Summary Of Sharon M. Draper's Tears Of A Tiger

The author of this book called, “Tears of a Tiger” is written by Sharon M. Draper. This belongs in the Realistic Fiction category. The plot of the story is about a teenage boy named, Andrew Jackson who is undergoing in a severe emotional state after the death of his best friend Robert Washington. Robert died in a DUI incident. He was with his fellow friends, B.J. Carson, Tyrone Mills and Andrew Jackson as the driver. Everyone in school were inflicted with pain after the news of Rob’s death. The person who is mostly in pain is Andy, who is been in depression and is in need of a psychologist, because of his mental state. I chose this book, because it is kind of a life relating story. I know friends who lost someone they loved and I see the pain

Carson and Keisha Montgomery. Andy is the main character of the story and what he feels in the story, is the same way I have felt before. He is trying to overcome this fear, but there are many obstacles that try to stop him. He goes to see a psychologist and he is failing his classes even though he didn’t do the work. He is purposely trying to fail. “I cannot see the future and I cannot change the past. But the present is so heavy, I don’t think I’m going to last.” The second character I found interesting is B.J. Carson. He is the shortest among his friends and tries so hard to be in the basketball team, but never could get picked. He always tried so hard to get into the team for maybe about 4-5 years since the 7th grade. He never gives up and he always does his best to become the best. He is always feels like he doesn’t belong with his friends, because he was never in the basketball team, but somehow he was best friends with them. “Drinking in an early age had stunted my growth.” The last character I liked was Keisha. She’s Andy’s girlfriend and always tried to support him after the incident. Sometimes she would get really annoyed when Andy becomes depressed all of a sudden and she thinks that he’s getting a bit of a pain. Though she tries her best to help him not as a girlfriend but also a friend. She would always cheer him up by spending time with him and giving advices that would help him get over the death

He finally gave up on life. He stayed home and skipped school for the day and didn’t tell his family or friends that he wasn’t going to show up. His family thought he was at school and his friends thought that he was sick at home. He didn’t know what to do. He was sitting in his bed, thinking about all the pain he had endured, with his father’s hunting rifle in his arms. “It’s not that I want to die-it’s just that I can’t stand the pain of living anymore. I just want the hurt and pain inside to go away.” He just wanted everything to stop. “So I came back here, to sit on my lumpy, linty bed spread, wishing i had never been born, stroking the smooth, cool barrel of my father’s shotgun.” He shot himself right through the head while his blood his dripping through to the floor, down to the ceiling of the downstairs