House of Dies Drear book report By Ryan Clark Characters o Thomas- Mr. Small’s son o Mr. Pluto- helps clean the House of Dies Drear and is Thomas’s neighbor o Mrs. Small- Thomas’s mom o Mr. Small- Thomas’s dad; owner of the House of Dies Drear o D arrows- neighbor of Mr. Pluto and the Smalls Setting This story took place in the past in March.
The story mostly takes place at the House of Dies Drear. The house was in Ohio. The house is an old slave hideout when they were on the run away from slavery. It has a lot of hidden rooms and passage ways.
It has tunnels underground connected to the house. It has three floors and is gray. Plot In the beginning Thomas doesn’t want to move, but is excited about the big house. When Thomas wakes up he is in his dads car. Then awhile later they arrive at the house with his dad, mom, and his twin baby brothers.
Thomas is amazed at the size of the house. His dad told him about Dies Drear and the legend and some believe it is haunted. In the middle Thomas starts to find passage ways in the house. He goes down a tunnel and hears a weird noise. He starts running and thinks its chasing him. Later he finds triangles in the bedrooms.
In the end Thomas finds a rope and pulls it and when he did a wall moved and a secret room appeared. Then Thomas saw his dad sitting at a desk. His dad now had a cold from helping Mr. Pluto so much. They were thinking about making it into a museum. Then they found a big black treasure chest, but they wouldn’t open it because they wanted to keep it a mystery..
The Essay on The House Of Dies Drear 2
Also, in chapter 19, which is also the end of the book, Virginia Hamilton used another cliffhanger, which led us to the next book, The Mystery of Drear House. That way, it will give people the motive to read on to the next book and make the readers eager to read the next book. Metaphor revealed through out the book, such as: The stream in the moat. The covered planks are the drawbridges, Thomas ...
