Tunes for Bears to Dance to

Quick

Summary

Henry and his

family moved

after his

brother, Eddie

died.

Henry gets a job at Mr. Hairston’s grocery store.

My name is:

Mr. Hairston

Henry meets a man named Mr. Levine who is building a small scale model of his childhood village that was taken over by Nazis.

Henry wants to get a special grave for Eddie.

Mr. Hairston offers to buy it for him.

But only if he smashes Mr. Levine's village.

In return he will get…

-To keep his job

-To get his mother promoted

-A grave for Eddie

-to not get expelled

It’s up to Henry to decide what to do.

As we all know, he accidentally smashes the village, stands up to Mr. Hairston, moves back to his hometown, and lives happily ever after.

Figurauative language

Similies

“His touch as light as a snowflake.”(Cormier 36)

“The ball soaring like the arc of a rainbow.”(Cormier 30)

Metaphors

“Her laughter bubbled merrily in the air.”(Cormier 30)

“Spider webs had appeared around his eyes.”(Cormier 2)

Themes

Good v.s. evil- Henry, Mr. Hairston.

Don’t judge a book by it’s cover- George Graham.

Overcoming hardship- Henry and his family, Mr. Levine, Doris.

Forces bears to dance flute player bear

Forces Henry to smash village Henry

Mr. Hairston

Sources

Tunes for Bears to Dance to by Robert Cormier .

http://ddelferraro.blogspot.com/2011/05/tunes-for-bears-to-dance-to-what-title.html

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