TANGERINE LITERARY ANALYSIS
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. To begin with, Edward
Everyone wants to dive in to a juicy book right?Well Tangerine is the perfect novel to read.The novel’s theme is Loyalty and facing your fears.The novel is about a boy named Paul Fisher.He recently moved to Tangerine,Florida with his family.He has an interesting life,he is legally blind and has to wear coke bottle glasses ,his brother ,Erick,who constantly bullies him and he has parents who are blinded with lies.In the novel Tangerine, the author,Edward Bloor,uses flashbacks and symbolism to represent loyalty and overcoming your fears.
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Overall in the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor Erik Fisher makes many decisions that have both positive and negative effects on Paul Fisher. Erik’s decisions cause Paul to be bullied, be less afraid of Erik, and become more mature. Erik does this by bullying
I find the theme in this book to be something that an anyday person or child would experience in a day or much longer piece of time. Any person can experience times of confusion and emotional instability, but if that person sticks it out; they will find an answer to their problems or they will answer answer it for themselves. This pertains to a lifelong conflict, but it does not just pertain to that. It relates to a situation in a day, week, or even, an
Identity is who someone is, where they belong, how they fit in. In the book Tangerine, written by Edward Bloor, the main character Paul searches for his identity. Identity is very difficult to find, and can only be found through mistakes and realization. Paul is on a quest to find his identity, but can he overcome the troubles from his parents and Erik.
Tangerine is a novel about a boy, named Paul, who moves to a strange city, seemingly where anything could happen. There, he strives to become accustomed to his new environment and tries to figure out the single most prominent mystery of his life - how he had come to wear the Coke-bottle glasses on his eyes. Paul deals with multiple flashbacks, occasionally traumatic recurrences of his past, which helps him unravel the secret his family has been keeping from him. As Erik, Paul’s superstar brother and whose shadow Paul has always stood in, wreaks havoc upon the inhabitants of Tangerine, it tests the relationships of Paul and his newfound friends. In the novel, Tangerine, the author Edward Bloor makes notable use of flashback and symbolism to
First, Tangerine Middle is different from Lake Windsor because of his friend group. In his new school, he has more friends. This is because Theresa, (his guide) had a lot of friends and introduced them to Paul. They were also on the soccer team which made Paul get closer to them. On page 100, its states, “My brother Tino plays on the team… The goalie is Shandra Thomas.” Those are a few of the people on the soccer team. People at his new school are nicer to him than they were at Lake Windsor.
Anthony Eaton’s A New Kind Of Dreaming helps the reader to recognize the various challenges that help the character to grow. Eaton best portrays Jamie is an outsider who is trying to find his place in the world, while uncovering the secrets of Port Barren’s shady past. Eaton has positioned the reader to the subject of transformation via different aspects. Firstly Eaton uses the plot and the setting to show the development of Jamie’s change in behavior from a delinquent to a normal lively boy. The author is making the reader sympathize with Jamie’s transformation from delinquency to honesty and loyalty. On the other hand, we see the shield of solitary fall and Jamie opening accompanying with Cameron on his journey. Nevertheless, reader is positioned to view the local police officer Butcher as abusive and manipulative. Additionally the boat on the beach and the girl’s emotions have an important role in Jamie’s quest of turning a new leaf.
On a rainy day you want to stay inside and watch your favorite TV show, but when it is a sunshiny summer day you want to take a trip to the beach and go swimming. It all affects your mood. The setting affects the protagonist in Tangerine in many ways too. Being at different middle schools, or places with different people affect how Paul responds. His personality differs in each setting he goes to.
Choices of Erik Have you ever had a close family member or friend affect you and your family by the choices they have made? Well in the novel Tangerine, by Edward Bloor, the main character throughout the book is named Paul Fisher, and him and his family were all affected by the choices that the character Erik has made “Erik is Paul’s brother that is highly invested in following his football dreams to play for Lake Windsor High School’s football team” (Bloor 22). This explains who Erik Fisher is. Throughout most of the novel Erik has not made life easy for Paul Fisher, he bullies and lies to him on multiple occasions. Erik Fisher’s choices impact Paul by making Paul not wanting to be in the same world as Erik, making Paul not feel special
In the novel Tangerine, there are sections with actions that are mind-blowing, and drama. The main character, Paul Fisher, is the goalie for his school’s soccer team. He finds friends at his soccer team. But apparently, the bigger, as seems better, Erik Fisher, is the star player on his school’s football team. Erik causes a lot of trouble for Paul. In this novel, Tangerine, Bloor uses exemplary foreshadowing and symbolism to convey the theme of growth and change.
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.
Everyone has been misunderstood at one time or another. It’s part of the human life. Difference. Difference is what brings us together. Paul Fisher is different. In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor, the protagonist, Paul Fisher, is legally blind. Misunderstood his whole life. While he legally cannot see, he can see what others can’t. Or won’t. This has plagued Paul’s life and throws a shadow over his memory. His memory is holding Paul back. He has been told his whole life that he became blind from staring at a solar eclipse for an hour. But he can’t remember it. Paul and his family are now moving to Florida to start a new life. Paul’s zombies are following, waiting to come out of the shadows and finally reveal what they’ve been hiding from Paul. As Paul struggles with the secrets in his family and changing schools, he feels intimidated and misunderstood, but he soon learns that he’s been a coward all his life, but there’s nothing to be afraid of, and he begins to stand up for himself and
Imagine your Mom telling everyone that you can’t see because you are visually impaired but you actually can see, or signing you up for an Individual Education Plan (IEP) and your Dad only paying attention to your older brother the “next football star.” Imagine getting kicked off of a sport that you really love because your Mom got you kicked off. Imagine going through natural disasters like lightning strikes, muck fires, and sinkholes, all of these dilemmas that occur in the novel Tangerine, they revolve around the protagonist Paul Fisher’s life written by Edward Bloor. Ever since the beginning of the novel, readers can understand different character traits between the protagonist Paul Fisher and his brother Erik Fisher.
Every day, people often get themselves in positions where they are presented with appearance known to be deceptive. Based on the appearance, a false truth hides beneath an exceptional display. People, objects, and buildings are entirely taken by people’s perspectives. This is the theme that the book Tangerine illustrates. The novel Tangerine, written by Edward Bloor, is about Paul Fisher, a boy having to go through many situations where a false reality surrounds his life.