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Edward Bloor Allangerine Analysis
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 that Tino trusted paul and considered him his friend and that he knows he can count on him like when they invite him to the freeze¨ ______¨(). While this shows that he believed in paul enough to entrust with something very dear to his closest friends.

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