Character Analysis: Tangerine

As clearly shown in the novel, Paul is insecure about the dullness of the prescription in his glasses and he has to deal with distasteful nicknames and disadvantages because of it. However when Paul finds out the real reason behind him being visually impaired he rants, “... I yanked off my coke-bottle glasses and shook them at him in rage. ‘There are questions that need to be answered about these! Am i such a stupid idiot fool that I stare at a solar eclipse for an hour and blinded myself? Is that who I am? Am I that idiot?’”(264) Being visually handicapped, Paul has to deal with the disadvantages such as not being able to play on the Lake Windsor soccer team and suffering through the thoughts of “being different”. After coming back from an exhibit named “Wonders of The World” that displayed people with different abilities called a freak show, Paul thought, “I could stop trying to be what everyone else is and accept being a freak. They could open a new exhibit starring me”(76). Moving on, for the most part Paul’s family is caught up in the Erik Fisher Football Dream and do not pay much attention to the dreams of their youngest son, Paul. Once settled into their new home in Tangerine, Florida, Paul says, “I thought to myself, ok here we are, how long

Unlike Paul, Erik changes the slightest bit in Tangerine, he goes from a little evil, to very evil. Throughout the story, the reader can see this change happen right in front of their eyes. Erik’s actions worsen after every page. He starts off with minor problems, but those minor problems turn into massive mishaps with massive consequences.

“The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership”- Harvey S. Firestone. In the book Tangerine, seventh-grader Paul Fisher just recently moved to Tangerine County, Florida because of his dad’s new engineering job. He lives with his two parents and his antagonizing brother, Erik Fisher, who is constantly bullying him. As time flies by, Paul transforms into a new character. Paul Fisher’s choices he made during his development truly shaped who he is now because he finally got the courage to tell the truth about Erik and Arthur, assaulted a staff member, and chose to go to Tangerine Middle School.

It can take one person to change the way you think about the way you think about yourself. The novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor, is about a boy by the name of Paul Fisher. Paul cannot really stand up for himself, and is a bit reserved. All of the other characters in Tangerine, make choices that contribute to the growth of Paul as a character, whether being positive or negative. These choices made by Luis Cruz, Mr. and Mrs. Fisher, and Erik Fisher, all made Paul braver/stronger, and more able to speak his own mind.

People who enjoy realistic-fiction novels that include sibling rivalry, sports, making life changes, and the tension of a dysfunctional family environment will be interested in reading this journal writing from the first person perspective of Paul Fisher. This novel includes characteristics of middle school encounters ; therefor, ages 10 and up will appreciate this

Erik told Arthur to do something with Luis so he snuck up on Luis and batted him on the side of the head with a blackjack.The imagery I see is Arthur getting things out of his bag and sneaking up on Luis to hurt him.A couple days later, Luis died. Everyone thought a tree branch hit him, but they don't know the truth. Paul wanted to tell the truth, but he was

Have you ever felt that twist and turn in your stomach as if you were about to be murdered by a maniac? Well in the book “Tangerine” by Edward Bloor there’s a lot of situation to deal with Fear, Heroism, and Seeing. Seeing is the most important of them all because seeing the truth has a very important meaning in this book. The main character Paul shows all the themes of the book but mostly fear.

Fisher paid attention to Erik, even though he had done such a terrible thing to Paul. Overall, Paul’s parents have been telling him a lie his whole life and this made him hate himself. The lie was that he is legally blind because he stared at a Solar Eclipse, but the reason he is legally blind is because Erik and Vincent 's spray painted his eyes. This is emotional for Paul because his whole life he has been led to believe otherwise, but now he hates how his mom, stood up for Erik.

Do relatives or friends choose poor choices? In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor, character choices affect the main character, Paul Fisher. He is a visually impaired student who attended two middle schools in Tangerine County, Florida. He was influenced by other people around him. In fact, Erik, his brother, impacted Paul’s life largely by his choices. Erik’s choices affected Paul in many ways.

Tangerine is a book full of interesting details and ideas. The protagonist, Paul, attempts to remember what happened to his eyesight, and why he must wear thick glasses. After moving to Tangerine, Paul meets new friends and plays his favorite sport, soccer. However, he is constantly overshadowed by the star of his family, Erik. Paul thinks his brother Erik is a jerk, but everybody else sees him as the great football star. In Paul’s mind, he is the person that is not blind, he can see things his parents could not. In the book Tangerine by Edward Bloor, Bloor strategically uses suspense and foreshadowing to portray the theme of standing up to fear.

The eclipse represents the veiled truth that his parents have kept from him; the whole book is about receiving flashbacks about his past. And these flashbacks are clues which help Paul figure out how his eyes got damaged. During an eclipse, the moon blocks the sun, just as Paul’s parents hid the ugly truth from him. On page 33, it states, “Erik was telling his friends this story. The reason for the coke-bottle glasses on my eyes was that I had stares at the sun, unprotected during that eclipse. The story puzzles me then and it puzzles me now. Puzzled or not, I went right along with the story.” Paul has

For example, Bloor states, “But it became clear to me, that for some reason, the big kids on the bus were calling me Eclipse Boy,” (34). This quote shows how Erik changes Paul’s reputation to roll downhill because the reader later discovers that Erik had invented a rumour concerning a solar eclipse which explained Paul’s condition of being legally blind. This piece of dialogue also demonstrates Erik’s true colors as a lying and manipulative guy. Beyond this, the novel also shows how Erik damages Paul’s social life forever when he assists his childhood friend, Castor, in spraying Paul with white spray paint in his eyes, which led to him becoming legally blind. Not only did this affect Paul’s social life, but it also changed his perspective about who Erik truly is, plus it also affects the way in which everyone views

The book Tangerine By Edward Bloor is a Novel about the Fisher Family moving to Florida. Paul Fishers competition is Soccer Likewise Edward Bloor. Edward Bloor Was a soccer player when he was around Pauls age. Edward wanted the core of his story to be about soccer However his brother Erick makes his life Miserable.

To conclude, Paul’s choices affect himself in many ways. The book,Tangerine, by Edward Bloor shows that Paul’s choices in life lead to many positive and some negative consequences. Being able to play soccer, sticking up for himself, and not being afraid of his brother anymore, are just some things Paul receives from his choices throughout the

In the book Tangerine by Edward Bloor, there are numerous secrets, drama, friendship, and laughter. Main character, Paul Fisher, is a twelve-year-old kid who wears coke bottle like glasses because he is legally blind but says he can see just fine. Paul also cannot remember what exactly happened that ruined his eyesight and is told that he looked at the eclipse too long but is willing to find out exactly what happened. Paul and his older brother that he despises, Erik, and his parents move to a new community and school. Paul has a feeling that Erik had something to do with his eyesight but cannot remember. Paul makes new friends an uncovers drama and secrets. The realistic fictional book Tangerine by Edward Bloor shows characterization and flashback