Response: Week one

The two unknown words that interested me the most were the circle of justice and spirit bear. The circle of justice is a great idea, it plays with the idea of working with all who have been hurt to find a punishment other then jail. The punishment takes into consideration what will help the person the most. The circle plays a huge role in the book, they review Cole's crime and decide that prison would not be helpful to him, it would have just increased his anger and they sent him to a exclusive island by himself. The circle is just a great idea for juveniles. The spirit bear also interested me because I had not thought of researching the meaning behind it. The spirit bear plays a major role in the recovery of Cole and his journey to forgiveness and helping Petter. I think that it is interesting that the spirit bear was not a legend of the Tlingit tribe, the circle has sent Cole away to the island in a Tlingit tradition and they use a bear from a different culture, that a little bit different you would think they would choose something from the same culture. These two choices of unknown subjects interested me the most with the content of the book.