Tunes for Bears to Dance To Chapter 16
<p>This three-page marked typescript of Chapter 16 of <em>Tunes for Bears to Dance To</em> includes penciled line edits. In the chapter, Henry has a nightmare about smashing the village and his mother tries to comfort him.</p>
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Robert Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
Elise Takehana, Anna Consalvo
<p><a href="https://terrorandbullies.omeka.net/items/show/25" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tunes for Bears to Dance To Chapter 3</a></p>
<p><a href="https://terrorandbullies.omeka.net/items/show/26" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tunes for Bears to Dance to Chapter 6</a></p>
<p><a href="https://terrorandbullies.omeka.net/items/show/27" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tunes for Bears to Dance To Chapter 7</a></p>
<p><a href="https://terrorandbullies.omeka.net/items/show/28" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tunes for Bears to Dance To Chapter 10</a></p>
<p><a href="https://terrorandbullies.omeka.net/items/show/29" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tunes for Bears to Dance to Chapter 11</a></p>
<p><a href="https://terrorandbullies.omeka.net/items/show/30" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tunes for Bears to Dance to Chapter 15</a></p>
<p><a href="https://terrorandbullies.omeka.net/items/show/31" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tunes for Bears to Dance to Chapter 17</a></p>
<p><a href="https://terrorandbullies.omeka.net/items/show/32" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tunes for Bears to Dance to Chapter 19</a></p>
<p><a href="https://terrorandbullies.omeka.net/items/show/126" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tunes for Bears to Dance To Chapter 13</a></p>
JPG, 8.5 x 11 typewriter paper
English
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<em>Tunes for Bears to Dance To</em> Chapter 13
<p>This three-page marked typescript of Chapter 13 of <em>Tunes for Bears to Dance To</em> includes pencilled line edits. In the chapter, Henry arrives at work and diligently does his chores. He waits for Mr. Hairston to go in the locker to grind meat so he can peek at the drawing of his brother's cemetery monument.</p>
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Robert Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
Elise Takehana, Anna Consalvo
<p><a href="https://terrorandbullies.omeka.net/items/show/25" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tunes for Bears to Dance To Chapter 3</a></p>
<p><a href="https://terrorandbullies.omeka.net/items/show/26" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tunes for Bears to Dance to Chapter 6</a></p>
<p><a href="https://terrorandbullies.omeka.net/items/show/27" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tunes for Bears to Dance To Chapter 7</a></p>
<p><a href="https://terrorandbullies.omeka.net/items/show/28" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tunes for Bears to Dance To Chapter 10</a></p>
<p><a href="https://terrorandbullies.omeka.net/items/show/29" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tunes for Bears to Dance to Chapter 11</a></p>
<p><a href="https://terrorandbullies.omeka.net/items/show/30" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tunes for Bears to Dance to Chapter 15</a></p>
<p><a href="https://terrorandbullies.omeka.net/items/show/31" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tunes for Bears to Dance to Chapter 17</a></p>
<p><a href="https://terrorandbullies.omeka.net/items/show/32" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tunes for Bears to Dance to Chapter 19</a></p>
<a href="https://terrorandbullies.omeka.net/items/show/127" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tunes for Bears to Dance To Chapter 16</a>
JPG, 8.5 x 11 typewriter paper
English
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"Journeys into Terror"
<p>In this article, Mary Shaner explores two pieces - Robert Cormier's <em>After the First Death</em> and Peter Dickinson's <em>The Seventh Raven</em>. Both novels look closely at the plight of children as victims of terrorist attacks. Both books also look more deeply at teenage protagonists who are under pressure from their elders to act in a specific way. Bravery also comes into play - both perceptions of bravery and the need to be brave. Both novels offer a portrayal of terrorists as people, and both offer sympathetic characters. A central theme, shared by both books, is that of integrity, which sometimes comes at the cost of humanity.</p>
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Robert Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
Elise Takehana, Anna Consalvo, Katy Covino
JPG, 8.5 x 11 paper
English
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Essay">Essay</a>
<em>After the First Death</em> Japanese Article
This article is written in Japanese with a few words and phrases translated into English. It seems to be a brief review or reflection of <em>After the First Death</em>. The reviewer seems to think that while the novel is well-written it may cover some of the same ground as Robert Cormier's previous pieces. At one point in the article, there are two quotes that express the contention between individual identity and collective identity. However, without a translation, it is hard to know exactly what is said in this piece.
Robert Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
1982
Elise Takehana, Anna Consalvo, Katy Covino
JPG, folded A4 booklet
Japanese
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Anny Lee's letter to Robert Cormier
In this letter from Anny Lee shares with Cormier her experience of reading <em>After the First Death</em>. She shares with the author how she felt his text was 'the weirdest, most confusing, and unique' book she ever read. Though she conveys how much she did not like the close analysis her class engaged in, she does say how interested she became in the characters and the plot.
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Robert Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
19 November 1987
Elise Takehana, Anna Consalvo, Katy Covino
<p><a href="https://terrorandbullies.omeka.net/items/show/121" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Wayne Kent's letter to Robert Cormier</a></p>
<p><a href="https://terrorandbullies.omeka.net/items/show/122" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Luke Kenzel's letter to Robert Cormier</a></p>
JPG, 8.5 x 11 lined paper
English
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Luke Kenzel's letter to Robert Cormier
<p>In this hand-written letter, Luke Kenzel, a student from Hudson High School, shares his experience of reading <em>After the First Death</em>. He states how moved he was by the realism and the explicit events that come to pass. Luke goes on to ask questions about the relationship between Ben and the general and the details surround Ben's death and its aftermath.</p>
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Robert Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
13 April 1986
Elise Takehana, Anna Consalvo, Katy Covino
<p><a href="https://terrorandbullies.omeka.net/items/show/121" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Wayne Kent's letter to Robert Cormier</a></p>
<a href="https://terrorandbullies.omeka.net/items/show/123" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Anny Lee's letter to Robert Cormier</a>
JPG, 8.5 x 11 lined paper
English
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Wayne Kent's letter to Robert Cormier
<p>In this short letter, Wayne Kent writers to Robert Cormier to ask him about where he found the information he used to portray the terrorist characters. He also compliments Cormier on the realism of the traumatic experiences he depicts. Kent concludes by asking about the general's mental health.</p>
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Robert Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
14 April 1986
Elise Takehana, Anna Consalvo, Katy Covino
<p><a href="https://terrorandbullies.omeka.net/items/show/122" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Luke Kenzel's letter to Robert Cormier</a></p>
<p><a href="https://terrorandbullies.omeka.net/items/show/123" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Anny Lee's letter to Robert Cormier</a></p>
JPG, 8.5 x 11 lined paper
English
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Letter">Letter</a>
"Exposing Teenagers To One Fact of Life"
In this brief review of <em>After the First Death</em>, Jim Haskins, an associate professor of English at the University of Florida, offers his impressions of Robert Cormier's novel. After summarizing the plot broadly, Haskins goes onto compliment Cormier's writing as honest and powerful - in some cases as brutal as it is riveting.
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Robert Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
11 March 1979
Elise Takehana, Anna Consalvo, Katy Covino
JPG newsprint
English
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"Born to Kill"
<p>In this paper, written for English 220 by Andrew Dimond in November 1982, the author explores themes of terrorism, innocence, personalities, and relationships. The piece begins with an investigation of the character, Miro. The author discusses Miro's early life in the terrorist camp - his education and indoctrination into the mindset of terror. From Miro's own perception, however, he is a freedom fighter and a hero. Standing opposed to Miro is Ben - an orphan of another sort. Similarly indoctrinated into patriotism, Ben's entire life has been subsumed by the general's prerogatives. Both have grown into conditioned believers - in both cases 'deprived children become depriving adults.'</p>
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Robert Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
November 1982
Elise Takehana, Anna Consalvo, Katy Covino
<a href="https://terrorandbullies.omeka.net/items/show/114" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">"Miro, The Terrorist With a Conscience"</a>
JPG, 8.5 x 11 paper
English
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=College+term+paper">College term paper</a>
Speech card on <em>After the First Death</em>'s origins
In this short card, Robert Cormier alludes to an upcoming speech he will give wherein he will explore the origins of <em>After the First Death</em>. There is very little on the card itself - it merely suggests more to come.
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Robert Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
Elise Takehana, Anna Consalvo, Katy Covino
JPG, index card
English
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Robert Cormier on <em>After the First Death</em>
In this piece, Robert Cormier reflects on the influences at work in <em>After the First Death</em>. He discusses the type of person who could commit a terrorist act, and yet who could still see himself or herself as a hero or a patriot. In such a case, innocence would be reconceived as monstrous. The novel also let Cormier explore the stereotypical cheerleader character as the center for sexual fantasy and a love story. <em>After the First Death</em>, like much of Cormier's work, deals with parent-child relationships - filled with emotion and betrayal. These factors came together in the writing of the piece but ended up taking their own course to a different destination than Cormier intended. <em>After the First Death</em>, like much of Cormier's work, deals with parent-child relationships - filled with emotion and betrayal. These factors came together in the writing of the piece but ended up taking their own course to a different destination than Cormier intended.
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Robert Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
Elise Takehana, Anna Consalvo, Katy Covino
JPG, 8.5 x 11 paper
English
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"Fact nor far behind fiction"
In this published news story included in <em>The Plain Dealer</em>, author Janice Carter discusses how the events detailed in <em>After the First Death</em> are not too far from fiction. Referring to a conversation with Robert Cormier, she shares how some of the novel's features reflect recent terrorist acts. Cormier notes how there is little research available to those interested in writing about terrorism. To that end, he wanted to use the novel to "explore the mind of a terrorist" - specifically the human side. Carter notes that these types of stories - violent, fast-paced and compelling - are often at the forefront of Cormier's young adult fiction.
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<em>The Plain Dealer</em>
Robert Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
2 May 1980
Elise Takehana, Anna Consalvo, Katy Covino
JPG, newsprint
English
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<em>After the First Death</em> on "A Word on Books" KFAC Radio
<p>In this short on-air review, Millicent Braverman shares a summary of <em>After the First Death</em>. Calling the piece a "chilling and sensitive suspense novel," she focuses on the character of Miro, a young freedom fighter/terrorist trying to find out who he is amid a fraught and terrifying hostage situation. She closes by mentioning her opinion that the book is action-packed and psychologically disturbing.</p>
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Robert Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
4 June 1979
Elise Takehana, Anna Consalvo, Katy Covino
JPG, 8.5 x 11 paper
English
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"Miro, The Terrorist With a Conscience"
<p>In this student-written piece, Haddie Bratwaite reflects on the character of Miro, in <em>After the First Death.</em> Specifically, she explores the sympathetic side of his nature that exists in contrast to his acts as a terrorist. Beginning with a look at his early life, Bratwaite argues that survival instincts shape Miro's nascent identity - that his desire to belong supersedes the better part of his nature. She cites his 'mask-wearing' as a sign of his need to distance himself from his terrorist identity. She also discusses Miro's complicated relationship with Kate - which tap into his repressed sexual identity. The division in Miro's personality comes to a head when he decides to kill Kate in an effort to truly and finally belong. Her death cements his identity as a terrorist.</p>
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Robert Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
Elise Takehana, Anna Consalvo, Katy Covino
<a href="https://terrorandbullies.omeka.net/items/show/119" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">"Born to Kill"</a>
JPG, 8.5 x 11 paper
English
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"The Reader and the Text: Transaction and Reaction in Cormier's <em>After the First Death</em>"
<p>In this scholarly article, written by Hugh Agee and Eugenia Vazey, the authors explore the narrative ambiguity of <em>After the First Death</em> through the lens of student responses. Drawing from writing produced by his college class of English education majors, Agee and his co-author draw upon Louise Rosenblatt's transactional theory and address the personal dimension of the literary transactional experience. Specifically, they contrast the author's intention with the reader's personal response and interpretation. That is to say, where two interpretations are possible, what should hold sway - the author's plan or the reader's feelings? Agee's conclusion - the best interpretation is based on textual evidence.</p>
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Focus: Teaching English Language Arts Volume 18 Number 2
Robert Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
Spring 1992
Elise Takehana, Anna Consalvo, Katy Covino
<p><a href="https://terrorandbullies.omeka.net/items/show/111" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Hugh Agee's letter to Robert Cormier</a></p>
<p><a href="https://terrorandbullies.omeka.net/items/show/112" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Robert Cormier's draft response to Hugh Agee</a></p>
JPG, 8.5 x 11 paper
English
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