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This excerpt is from the novel Tears of a Tiger. It focuses on Gerald, a high school student whose friends were recently involved in a drunk driving accident. One of his friends died in this accident. In his English class, he writes a personal essay about the topic "If I Could Change the World." This excerpt is that personal essay.