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What Are The Different Places In John Tyree's Life
John Tyree dropped out of highschool and was left with no choice but the army. He is often referred to as an angry rebel. He is in the special forces. He has been in the army long enough to become the army sergeant. John is home on a two week leave from Germany. John’s first stop when he comes home is usually the bar, but this time he chooses to go to the beach. The bar gets John in trouble every time he visits the bar. At the beach he had to jump into the ocean to retrieve Savannah’s purse. This is how he met the love of his life. He is twenty three years old ,and still hasn’t found true love. John Tyree’s home town is Wilmington, NC. John gets stationed in a couple different places throughout the book. First he was stationed in Germany. …show more content…
Tim is Savannah’s best friend. He was always kind and respectful to John ,but John new that Tim liked Savannah to. John just never thought it would come to this. The two built homes during the summer together. Tim gets very sick. Tim has skin cancer ,and needs money for a special drug to get better. Since John is so kind hearted ,and wants Savannah to be happy he anonymously donates the money to them. The special drug helped Tim and Tim was able to come home. John’s gets news that his father is very very sick. John comes home to spend time with his father. John’s father Bill passes away during this time. John was having a rough time with his father's death as his father was all he had left. John visits the farm house Savannah and her husband own. As John passes by Savannah’s home one last time he see’s Tim, Allen, and Savannah all outside playing around. John had his problems coming to his senses that Savannah was no longer in love with him. Allen is kind of just a minor character. Allen is Tim's autistic little brother. John was so hurt after seeing Savannah with her husband. Bill left his massive coin collection with John. The coin collection was worth a small fortune. John went and sold all the coins ,but one. That coin was very sentimental to

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