In many books, there are characters that are written into the story to show the strengths of the main character. In this case it is Ike who because of Boon we see as a main his weaknesses and his strengths. Ike is a young boy who has just come unto the age of a hunter. He’s first time at the camp we see that Ike is a strong young boy whose main fault is …showed first 75 words of 480 total…

…showed last 75 words of 480 total…with Boon under a tree with lots of squirrels in it, which is in the middle of an open area. When we see Boon, he is banging two pieces of his gun together and getting ready to kill ever squirrel that is in the tree. This shows that Boon goes crazy with out the wood, which is symbolized as the bear. Therefore, in a way Boon is the ender of the woods and his sanity.