Surviving In The Wilderness

Authors Note: This is a 5 paragraph essay showing theme in Touching Sprit Bear and Guns For General Washington.

What would you do if you had to survive one your own in the wilderness? This is the main theme in both of the books Guns For General Washington by Seymour Reit and Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen. Cole Matthews the main character in Touching Spirit Bear had to pick if he wanted to go to jail or an Alaskan island for one year because of his bad behavior. Also, Cole burned down shelter and all of his supplies, then that made him have to find his own food. Will Knox and his crew in Guns For General Washington ran out of supplies during the middle of the war and they had to try and outsmart the British while carry 183 cannons. If anyone had to survive on their own in the wilderness they would probably get scared.

To start my journey, Cole Matthews the main character in the book Touching Spirit Bear was forced to pick to live in jail for one year or to live on an Alaskan island for one year. He picked to live on an Alaskan island for one year because he thought it was a piece of cake to survive on his own. This book is a survival book because he had to think of how he could control his anger. He always had a hard time controlling his anger. Now he had no one to beat up or no one to talk to. He had to survive on his own cutting enough wood for him to last through the winter and cover the wood with a tarp so it won’t get wet.

Another reason why reason why the main theme in the book Touching Spirit Bear is survival is because when Cole had to survive on the island he burned down his shelter. Because in his mind he thought everything and everyone hated him and he got mad and burned down his only shelter. Now he had to find his own food and sleep in the wilderness. This changed his stay on the Alaskan island. He also saw this white spirit bear and saw that it wasn’t afraid of him and that made Cole mad and he tried to kill the bear and the bear attacked back breaking majority of his bones.

Also, there are many books that have survival for theme main theme like Guns For General Washington. Will Knox and his crew are in the middle of the war batting agents the British. Their main theme is survival because they run out of supplies they have no ammo or artillery to win the war. Their forced to outsmart the British by walking throw the wilderness caring 183 cannons. This is making everyone tired and hungry with no supplies.

To close my case, the are many books that have survival for the main theme like Guns For General Washington and Touching Spirit Bear. Cole the main character has to go to a Alaskan island because he made bad choices through his life. Cole also burned down his only shelter to live in making him lay on the ground. Will Knox and his crew run out of supplies making them go in a optical caring 183 cannons. Majority of the people would be freighted if they had to live in the wilderness on their own.