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. The first
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“Change is hard at first‚ messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.”The book Tangerine By Edward Bloor is mainly about change. As Paul struggles with his self confidence‚ he feels like people don’t listen to him‚ but soon he learns that he is important too‚ and he gets to stand up for himself. In the beginning of the novel Paul was scared of almost everything. “I ran in absolute terror‚ listening for the sound of the car.” Paul is a big scaredy cat and acts like he’s a toddler. Paul also gets
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be temporarily blind and have to wear a certain type of glasses for the rest of your life? In that case you have come to the right place because this book we read called tangerine has many ups and downs but is a phenomenal book. This book takes you on a journey throughout the life of a kid name paul’s life‚ but as it may seem‚ it is hard for him in this world for many reasons‚ but there’s one that stands out above the rest. Paul is temporarily blind
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Have you ever wondered how bullying can affect others? Maybe even in a book? In the book Tangerine‚ Edward Bloor‚ Erik is a real big target to talk about Bullying with. Eriks choices impacted Paul By making paul be known from erks bullying for a bad thing‚ making Paul think he is a failure‚ and having a strong inside from the bullying‚ yet a weak inside. Erik calling Paul names affected paul’s life in many ways. One of the main reasons that erik bullies Paul is to bring him down. After he does this
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Arthur’s car engine roared‚ wanting destruction. The mailboxes cried. Brown‚ black‚ pink‚ orange‚ red‚ green‚ blue mailboxes flew. The innocent neighbors’ mail poured out the mailboxes. The newspaper‚ The Tangerine Times‚ had big letters across the top: Lake Windsor’s Quarterback Lives in Tangerine. Only thinking of himself‚ not allowing the town to see their record gone‚ Erik continued until there was nothing left. Destruction. Erik looked into the car mirror‚ unable to look at his own face. Having
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Tangerine Essay In Edward Bloor’s novel TANGERINE‚ one or more motif of symbol Appeared in the book. At the beginning of the novel there was a isn’t any symbol or motif that shows how the novel or storyline started but ill go thru what happened to the first part of the book. Paul and he’s family was living in Texas and that they needed to move to a new place because Paul dad to move for he’s job so they moved to Florida. As they arrive
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make have always affected our lives. In the novel Tangerine‚ Luis made a huge impact on the main character. The way Luis made a huge impact on Paul was by showing him the tangerine groves‚ Confronting Erick who’s Paul’s brother‚ and also dealing with death. By the end of the story Paul became stronger with the help of Luis. One of the big choices that Luis made that affected Paul was when Luis showed him the tangerine groves and his new tangerine‚ the Golden Dawn. This affected Paul because when
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knowing who or what the monster was. You then hear the laugh‚ the joy‚ of your brother. He was the predator‚ and you were the prey. He’s laughing at your fear. How could someone be so scary‚ creepy even? Well‚ Erik Fisher‚ from the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor‚ did a cruel act almost exact to this situation. Erik is so two-faced‚ so creepy‚ and so overly forceful‚
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Observation 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
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According to Stephan R. Covey “while we are free to choose our actions‚ we are not free to choose our consequences of our actions.” Tangerine by: Edward Bloor was about this boy name Paul Fisher moving to Tangerine‚ Florida where he learned to face his fears about his brother Erik. The character in the story that had the biggest impact on Paul was Erik. First of all‚ Erik knocked out Tino‚ Erik and Arthur killed Luis‚ and finally he was the reason for Paul’s eye problems. First‚ Erik got into a
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