In the book Tangerine by Edward Bloor‚ a legally blind 7th grader named Paul Fisher‚ moves to Tangerine County‚ Florida and has to deal with many new situations. Paul had made some decisions that made a huge impact on his life as a middle schooler. Paul made the choice to defend himself against a soccer defender and stand up to his parents‚ neighbors‚ and even local officers. The first decision Paul made was to defend himself from a kid playing fullback from Palmetto Middle School
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The novel ¨Tangerine¨a realistic fiction written by Edward Bloor is about a boy´s dysfunctional family and their lies. Paul -the main character- doesn’t really understand the people around him such as his friend family and himself. Through the motif of sight‚ paul begins to get a better understanding of his friend‚ family‚ and himself. Throughout the story‚ paul is able to find a deeper meaning behind his friend’s actions and words. Such as when Tino calls paul ¨Brother¨ ___________¨(). This show
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right by the school or even lighting being struck the same area every day. Not only does Paul have to adjust to his new life at Tangerine‚ but also has to deal with his brother‚ Eric‚ and his football dream. This spectacular book is written by Edward Bloor and the genre of this book is Realistic Fiction. The book‚ Tangerine‚ is always so entertaining and intriguing to read‚ and also the book is relatable to many people’s everyday life. The main characters within the book are: Paul Fisher-A 12 year
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In the book Tangerine by Edward Bloor‚ there are multiple actions that will affect the main character Paul in the near future‚ but there was only a few that stood out and had a major effect on his future actions. These decisions in particular were made by the parent’s themselves. The parent’s made multiple decisions that were one sided and had a major effect on Paul’s personality and further decisions/actions. The parents choices to hide the secret how Paul got blind‚ to giving him open access to
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if you see so little but known so much more? Paul‚ Erik‚ Mom and Dad all are part of the same family‚ they eat the same food‚ live in the same house and share the same blood‚ but what they understand is all so different. In the novel Tangerine‚ Edward Bloor uses the motif of sight to show that seeing something isn’t the same as comprehending it. undoubtedly this can be applied to many people‚ but in Tangerine this concept of “seeing” is shown in many ways throughout Paul’s life. Paul had damaged
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Alternate Ending to Tangerine by Edward Bloor Friday‚ December 16 I haven’t been writing in a while. Then again‚ I’ve barely had time to do anything other than work like crazy at the new school. I swear the work load is nearly double than that of Tangerine Middle‚ or Lake Windsor for that matter. Or maybe its just that since I refuse to join the soccer team‚ I have nothing else to do with my time except school work. The kids that attend St. Anthonies treat me like I thought they would‚ with
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that it hinders them to get out of their comfort zone and helps them appreciate what they have‚ if a problem occurs while embarking on your voyage it will have to be resolved to make the mission you board on possible. The text analysed “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost and the type of text is poetry. My second choice of text was “The Wizard of Oz” by Victor Fleming the text type is a movie. Some possible techniques analysed are rhyme‚ imagery‚ symbolism‚ long shot‚ up shot and a full shot. In
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“Taken for Pomegranate” by Dave Lazarus appeared in Men’s Health in March 1997. This monthly magazine has published articles written for the general public on various health issues that appeal to men; usually‚ the articles are well-written‚ but this article was poorly done. For example‚ Lazarus’ purposes were to inform‚ persuade‚ and entertain‚ but he was only partially successful. The attempted humor was supposed to increase the entertainment value‚ but it diminished his credibility; his childish
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To What Extent Can Galbert of Bruges’s The Murder of Charles the Good be Taken as an ‘Utterly Artless’ Account? Although Galbert of Bruges’s De multro‚ traditione‚ et occisione gloriosi Karoli comitis Flandriarum (hereafter De multro) may initially appear to the historian to be a straightforward contemporary eyewitness account of events surrounding the murder of Count Charles the Good of Flanders‚ questions surrounding its authorship have divided scholarly opinion. In his 1891 translation to the
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The Road Not Taken By Robert Frost Extra Learning Opportunity-American Literature Caleb Eigsti Everything you do in life is a journey. Whether you decide to take a journey of good or not is completely up to each person. The most successful people take a road that is full of challenges and those that just want to get by in life choose the easy road and it will probably lead to nowhere. The easiest thing to do is sometimes take the easy way out of every situation you have in life.
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