Chapters 9-10 in Touching Spirit Bear were about Cole's survival in the wilderness after he was mauled by a bear. The bear ripped him apart and left him helpless in the woods. Cole was almost dead. To make matters worse, it was raining. Cole thiought the "rain fully intended to kill [him]." This showed a conflict of character vs. nature. In this example, nature wanted to punish Cole. In Touching Spirit Bear, Cole was forced to live in Alaska for a year even though he had no wilderness survival skills. Cole was so conceited that he thought he could conquer any beast in the wild. He was wrong.
This book also says that "he couldn't fight his own body any longer." This highlights the conflict of character vs. self. After Cole was mauled, he was barely alive but he needed to go to the bathroom. He didn't even have the strength to fight this urge. As a result, he relieved himself while he was laying on the ground. This is only one example of character vs. self. Throughout the book, Cole lied to himself repeatedly. He always blamed other people for his problems.
In chapters 9-10, Cole finally grasped what he had to do to survive. In his physical state, he couldn't get up and search for food. But during the thunderstorm, a tree fell, which housed a family of sparrows and he saw that all of the baby birds died. Cole pictured a baby bird, mouth wide open, waiting for his mother to bring him a nice juicy worm to eat. He realized that this was the only way for the bird to survive; asking for help. Because Cole was alone in the wilderness, he couldn't do this, so he resorted to eating strange things. like grass and insects to survive. This was the only way for him to stay alive.
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