Tunes For Bears To Dance To Character Analysis

Have you ever gone through the pain and pure depression that goes along with the death of a sibling? Have you ever had to get a job as a child because your mother can not bring in enough money to support her family? Probably not. However, eleven-year-old Henry Casavant does. Henry’s older brother was killed by a hit and run driver, and Henry had to get a job at his local Corner Market to help bring in money for his family. In Tunes for Bears to Dance To by Robert Cormier, Henry evolved from being a depressed 12-year-old boy at the beginning of the novel to being obedient in the mid-section of the novel, and finally to being regretful as the novel ended. These changes were caused by the many sad and challenging events that happened to Henry
“‘I smashed the village,’ Henry said, ‘but it was an accident. I didn’t mean to do it’” (92). This explains how much regret he has for ruining the village because he wishes he could go back and change it. Henry’s boss, Mr. Hairston, told Henry to destroy Mr. Levine’s wooden village. The village was a replica of his childhood village before it was obliterated by Nazis and was thrown into a concentration camp. Because Henry is so obedient, he listened. Also, there were a lot of rewards for destroying it. Henry experienced several changes of character in the book Tunes for Bears to Dance To by Robert Cormier. He went from being depressed at the beginning of the novel, to being obedient in the mid-section of the novel, and finally to being regretful as the novel ended. These changes were brought about by the events in Henry’s life, including his brother dying, his father being very depressed, and his mother having a poor paying job. Based on these changes and the growth that Henry underwent in the novel, it is likely that Henry will get a chance to restart again, and try to be innocent again when he and his family move back to