Ever wish you could read some of the greatest books ever? Well, I actually have. Killing Mr. Griffin and Romeo & Juliet were two of the best books I have ever read. These two have big comparisons and differences, but death seems to be the theme that runs throughout the both of them.
In Killing Mr. Griffin, written by Lois Duncan, there are 5 main characters: Susan McConnell, David Ruggles, Mark Kinney, Jeff Garret, and Betsy Cline. Otherwise, in Romeo & Juliet, there are about 3 main characters: Romeo, Juliet, and Friar Lawrence. So, in Killing Mr. Griffin, Mark Kinney became infuriated with his English teacher Mr. Griffin because he kept giving him bad grades no matter how hard Mark tried. Since this mad him mad, he decided to plan a trick on Mr. Griffin by kidnapping him and playing jokes on him. But this isn’t exactly what happened, instead of it all being fun and games, Mr. Griffin dies. On the other hand, in Romeo & Juliet, the two main characters died of their love for each other and for Tybalt, Paris, Mercutio, and Lady Montague, they either died because of fights between the characters or of grief. Another huge difference is the time period that both of these stories take place; one in the older times and the other in the 21st century. So with all these dissimilarities, there are also similarities.
In both Romeo & Juliet and Killing Mr. Griffin, death is the occurring action. Furthermore the main characters keep big secrets away from the ones they love, that don’t come out of the closet until the end of the books. Also, in my opinion, I feel like in Killing Mr. Griffin that Mark Kinney is like the nurse from Romeo & Juliet in the beginning of the book by telling Susan that she’s going to be all right and safe by not telling anyone about what happened to Mr. Griffin. But as he turns in the end, he ties her up, and lights her mother’s curtains on fire in Susan’s house. Just like in Romeo & Juliet when the nurse is there for her 24/7; but then tells her...