙿𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛. -𝙰𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗