Tears Of A Tiger Comparative Essay
In both “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, and Tears of a Tiger, by Sharon Draper, both of the protagonists commit actions that would result in them both being placed in the Hall of Shame. The protagonist in Tears of a Tiger is Andy, a Junior in High School. After one of his high school basketball games, he is driving under the influence of alcohol with his three friends and crashes his car, resulting in his best friend’s death. This story is about the recovery process Andy takes to overcome the depression, sadness, and regret caused by the tragic accident he was responsible for. In “Romeo and Juliet”, Romeo commits many terrible actions including two murders that result in his banishment from Verona and separation from his family,
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friends, and his dear Juliet. Because of the decisions that Andy and Romeo make, they qualify themselves for the Hall of Shame and are forced to suffer the consequences of their decisions.
After the accident that Andy is responsible for results in his closest friends death, He is faces extreme sadness, depression, and regret of his actions on that fateful day.
His personality changes and He begins to rebel against his parents and teachers, often disobeying his or her orders and acting out against them. Andy begins to become mischievous in school, setting of fireworks in his math class, not completing his assignments for English Class, and despite the encouragement from his teachers and the orders from his psychologist and parents, his behavior does not change, resulting in his grades to slip. Another reason why Andy is qualified for the Hall of Shame is because of his deception of his teachers, parents and his psychologist. He is successful in tricking most of the people who he is a associated with into thinking that he is no longer depressed and regretting his actions that caused the accident. The only person who he truly shows his emotions to is his girlfriend, Keisha, where he regularly has mood swings in her presence. Since he is not confronted about his mood swings because he is able to deceive most of the people in his life, He is never able to recover from the accident which eventually results in him committing
suicide.
Romeo also deserves to be placed in the Hall of Shame due to some of the controversial actions he commits throughout “Romeo and Juliet”. One of the occurrences that would justify Romeo being placed in the Hall of Shame is when he seeks vengeance against Tybalt after Tybalt had killed his dear friend, Mercutio. Mercutio and Tybalt brawl in the Towns Square of Verona after a misunderstanding during their conversation. Mercutio ends up being killed and Romeo realizes that being with Juliet has made him effeminate, and he seeks to kill Tybalt to regain his honor once again. He disobeys strict order of Prince Escalus to never brawl in the streets again but because of Romeo’s selfishness, He disregards the orders of the Prince and proceeds to kill Tybalt. Although Romeo has been banished from Verona by the Prince, His foolish behavior results in him killing another one of the Prince’s kinsman, Paris. After Romeo had received the news the Juliet was “dead”, He travels to the Capulets Monument, to say his final goodbye to Juliet, before he kills himself with a potion from an Apothecary in Mantua. When Romeo arrives at the Monument, he is approached by Paris, who believes that Romeo has come to destroy the bodies. Although Romeo mentions many times that he does not wish to fight Paris, he eventually gives into Paris’s taunting, killing Paris and breaking the law once again. Romeo eventually commits suicide to be with Juliet and because he does not want to face the consequences that he would have to face if he is caught in Verona.
Both Andy and Romeo commit terrible actions which result in them both being placed in the Hall of Shame and both of their situations leave them with no other option aside from committing suicide to escape the issues they face throughout their everyday lives. Instead of resorting to suicide to escape his issues. Andy should have been honest with himself and with others and reached out to receive aid to recover from the depression caused by him killing his best friend. Rather than killing both of the Prince’s kinsman although they were taunting him, Romeo should have acted more civilized and refused to fight or if he felt extremely compelled to fight, he should have attempted to injure enemies rather than killing them. If both Andy and Romeo had been more thoughtful of the decisions the two of them made, they may have not resorted to suicide to escape their issues and lived long and successful lives.
friends, and his dear Juliet. Because of the decisions that Andy and Romeo make, they qualify themselves for the Hall of Shame and are forced to suffer the consequences of their decisions.
After the accident that Andy is responsible for results in his closest friends death, He is faces extreme sadness, depression, and regret of his actions on that fateful day.
His personality changes and He begins to rebel against his parents and teachers, often disobeying his or her orders and acting out against them. Andy begins to become mischievous in school, setting of fireworks in his math class, not completing his assignments for English Class, and despite the encouragement from his teachers and the orders from his psychologist and parents, his behavior does not change, resulting in his grades to slip. Another reason why Andy is qualified for the Hall of Shame is because of his deception of his teachers, parents and his psychologist. He is successful in tricking most of the people who he is a associated with into thinking that he is no longer depressed and regretting his actions that caused the accident. The only person who he truly shows his emotions to is his girlfriend, Keisha, where he regularly has mood swings in her presence. Since he is not confronted about his mood swings because he is able to deceive most of the people in his life, He is never able to recover from the accident which eventually results in him committing
suicide.
Romeo also deserves to be placed in the Hall of Shame due to some of the controversial actions he commits throughout “Romeo and Juliet”. One of the occurrences that would justify Romeo being placed in the Hall of Shame is when he seeks vengeance against Tybalt after Tybalt had killed his dear friend, Mercutio. Mercutio and Tybalt brawl in the Towns Square of Verona after a misunderstanding during their conversation. Mercutio ends up being killed and Romeo realizes that being with Juliet has made him effeminate, and he seeks to kill Tybalt to regain his honor once again. He disobeys strict order of Prince Escalus to never brawl in the streets again but because of Romeo’s selfishness, He disregards the orders of the Prince and proceeds to kill Tybalt. Although Romeo has been banished from Verona by the Prince, His foolish behavior results in him killing another one of the Prince’s kinsman, Paris. After Romeo had received the news the Juliet was “dead”, He travels to the Capulets Monument, to say his final goodbye to Juliet, before he kills himself with a potion from an Apothecary in Mantua. When Romeo arrives at the Monument, he is approached by Paris, who believes that Romeo has come to destroy the bodies. Although Romeo mentions many times that he does not wish to fight Paris, he eventually gives into Paris’s taunting, killing Paris and breaking the law once again. Romeo eventually commits suicide to be with Juliet and because he does not want to face the consequences that he would have to face if he is caught in Verona.
Both Andy and Romeo commit terrible actions which result in them both being placed in the Hall of Shame and both of their situations leave them with no other option aside from committing suicide to escape the issues they face throughout their everyday lives. Instead of resorting to suicide to escape his issues. Andy should have been honest with himself and with others and reached out to receive aid to recover from the depression caused by him killing his best friend. Rather than killing both of the Prince’s kinsman although they were taunting him, Romeo should have acted more civilized and refused to fight or if he felt extremely compelled to fight, he should have attempted to injure enemies rather than killing them. If both Andy and Romeo had been more thoughtful of the decisions the two of them made, they may have not resorted to suicide to escape their issues and lived long and successful lives.