Theme Of Heroism In Tangerine

In the book “Tangerine” by Edward Bloor, Paul Fisher grew up in fear of his older brother Erik and since he moved to Lake Windsor, he feared Erik and his new friend Arthur. Although Paul had so much fear, on page 81 of Tangerine, it states, “Joey shouted back over the din, “They all must be trapped in there!” I didn’t even think about it. I yelled back, “Come On!”. This reveals that Edward Bloor expressed the theme of heroism when Paul feared that his classmates would be trapped and injured so he decided to not think and just help save his peers. In conclusion, Edward Bloor expressed the theme of heroism when Paul helped his classmates from the sinkhole.

At the end of part 1, Paul states “The heavens had opened up for me”. This reveals that