In the short novel Tunes for Bears to Dance To there are countless ways to cope with trauma. To begin, Mr. Levine is an old man who people think is crazy. However, that's not the case. Mr. Levine is dealing with trauma of his own, because he is a Holocaust Survivor. To illustrate, the Nazis turned his village into a concentration camp. They burned down some of the buildings, and made others into barracks to hold prisoners. Mr Levine and his family were separated. His wife and daughter were taken away to Auschwitz and were never seen again. He and his son worked in the village building chamber. The first winter his son died without any medicine to help him. Not only did Mr. Levine's body suffer, his mind and nerves were shattered too. The
