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Tangerine Literary Analysis Everyone has a role model. For some people it is a celebrity, for others it is a family member, and sometimes it is just a random person you know. For Paul, in the book Tangerine by Edward Bloor, that person is Luis. Luis’ actions positively affected Paul by allowing Paul to become a harder worker, braver, and finally deciding to stand up to Erik. One choice that Luis makes that really affected Paul is how hard Luis works to keep the groves in good shape. When Paul goes out to help with the groves he sees Luis. Luis is the group Leader and fights through the pain and “twenty-four degree temperatures” (Bloor 224) to save as much of the grove as he possibly can. Paul witnesses this and is amazed,

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