Telling a difficult truth is better than to resort to easily lie. Some people would disagree with me because they believe lying is ok. In the AP-Ipsos polls, 65 percent said it was ok to lie to protect someone’s feelings. These people don’t think of the after effect of lying. When people find out you lie, they don’t know if they could trust you. Thus, telling a lie could hurt more then when to tell the truth. Not only does telling the truth help your trust issues with others, you won’t regret hurting someone from the truth than telling a…
In the novel Tangerine the motif of sight presents the difference between the literal and figurative sight in several different characters. As normal as this sounds, in Tangerine Paul a seventh grader with huge glasses has a horrible peripheral vision, while his senior brother Erik has wonderful eyesight and no glasses. Even though this is true, Paul notices all the little things in life that most people do not. For example, Paul watches all the osprey stealing the Koi when everyone else in Lake Windsor Downs is convinced people are fishing at night and burglarizing all the fish. In the book Paul figuratively see everything, from everyone getting “absorbed” into the Erik Fisher Football Dream to being close to the only person noticing Erik’s…
In Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson, china represents the foundation for the belief system that Jeanette develops throughout the novel. A strong foundation is made up of evidence and the reasoning behind your views. When Jeanette is younger, her mother imposes her strong beliefs about the Bible on her by putting these beliefs on various types of china and showing her a variety of evidence to support her beliefs. As Jeanette discovers her sexual orientation, she learns about Mrs. Jewsbury’s reasoning for her beliefs. She begins to accept china from both her mother and others, and learns how to combine her childhood with ideas based in experience. All of Jeanette’s beliefs are based off of a foundation made up of evidence, which enables her to be passionate about her beliefs and develop a unified belief system. In order to determine what you believe in, childhood views must be combined with ideas rooted in experience to create a strong foundation for each individual belief, as well as a larger one for the entire system of beliefs.…
In the novel Tangerine, the motif of sight is used both literally and figuratively. While Paul saw who Erik really was, “ Erik is a psycho . . . ” , his parents only saw the , “ Erik Fisher football hero smile. ”. Also, whereas Paul saw how much he fit in at Tangerine Middle School, his mom only saw the “ . . . guys karate kicking ”. She saw it as, “ a tougher school ”. All in all, several characters use the motif of sight literally and figuratively.…
Throughout the text, the author describes the setting to create conflict. The author describes the Tangerine sinkhole in a realistic way, which develops the conflict when Paul has the chance to play soccer for a new school. According to Newsela, “The states with the most damage from sinkholes tend to be Florida…” In other words, one state which clearly suffers from sinkholes is Florida. In Tangerine, Paul reveals, “Then every seventh and eighth grader started to pour out of those portables, some still calm, some panicking.” In other words, just like the Florida sinkhole the Tangerine sinkhole caused panic and people fleeing the scene.These quotes develop the Tangerine setting by revealing how realistic sinkholes in Florida are.…
Tangerine, a realistic fiction novel written by Edward Bloor, is about a dysfunctional family and the family’s dark secrets. Motif is a repeated element, such as an image, a symbol, or a theme in a work of literature, the motif of “sight” is used often in the novel and plays a huge role in the novel and symbolizes the harmful and positive affects of hiding the truth. Through the motif of “sight”, the main character, Paul, has a growing understanding of his friends, family, and himself.…
Muck Fires, Sinkholes, Lightnig, are some of the natural cuases located in florida. In the novel “Tangerine” By Edward Bloor, there is alot of these cuases, In the Novel “Tangerine” is Taken place in Flordia, Lake windor Downs. The fisher family just moved there from texas.…
In the beginning,the truth shall set you free can mean a variety of things. The truth can send you off in an amazing journey or the truth will let the journey flow without a problem. In the book Tangerine by Edward Bloor expresses this theme in ways that are almost unnoticeable. The way he expresses it makes it leak out of soul like a waterfall. Everything falls into place at the end the confusion is over, the definition is…
First recorded in 1939, the protest song “Strange Fruit” came to articulate the racism and brutality of lynching* endured by so many in the United States, particularly in the south.…
Next, being honest keeps trust with others. For example, Cohen states in the article, “It’s the Truth: Americans Conflicted About Lying” that “One key cost is credibility: Once a person finds out you lied, you lose currency in their eyes” (Para. 12). This shows how you should tell the truth instead of lying. This also shows how being honest keeps trust with others. Your credibility is not worth giving up for a lie.…
Owning up to something if you have done it or as basic as telling the truth makes life a lot easier and friends come to respect you more if you’re just honest.…
I agree with this quote because I believe with every lie you make there is always a consequence after that lie. If you make a lot of lies you are going to keep on building up until you lie a lot and later people will find out and nobody will ever believe you. It’s just like the short story The Boy Who Cried Wolf, He was in…
Paramount to the success of any Marketing strategy of public policy formulation is a comprehensive and exhaustive understanding of consumer, potential consumer, or population attitudes, behaviors and preferences. When Scotiabank acquired ING direct for $3.13 billion in 2012, it was agreed between both the leaders that it would be business as usual at ING. It is the largest deal by dollar deposit Scotiabank has done in its 180-year history and adds $30 billion to its deposits. Aiming to retain its customers, Tangerine has preserved ING’s business…
When I think of a tangerine, I think of a smaller orange. Round, small, and orange. To me it’s not the most interesting fruit, maybe that’s why nothing rhymes with orange because all the other words realized that oranges aren’t fun so they decided not to invite it to the rhyming party. As I look at my tangerine, I’m noticing that it’s not fully an orange. There are hints of yellow with brownish spots throughout the tangerine, which resembles a sunset’s palette with a pebbled skin. From a top view, the tangerine is circular with a few dents, while from its sides are oval. At the top of the tangerine, there is a small green stem with hints of yellow with five leaves at its base, creating a star. There are four dominant blemishes…
1. What would I do in this situation? Why? What are the risks of telling the truth for me? What are the benefits? Explain.…