The Bear: The Heck?

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   My first take on the book was that it was going to be something like Moby Dick, except with a bear: it is an old creature who has survived dozens of hunts while man foolishly tries to catch it. Then I thought the bear was like Aslan, being a magnificent, powerful beast with rule over the forest. Then I thought the characters were a deep allegory of life, but I cannot figure out why or how. I can follow the story line just fine, I am just not sure why we are reading about a bunch of sweaty men going on hunts for a bear which, SPOILERS, they end up killing halfway through the book. I do not understand why this is a thing. Perhaps the point of the story is that there is no point? (Illuminati theme music plays ominously)

P.S. I commented on Tobias and Noah's posts.

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  1. Will BradyJanuary 22, 2018 at 5:39 PM

    Overcoming fear... Coming to respect the bear, seeing it as more than just a monster when its life and actions are compared to Sam Fathers'... There are a couple ways you could interpret this to gleam a moral.

    Plus, they make a wolf fight a bear in an epic battle! Maybe that isn't ethical, but it sounds cool.

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  2. Zelda PeachJanuary 22, 2018 at 8:29 PM

    WAIT THEY ACTUALLY KILL THE BEAR!?! The suspense of whether or not the boy was gong to kill the bear was the only thing that kept me reading this thing. Well I guess it is my fault for having kept reading when you put SPOILERS in all caps.....

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  3. Ethan LafontJanuary 22, 2018 at 8:30 PM

    Sweaty men are always a good topic to read about, I'm confused at what's wrong with that??

    All (weird) joking aside, I think sometimes the image of a forest can give way to a wandering feeling. Lost in a place where sight and sound can blend into a wall of confusion. I think the overcoming feeling Will commented on is true, and perhaps all those different views you had on the characters are all true and you could run with all the ideas, just like choosing paths in a forest while searching blindly.

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  4. Michael TurnerJanuary 22, 2018 at 8:55 PM

    Like any hobby or passion, everything has a purpose that may not be seen at first I don't hunt much anymore but when I did it gave inspired a feeling of oneness with nature. The instincts we often take for granted become clear and the world appears in all its natural, God-given glory. The trophy at the end is only a small part of the enjoyment.

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  5. Brenna StringfellowJanuary 22, 2018 at 10:33 PM

    I totally agree about only getting just sweaty men hunting a bear and not really anything else. Although now you bring up the idea of Asian from Narnia I have to say I believe that is similar to how this is with the bear how he just rules over the forest. Except when the colt dies and that reverence the men had for Old Ben also dies with it. So it becomes revenge to kill him instead.

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