Tears of a Tiger | | |Summary: | |Tigers don’t cry‚ or do they? After the death of his longtime friend and fellow Hazelwood Tiger‚ Andy‚ the driver | |of the car‚ blames himself and cannot get past his guilt and pain. While his other friends have managed to work | |through their grief and move on‚ Andy allows death to become the focus of his life. In the months that follow the | |accident
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Summary Tears of a Tiger is the first book in Sharon Draper’s Hazelwood High trilogy. The novel begins with a brief newspaper article about a fiery automobile accident in which one Hazelwood High student‚ Robert Washington‚ was killed. The article also notes that Andrew (Andy) Jackson was injured in the wreck and that he had been drinking and driving. The next chapter consists of a flashback locker-room conversation between Andy Jackson and Robbie Washington from the night of the accident. The boys
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No matter what sort of difficulties‚ how painful the experience is‚ if we lose hope‚ that’s our real disaster” -Dalai Lama. Andy is a teenager from the book “Tears of a Tiger”. Zebra and John are from the book “Zebra”. All people have different ways to deal with tragedies‚ It’s your choice to choose good or bad‚ but remember there are always consequences for your actions. Andy was a 17-year-old who couldn’t get over the guilt of supposedly “killing” his best friend‚ Robbie. He shuts everyone out.
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and others prevail. For those who fail the problem is bigger than they are‚ and for those who prevail the problem is manageable. We can reflect this to the book; Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper. This essay demonstrate what causes some to prevail or fail by citing examples from the book. In the chapter of the book Tears of a Tiger “Dear Lord” B.J. actually prevailed. The reason B.J. prevails throughout this whole situation is because he believes in god. During this chapter of “Dear Lord” B
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Is it possible that one decision can change a person’s life? In Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper‚ Andrew Jackson chooses to drink and drive after a basketball game and regretfully kills his best friend Rob Washington. After the accident Andy must live with the guilt and face his family‚ friends‚ and teachers each day. The guilt becomes so heavy that Andy contemplates taking his own life. Three events that lead to Andy’s suicide are being turned away by his parents‚ breaking up with his girlfriend
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Connection to Self; Tears of a Tiger I can relate the situation from the novel Tears of a Tiger to my own life. For example‚ In the novel it says that the boys were drinking‚ on page 12. Rob and Andy put beer in Andy’s car so that they would be cold when they went driving that night. This can happen all the time in people’s life especially in school. People do things they are not supposed to do and they try to get other people to do it with them. According to the text‚ it says the Andy was swaying while
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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‚
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Connection to Self: Tears of a Tiger I can relate the situation from the novel Tears of a Tiger to my own life. For example‚ I can relate to Tyrone’s story because in the story he had to hold his best friend back from another friend to keep from losing both of them and he did not want that. Also in the book he had to let the police officer know what occurred that night. According to the text the author states‚ “ Me and B.J. grab Andy then‚ and we have to hold him back‚ ‘cause the whole car is in
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Tears of a Tiger 1. After the tragic accident‚ Andy isn’t treated well by the people not close to him at school. Some people don’t talk to him‚ others make rude comments. There are even some who won’t even look at him in the halls. Everyone has the right to express their own opinion; however‚ they should look at the situation more carefully before judging. It was Andy’s fault because he should not have been drinking and driving but‚ it was not intentional for Rob to die. 2. After the tragedy
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The book Tears Of A Tiger is a great book about a high school basketball player Andy‚ and his friends. Andy had a fantastic life. He had three best friends named Robert‚ Tyrone‚ and B.J. Also he had a girl friend named Keisha. Andy’s life then changed after one night out with his friends. After him and his closest friends won the basketball game at Hazelwood High‚ they went out for a drive. They had bought some beer as their reward for winning. Andy was driving and Robert was sitting in the passenger’s
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