Reflections on The Bear

While I don't think that killing a bear automatically makes a boy a man, I do see how they would have thought that. And also it was a totally different culture and time than it is now. The ending was very touching and that was my favorite part and made up for anything I otherwise wouldn't have liked about the story.  It was a pretty sad story though especially how they die on the hunts, and the only one of the short stories we've read so far where someone dies.