Week 3 - The Steadfast Tin Soldier

Hey guys it's Laura,


This week I read the book 'The Steadfast Tin Soldier' by Hans Christian Anderson. I thought the book was to the point with the characters and the storyline and also with the underlining tone of the story. This book was fairly short so the author couldn't go into much detail but he did describe the characters well enough to understand them and their role in the story. the main theme of the story was 'The Quest'. It involves the tin soldier working hard and not giving up so he can reach his goal. The goal of the tin soldier was to reach his love, the ballerina. The particular print that I read did provide pictures to link to the story and I found them to be a great visual aid to picture the characters and the setting.

The story in the beginning started out with only one main character, the steadfast tin soldier, but as the story different characters with different roles were introduced into the story. For a story so short, lots of 'steps' in the story were described but they could only be mentioned briefly.

I thought the author conveyed the thoughts and feelings of the tin soldier well, but kept a faint mystery about the ballerina until the end where she proves her love. Though the characters didn't say much, their actions conveyed their intentions well and I thought overall this was a great story, suitable for a literacy classroom.