Chapters 17-18 Reflection

In Chapters 17-18, Edwin started helping Cole overcome his anger.  Edwin took Cole to a pond.  They swam in it until they were numb.  Edwin taught Cole that a stick is him, the right end is happiness and the left end is anger.  Edwin told Cole to break off the left end.  After a discussion with Edwin, Cole realized that the anger would always be there.  It would never go away.  Cole just had to control the anger.  Edwin and Cole went back to camp.  Cole started building his shelter.  It had a door and a window.  Cole prepared dinner.  He fixed one hamburger for himself.  Garvey and Edwin wouldn't accept that so they made him cook them hamburgers too.  After dinner, everyone did a whale dance because they saw whales earlier that day.  The dance showed what they learned about whales.  Cole said, "a whale migrates but it doesn't have a home."  He also said that he was like the whales.  The next morning, Edwin and Cole went to the pond again.  After the they were done at the pond, Edwin told Cole to carry a rock, which represented his ancestors, and carry it up the hill.  When they were at the top, Edwin told Cole to roll the rock down the hill like it was his anger being rolled away.  This was just another way that Edwin is helped Cole control his anger.