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James Armstrong

Freshamn Academic English

Period 8

TYRELL

By: Coe Booth

Additional Quotes

Main Quotes

  • "I mean I aint even 16 yet, why I gotta be dealing with all this?" - Tyrell is being forced to grow up and deal with grown up problems although he is still a kid.
  • "I never really believed in God, 'cause if there was a God he wouldnt have taken my Pops away from me. And My Pops always taught me not to depend on nobody but yourself..." - Tyrell believes that because his life is so bad, that there is no God, things such as his father have been taken away from him and pretty much destroyed his family so he lost his faith.
  • "@#!*%, life is so f****d up for Troy right now..." - Tyrell is trying to provide and make a better life for Troy, but he is not able to be around as much anymore because he is out making money and Tyrells absence is effecting Troy.
  • "I just stand there for second thinking how crazy this @#!*% is. I mean, something aint right when Troy don't even get scared no more... I'ma hafta get us outta here. Fast." - Tyrell and his family have been in Bennett for so long that the disgusting-ness of the hotel doesn't bother them anymore, yet they still dont want to live there. They were put there by the New York City Emergency Assistance Unit.
  • "Im trying to get us outta here, so I need to make alot of money." - Tyrell is trying to make money to get his family out of the shelter.
  • "After he got arrested, everything changed. Yeah, I was still goin' to school and all that, but things at home was so jacked up I couldn't even think straight." - His dads arrest was the main thing that caused major problems such as living in the shelter and his mom not caring for her family as much as she was before.
  • "Cal, I aint workin' for you." - Cal is a drug dealer around Tyrells age, and wants him to work for him. Tyrell keeps denying the offer so he doesn't get caught arrested.
  • "It don't take me a second to run up on that n***a. He ain't even lookin when i bum-rush him and knock him down on the floor. Then, before he know what hit him I'm on top of him punching him over and over in his face." - Tyrell is very protective of his girlfriend, Novisha, so anyone that messes with her, Tyrell will "take care" of him.
  • "He just gotta be more careful next time. I'm always telliin' him that, but he never listen, your father." (quote from Tyrells mom) - Tyrells mom wants him and his father to become drug dealers but Tyrell insists on doing the right thing. Tyrells mom doesn't care if his father or him go to jail she just wants to have aloy of money to live somewhere nice.
  • "I don't even know why Ms. Jenkins invited us for dinner when she ain't had to." - People are always trying to help out Tyrell and his family when they can because alot of people he knows, knows exactly what hes going through. They've been there at some point.

"I ain't gonna lie. I like having my girl take care of me this way. I can't wait 'til she finish high school and we can live together somewhere on our own. I'ma support her while she in college, pay all the bills and @#!*% , and she can take care of me like this everyday. Man, that's the way I wanna be living.”

“Ima make sure they don bring no drugs in my party. I do things right.”

“We still got roaches on the bed, walls, and floors, but Troy ain’t even crying ‘bout them no more. He probably too used to them by now.”

Connection to book

Character Bucket List

My connection to the book is that I know that Tyrell is going through as far as not having his dad around becasue my parents are divorced and I almost never saw my dad until about 3 years ago. But until then it was hard for me not having my dad around as much as i wanted him to be.

My Bucket List

  • Get married to Novisha, His girlfriend
  • Live in a real house
  • support his mother and brother
  • get a job
  • not get addicted to drugs, not do drugs
  • not go to jail
  • get out of the ghetto, violence
  • support Novisha
  • finish high school
  • spend time with his dad, who is in jail
  • go into the military
  • go to college
  • become an engineer (electrical or combat)
  • get my masters degree in engineering
  • go skydiving
  • meet lil wayne
  • ride in a Bugatti or Rolls Royce
  • ride on an elephant
  • travel to every continent
  • visit the Christ the Redeemer statue
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