Tears Of A Tiger Analysis

The novel, Tears of a Tiger, by Sharon M. Draper addresses the aftermath and impact that a fatal drunk driving accident has on the lives of the young teenagers involved. The story focuses on the protagonist, Andy Jackson, the drunk driver in a car with his 3 other friends who get into a fatal crash which ends up killing his best friend, Robert Washington. While everyone else slowly got over Robbie’s death, Andy changed severely, and fell into a pit of depression and guilt which no one could pull him out of. The author’s purpose is inform teenagers of the dangers of drunk driving and it’s impact on the ones involved, so that teenagers learn from the mistakes and lessons of these characters. Tears of a Tiger can also compare to the movie,

Being a teenager, that's tough. But being someone who is expected to single-handedly break racial barriers, thats all around near impossible. In the story, “Warriors Don't Cry” by Melba Pattillo Beals, she portrays how she had to be a leader in integration, while being a high schooler at the same time. In her story, she uses figurative language, such as irony and similes, to enhance some of her most difficult times. Through her use of figurative language, the reader is opened up to how Melba uses figurative language throughout her story to emphasise her hardships and struggles, and how she imagines a hopeful future.

This powerful memoir is a testament to the potential love and determination that can be exhibited despite being on the cusp of a nation's racial conflicts and confusions, one that lifts a young person above

Nelson Mandela, an anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist who focused on dismantling racism, once said, “It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it,” (“AZ Quotes”). In Tears of a Tiger, Sharon M. Draper uses the epistolary novel style of writing to present problems teenagers face. In the novel Andy, the protagonist, is unable to forgive himself after his drinking-and-driving accident kills his friend, Rob. Through this tale of teenage tragedy, the author conveys some themes about death, depression, guilt/blame, and racism. The characters have to learn to not only deal with these situations thrown at them, but also to live through them as well. Draper uses symbols to represent and show the life problems teenagers face on a daily base.

The antagonist in Tears of a Tiger is depression and guilt. Andrew is getting really depressed, because he has the guilt of killing his best friend, Robert Washington, who died in a car accident, by drinking and driving. Everyday as the months go by, the guilt and depression begin to grow. Andrew may seem happy sometimes on the outside, but in the inside Andrew is mentally and emotionally damaged. Suicide is one of the biggest antagonists. At the end of the book, Andrew commits suicide because he is tired and fed up with the stress and guilt.

What do you think you more like Sistine or rob I know my what you. The book The Tiger Rising by Kate Dicamillo. Rob is a lonely kid get bullied a lot and

Growing up, I lived in a close-knit community where the majority of families around me were Hmong, like myself. Therefore, I didn’t know or understand what racism, discrimination, and stereotypes was until I was in school and was exposed to other cultural groups, which resulted in my experience of childhood bullying. Students from my elementary school made comments that my family

Some People tend to laugh and feed on putting someone down based on their race and some may not even know they are being racist at all. The fact is that your behavior towards someone can be racist even when you may be “Joking” or “Messing around.” The matter of fact is the racial comments were still made and still have a hurtful message. In the essays we read we were given a real life example of how even unintentional racial comments can still be harmful to someone and shouldn’t be used as a cultural norm. One imperative stride to lessening the racist culture in America is to incorporate educational programs for our youth to show them that we are all created equal and racism has no place in our society. These measures can help raise equality and counter the impacts of any prejudice or dogmatism that happens in the children’s homes by helping them see and comprehend what generalizations and racism are and that they ought to be stayed away from. The adults and leaders in the lives of the youngsters are the illustrations that the kids look up to and will determine how they will act when they are older. By instructing the kids at a young age about the threats of generalization and racism, we can limit the transference of bigotry to the future

The United States is viewed as the melting pot of the world, it 's where multiple cultures collide. This provides people with the chance to encounter diversity that they would otherwise not get to experience, although not everyone is welcoming of these encounters. There are those who use these encounters to fuel their own unjustified hatred and rage based on nothing more than preconceived prejudices, stereotypes, and discrimination. According to Saul McLeod (2008) prejudice is defined as having an unjustified or an incorrect negative attitude and pre-judging someone negatively due to them belonging to a certain group. Discrimination is defined as the unfair treatment that usually entails negative or harmful behavior towards members of a particular group. While according to Sabrina Keene (2010) “stereotyping is the application of an individual’s own thoughts, beliefs, and expectations onto other individuals without first obtaining factual knowledge about the individual(s).” The problem with prejudice and stereotyping is that they are misconceptions that are easy to learn. And once we have that opinion in our head that we wholeheartedly believe it becomes a schema or heuristics, which then becomes a default response for us. Prejudice’s are also easy to pick us as children, our environment and the people around us definitely influence our way of thinking, although not all prejudice learned as a child are maintained. The reasons that it is difficult to combat because

In the news, the Le Moyne cafeteria, lectures I attend for class, in my classes, and numerous other settings, it seems that is unavoidable to discuss race, immigration, homophobia, United States borders, and Muslims wherever I am. The news is continuously discussing whether or not Muslims should be feared, how they are profiled physically as, and which body of people they are. Far after the African American Civil Rights Movement we are still discussing discrimination against African American, although African Americans are no longer fighting for equal rights, they are still fighting for equal treatment. The LGBTQ community in America is still discriminated against despite some strides of progression. Our world seems to be full of hatred with

I can relate to the characters from the novel Tears of a Tiger to my own life.  For example The phone call between Rhonda and Keisha after they were alerted about an car wreck involving some high school boys from their school.  Rhonda and Keisha were informed by a lady that works at Good Sam as it states on page eight chapter 3 . Rhonda went to the hospital only to find out that it was true , unfortunately she also received the news that Robert died as a result of the accident . I can relate to them because last year my brother was in a car accident . My father informed me as we  were on our way to the hospital , he explained to me that my brother had to undergo surgery because is bone detached from his foot.  On page 10 it says that “ no they

My IRP book displays this concept of whiteness, which means having the privilege and superiority over others just for being white. Tears We Cannot Stop talks about how discrimination started when slavery was first brought to the US, centuries ago. It also mentions the fact that whiteness was made superior when they became owners of slaves. They will always have in mind this concept of ownership in which it seems as time never passed and they are still living in the past. Both races seem to refuse to come to a mutual understanding and peaceful agreement. Therefore, nowadays there’s been protests such as “Black lives Matter” and riots. These sorts of events have made no improvement in society's interaction with one another. Racism exists and can be found everywhere, no matter how much people try to deny it or hide

Tiger Woods was too young to notice the racism around him. He didn’t understand that in this world, people were judged by the color of their skin. He couldn’t speak out about it; he couldn’t voice his opinions, or come up with possible solutions because he was too young. Tiger faced many racial ordeals throughout his life, mainly because he was half-Thai and half-black. He broke into the sport of golf as one of the youngest. He not only wanted to be the best black golfer; he wanted to be the best golfer. The only way Tiger dealt with racism was to let his clubs do all the talking for him. The book starts off with Earl Woods, Tiger’s

Written by Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger tells the story of a man who went from living with nothing to someone with everything he could ever want. Balram Halwai grows up in “the Darkness,” an area of India where, among other things, family was the main source of life and contempt for family was of the utmost evil. When he decides to find a job outside of his social circle, Balram’s family implores him to send money home to sustain them. He finally hits his final straw when his grandmother begins to try to force him to be married, something he does not have interest in and knows it will take away his independence. Once he disconnects from his family, he is able to be himself, free from his former life that tied him down. As Balram Halwai embarks on his journey to become successful as the “White Tiger”, the social concept of family breaks down, thus giving way to him finding his independence.

“Action without a name, A who is attached to it, Is meaningless” -Hannah Arendt. The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga, is a novel about a self-made entrepreneur who wants to make a change for his life, named Balram. Throughout this story, the author gives various names to our protagonist that expresses many things about him. Such names include: Munna, Balram, country mouse, and Ashok Sharma. These names represent the different parts of his personality, how he is embracing each name, how others see him vs. how he sees himself, and his identity. Not only are these names important, but they give a certain meaning to his life. The numerous names Adiga gives Balram throughout the novel reveal the different purposes and meanings of those names.