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Connection to Self: Tears of a Tiger
I can relate the situation from the novel Tears of a Tiger to my own life. For example, I can relate to Tyrone’s story because in the story he had to hold his best friend back from another friend to keep from losing both of them and he did not want that. Also in the book he had to let the police officer know what occurred that night. According to the text the author states, “ Me and B.J. grab Andy then, and we have to hold him back, ‘cause the whole car is in flames, and Rob is still stuck inside, we can hear him screamin’,...etc.” On page 24 it states, “ We had about four-six packs in the trunk of Andy’s car before the game. Yeah, all of us was drinking cept’ B’J.,

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