The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds- Tillie's Family VS. the Capulets

The Capulets and the Hunsdorfer families are very different. The Capulet family is the family from Romeo and Juliet. The Hunsdorfer family is from The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds. I am assuming this is their last name because beatrice called herself Mrs. Hunsdorfer over the phone.

In both families, the mother seems very intent on getting what she wants for her daughter and making the biggest decisions without giving the child any say at all in the matter, sometimes leading to the child making irrational choices. Both daughters want something very badly that they cannot have. Although in TEOGROMITMM, Tillie eventually convinces Beatrice to let her go to the science fair. It does not describe how Tillie got her mother to make this decision. In Romeo and Juliet, Lady Capulet will not even talk about letting Juliet have what she wants, which is to marry Romeo. Juliet does not even feel comfortable asking her mother if she can marry Romeo. Juliet told Lady Capulet that she loved Romeo, but does not ask her if it was ok. 

The Capulet family was very rich and had a lot of power. They threw royal dances and parties. They could afford to have Juliet marry Paris, and he would say yes if they asked him. Juliet also has a very rich father. The Hunsdorfer family is very poor. They have very little money, are not very educated, and have little dignity. Tillie and Ruth have no father at all. The Capulet family is respected and Juliet's father has a lot of money. Juliet's parents are dignified and polite. The Hunsdorfer family is not respected. In fact, the whole family is teased and all of them are thought to be crazy. This could be one reason why they have little money. Beatrice, Tillie's mother, is not very dignified. She drinks too much and swears at other adults through the phone. This could be another reason why they are not respected and have little money.

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds-- Act I

So far, there is not a lot that I can relate to. The mother in this play is not very nice to her children and she forces them to do things they do not want to. Then she makes them lie about it so she will not get in trouble. The mother also seems not very smart. Her vocabulary is not very broad at all.

My family seems to be exactly the opposite. I feel as though I have the best parents and siblings I could ask for, and everyone in my family is educated well. My parents always care about how we feel and what is going on in our lives, unlike Beatrice, who seems to not be very involved in her daughters' lives. She does not seem to care a lot about their feelings. Overall, my life is just about the exact opposite of the lives of the characters in this play.