A Tangerine: A Short Story

In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor, Mrs.Fisher and Paul Fisher have a difficult mom and son bond. Mrs.Fisher's actions have affected Paul in many ways, even lying affected Paul.

“The truth shall set you free.” How many times have you told the truth? How many times have you not? In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor the main character Paul faces many times where he has knows what the truth is but does not tell. The truth is one of many themes in the novel. In the novel Tangerine the author Edward Bloor explores the saying “the truth shall set you free.”

“The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight but has no vision.” ~Helen Keller . Helen Keller is trying to say that the most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, so the ability to see perfectly, but has no vision, so someone who cannot see beyond what is visible.“ In the novel Tangerine, Edward Bloor uses the motif of sight to show that just because someone can see clearly, it doesn’t mean that they can see the world how it really is.

Tangerine, by Edward Bloor, is a young adult fiction novel about the unfortunate events and dark secrets of Paul and his family, which ultimately reveal that the truth may hurt but must be found no matter the difficulty.. Tangerine revolves around the motif of sight and it shows how the use of sight partially or fully can be beneficial or harmful. Through the motif of sight, Paul, the main character in the novel, experiences a growing understanding of his friends, family, and himself.

Tragic things happen so superb things can come, it depends on a person’s perspective. In Edward Bloor’s novel, Tangerine, there are many decisions Paul, the main character makes that damage him literally, but lead to his development, such as his move to Tangerine Middle School and tackling the principal. Despite all the tragic conditions around Paul, moving to Tangerine Middle School becomes a marvelous thing for him.

The novel, Tangerine, written by Edward Bloor, is a story about a middle school student who experiences the changes of moving into a different state, school, and socializing with new people. Paul Fisher, the main character of Tangerine, is starting to question his forgotten past as to why he is now blind.Paul is going on a never ending journey and doing his best to navigate through the maze of life. With problems varying from the death of Mike Costello and Luis Cruz to the unlimited mayhem that Erik Fisher and Arthur Bauer. Will the problems ever cease to exist? In this novel, Tangerine, Edward Bloor skillfully uses symbolism and flashbacks to explore the theme of growth and change.

Choices, they change us as humans and can greatly affect our lives. There is a book that showcases this completely describes this perfectly, this book is Tangerine. In the book Tangerine, many choices are made by the main character, his friends and his family that affects what happens and other people's feelings. Choices, even small ones can change lives.

Have you ever read tangerine ? well this book is about paul’s life and his brother Erik. Erik didn’t like his brother Paul.

Apparently, all high schoolers can be consumed with work, studies, and socialization events. We passed through the crowds of students as we made our way to the lunch hall, a good meal would be a pleasant solution to wake up the sluggish soul. My friend was in the middle of his conversation and I was a zombie with my eyes attracted to the lunch line, when they strayed away to movement, folders and sheets of papers compelled to gravity flew out when a girl lost her grip on her binder. My first and only reaction was to leave, I interrupted my friend with a soft groggy mutter that I was going to help her, so without his response, I

"Antoine spiked the ball in the end zone, and all the lake windsor players, except Erik, ran over and jumped on him"(Bloor 130). This was one of the decision that Erik, the hostile brother, made that would affect his life forever Erik made many decisions in the book Tangerine. He made the choice when he was young to spray paint in his eyes and make Paul become legally blind. Also, he made the choice of choosing football over soccer. Finally, he made the choice of stealing things at the blue tented houses in his neighborhood. Erik made some very unfavourable decisions that would affect not only his life but Paul's life, too.

In our novel, “Tangerine” there are many conflicts that each develop the plot in it’s own way. These conflicts are also diverse in the type of conflict they are, weather it be person vs person, Person vs Self, Person vs Nature, or Person vs Society. In this essay I will Identify three conflicts and describe how they develop the plot. The first in in the entre Monday, August 28 in which Paul is conflicted internally over why he can’t remember staring at the eclipse. I know that this is what Paul is conflicted about because this sentence is included,“If that’s the truth, If that really happened, why can’t I remember It.”

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In the story “Tangerine” there are many different conflicts happening between the characters throughout the story. In the story the characters deal with fights, natural disasters, and many other internal and external between each other. Paul and many other characters had conflicts between them like paul and the team they played for soccer, the sinkhole, the lighting strike and many others.

Man has accomplished many things such as walking the Moon,climbing mountains, and creating medicine to stop diseases but are we more powerful than nature? In the novel Tangerine,the main character,Paul, and the residents of Tangerine, face many obstacles such as a sinkhole, freeze, muck fires, disappearing koi, and mosquitos. Paul’s mother Mrs.Fisher frequently has homeowner association meeting to solve these problems, but more arose. In the novel Tangerine, Edward Bloor uses the motif of nature to show that, although mankind believes that they are powerful, nature is stronger.

It was getting late, the sky was dimming, and the fridge and blender were calling my name! That’s right, SNACK TIME!!! I ran out of my room, through the hall, and took a sharp right turn into the kitchen! As fast as lighting I grabbed my vitamin water out of the fridge, grabbed a cup filled with ice, and tossed