The Polar Bear Son

a member of an indigenous people of northern Canada and parts of Greenland and Alaska

• Maori
• Aboriginal
• Inuit
• Sami

look after and provide for oneself without any help from others

• dependent
• fend

• self-reliant
• interdependent

to rely on

• count on
• depend on
• trust in
• lean on

to beg

• pleading

• to demand something forcefully
• to request without any urgency
• to ask for something in a rude manner

to stop from hurting

• Encourage pain and suffering.
• spare

• Embrace the harm as a lesson.
• Ignore the pain completely.

forcefully

• with gentleness or care
• in a relaxed manner
• without any effort
• bitterly

the fat of sea mammals

• Cetacean grease
• Marine oil
• Fatty tissue
• Blubber

a traditional way of doing something

• custom
• habit
• tradition
• practice

a person or thing that gives something

• donor
• receiver
• provider

• contributor

smooth and glossy

• Matte
• Rough
• Sleek

• Dull