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Tears Of A Tiger Character Analysis

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Connection to Self: Tears of a Tigers I can relate the characters from the novel Tears of a Tiger to my own life. For example, Tyrone,Andy, and BJ all lost someone close to them and they seen it happen and there was nothing they could do to save him. According to chapter Three Tyrone tells the officer that they were driving just fooling around and that they were drinking but Andy had the most to drink. He also tells the officer that the car started to sway and that they thought it was funny, he also mentioned that Rob had his feet on the dashboard then all of a sudden a wall was in front of them. Once they ran into the wall the car quickly burst into flames, but everyone escaped, but Rob and once they seen his legs poking out of the front window

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