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 book‚ Tangerine‚ is about a boy named Paul Fisher that has recently moved to a city in Florida named Tangerine. Tangerine is not your ordinary city‚ this city has experienced many unusual things‚ some being a giant sinkhole created 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
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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 eyesight since a very young age‚ but that didn’t stop him from seeing and
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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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every day. One small mistake in deciding something can trigger something totally unexpected or threatening. In Edward Bloor’s novel‚ Tangerine‚ Mrs. Fisher makes many choices that have multiple effects on Paul’s character. Choices made by Mrs. Fisher affect Paul’s life‚ self-concept‚ and relationships. First‚ Paul’s life is affected when Mrs. Fisher allows Paul to go to Tangerine Middle School while Lake Windsor Middle School is being fixed. While Paul was at Lake Windsor Downs‚ he had an
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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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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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Analytical Essay of the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor‚ Paul made many choices‚ both good and bad‚ and most of the time Paul’s choices ended with negative results. For example during the awards ceremony for the Lake Windsor Downs high school football team‚ Tino and Victor beat up Erik (Erik is Paul’s older brother) and Arthur Bauer ( Erik’s best friend). Right when Arthur and Erik got beat up‚ the football team and the football coaches tried to catch Tino
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“No family is perfect… we argue‚ we fight. We even stop talking to each other at times‚ but in the ned‚ family is family… the love will always be there” (Anastasia Dermentzoglou). The book‚ Tangerine by Edward Bloor‚ is the very example of this quote. Paul Fisher‚ the main character‚ life is being shaped and altered by the people around him‚. His life is being changed by the choices that the people around him make. Mr. Fisher‚ Paul’s dad‚ effects Paul’s life in a very strong way. Mr. Fisher’s choices
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our planet safe and destroy ISIS. In the book “Tangerine‚” by Edward Bloor‚ the harmful‚ gloomy‚ and greedy brother‚ Eric Fischer acts as the villain in the story. Paul Fischer‚ the harmless‚ cheerful‚ giving‚ good hearted hero in the story helps put Eric behind bars. Villains such as Eric conduct many harmful acts and kill many people and do many bad things. Eric Fisher and his harmful acts destroy many good people’s lives. In the book‚ “Tangerine‚” Eric Fisher does an extremely harmful act.
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