In the book Romiette and Julio by Sharon Draper’s showed the conflict that two young lover from different religion had to face in the world of discrimination. Romiette is African-American girl from Cincinnati, Ohio and she is having nightmare about fire and water. In Addition to that in the nightmare that she is having, a male voice speaks to her and her best friend Destiny told her that it might be her soul mate. Julio is a Hispanic form Texas but moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. Julio and Romiette met in chat room and later found out that they both go to same school. They become friend after the date at lunch and eventually their friendship changed to relationship. Within, “Romiette start write down the events she is going through in her Journal”. The Devil dogs, local gang kidnapped them for dating each other of different race and culture. Through the book, Romiette and Julio, it explains that True love cannot end and the power of love is un-defeated.
Julio first day of school went badly because he again repeats the same behavior again like the one on Texas. He and his parents had to move from Texas to Cincinnati in the cold winter season. Julio gets on fight with ben in the school but his stupid behavior helped him to find a friend. Ben lies to his Principal about getting into fight with Julio. He claimed, he fall and he is end up bleeding from his nose. Therefore, they both end up being very close friend. However, Julio and Romiette were still in touch and there was disagreement going on between Julio and his father. His father said” he will never allow an African American girl to come to his house.
In addition, the local gangs were still threating them for being in a mixed relationship.
As the result, Romiette and Julio parents agreed to their relationship after they were found unconscious in the river.
But other examples of the theme of the story are about Bravery, Love, and Tragedy.