In many books, some letters are written in the story to show the advantage of the hero. In this case, Ike is considered as his weakness and benefit for Boon. Ike is a small boy who just arrived in the Hunter era. When he first came to the camp, we learned that Ike was a strong little boy. But we are familiar with Boon at the beginning of the story, and slowly know that Boon is not perfect through the story, and he has something to do with Ike 's teacher Sam Fathers.
In the course of his growth to manhood, Ike met the immortal bear twice, but he never intended to kill him. Therefore, Sam's father, and even Ike himself, the idea that he would kill bears did not reach their goal. Even if I can not kill that bear, Ike will be a wonderful pursuer and a wonderful coward. He says at some point in the book he knows the forest better than Sam's father. Ike slowly became a hunter with a man. He likes the wilderness, except for intimate relationships, was not in the forest, and he came back very well. This is to prove that Ike is a great hunter and it is his right to kill bears rather than anyone, even when he was young. But Forna decided that Boone should kill bears
There is no bear in "Kuma", Ike does not understand the true courage. In the scene of the spear attacking the bear, Ik learned the real courage. In this way, bears are important for Ike's progress and growth. Aike is older as he grows older, but bear always exists throughout his life and is always there. In this way, Ike bear represents the truth. Bears may change, but what they represent does not change. The bear is a symbol of the eternal and surrounded wilderness. In the scene where Ike and bear face each other, Ike noticed that bears promote his growth and killing bears is a useless reason. At this point the bear will almost be immortal, because the one who tries to kill it will not be able to do it, and the one who has the chance will not kill it. Throughout the story, even before it became "immortal", many people attempted to kill the bear but did not succeed so the bears had no time.