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Cole's Changing Personality

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Cole seems to be changing personality wise quite fast. Edwin mentions that people either change slowly under peer pressure or all at once after a traumatic event. Cole’s personality seems to have shifted all of a sudden after Spirit Bear’s attack. Before the attack Cole was furious and thought everyone hated him so he burned all his supplies. Cole had always felt superior about himself, but after the attack his anger somewhat faded and he began to himself as a much smaller item than the rest of the items in the cycle of nature. He realized how small he actually was compared to the rest of the world. Following the traumatic event Cole was taken to a hotel to be treated, there Cole insisted to himself that he would always tell the truth from

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