Sharon m draper romiette and julio characters
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Romiette and Julio
Discussion Questions
Romiette and Julio begins with a dream sequence. How is this effective in building suspense and introducing the main character?
How does this method affect the reader's response? What predictions can the reader make about Romiette?
Chapter two is written as a diary. As you first meet Jericho, how is he like many young people today? How is he different? What seem to be his biggest insecurities? His greatest strengths?
Describe the relationship between Romiette and Destiny. Why are they so close? How are they alike and how are they different?
Why do you think the character of Destiny was given that name? What aspects of her personality and her actions make that name appropriate?
What do you know of Thomas Jefferson High School from the descriptions given in the text? How would you describe the building itself, the teachers, the students, the administration, the "feel" of the school? How does it compare to high scho
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Romiette and Julio
1999 novel by Sharon Draper
Romiette and Julio is a young adult novel by Sharon Draper, published in 1999 by Atheneum Books. It is an updated version of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Many of the characters in Draper's novel closely parallel those in Shakespeare's play. The plot updates the family feud between the Capulets and Montagues to reflect modern racial tensions between African-Americans and Hispanics in the United States. The book received mixed reviews.
Plot summary
[edit]This story begins with African American teenager Romiette Cappelle awaking from a recurring nightmare in which she is drowning in fire and water. Just before waking she hears an unknown male voice speaking to her. Although frightened by the nightmare, she wonders whether the voice could be the voice of her soulmate.
Meanwhile, Julio Montague, a Hispanic teenager has just moved to town (Cincinnati, Ohio) from Corpus Christi, Texas, and the following day is his
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Romiette & Julio
Summary
Listen to Chapter 1
When Romiette Cappelle and her best friend Destiny decide to order The Scientific Soul Mate struktur from the back of the Heavy Hunks magazine, they're not sure what they're getting into. Destiny, a self-proclaimed psychic, assures Romi that for $44.99 plus shipping and papper, it's the only way they're ever going to find out who their soul mates really are. If ingenting else, maybe Romi will get some insight into that recurring dream she's been having about fire and water.
But they never expect that the scented candle and tube of dream ointment will live up to their promises and merge Romiette's destiny with Julio Montague, a boy she's just met in the "cosmos" of an International chat room. It turns out they go to the same high school, not to mention having almost the same names as Shakespeare's famous lovers! Sweet-scented dreams of Julio have almost overtaken Romi's nightmares...
......when suddenly they return , but this time i