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. First of all, Bloor uses suspense to display fear, as in page 168, “I could see Erik lurking behind me, in the shadows of the imaginary clock.” Erik is like a shadow behind Paul, always ready to jump him. This line is full of suspense, as the meaning is not entirely clear. It can be interpreted in many ways, however, all of it will eventually unravel and explain the mystery behind it all. Another quote is on …show more content…
The quote “Joey stared him down. No, I don’t have a problem with that. I guess I got a problem with you.” This quote on page 158 talks about Joey, one of Paul’s friends, talking to Tino, another one of Paul’s friends. The two do not get along very well, and all this builds up to a fight between them. These examples of foreshadowing can be seen throughout the story. On page 258, a quote states “Tino crossed the floor and walked up to Erik.” Which would mean that Tino is confronting Erik, which builds up a lot of tension. Another quote on page 214 says “Erik, you’ll need to give me your key...I got it in my locker at school, I keep a lot of my stuff there.” This quote is about Erik talking to Paul’s mom about a key. Erik has his key in the locker, which makes Erik look suspicious. Leaving his key in the locker may seem like Erik trying to hide something from Paul’s
Paul’s eyesight issue really changes things for him in the book. It affects his relationships, how he sees the world, and how he grows as a person. The novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor is about a family who moved from Houston, Texas to Lake Windsor, Florida. Paul is the youngest son with a visual impairment who is always overlooked by his brother Erik because of the “Erik Fisher football dream”. Body Paragraph 1: Bloor uses vivid imagery to develop vision.
reality. In page 280, Mrs. Fisher states that “These items were stolen by Erik Fisher and Arthur Bauer.” Erik is seen as a successful high school student, making the football team after moving from Texas and being scouted by school all around Florida. In reality he is a cruel high-schooler that is exposed of being a cruel brother, robbery, and potential manslaughter as the book progresses. Another piece of evidence is found in page 74. “They have gangs in Tangerine Middle School. They have kids with guns man. Real gangstas.” Tangerine Middle is seen as a gang- and violence-filled school, but Paul in the end finds nice and caring friends there that have his back. Characterization improves the story because it introduces the main characters, but their true personalities and motives are revealed later in the book. It conveys the theme by slowly showing the truth. By slowly revealing the truth, the reader will notice how prominent the theme of false vs. reality is in
Tangerine is a book full of secrets, mysteries, loyalty, and friendship. The novel is about a boy named Paul who is legally blind. Although Paul is blind, he can still see that his brother, Erik, has a dark, mysterious side to him. Paul moves into a new neighborhood in Tangerine County, Florida where sinkholes swallow local schools, fires burn underground for years, and lightning strikes at the same time everyday. With all this chaos compounded by constant harassment from his football-star brother, fitting into this strange place isn’t easy for Paul. He makes new, supportive friends when he joins the Lake Windsor soccer team and uncovers the devastating truth of how he lost his eyesight. In the novel, Tangerine, Bloor uses exemplary flashback and characterization to convey the theme of value of truth.
“Tangerine” is a book filled with action, drama, heart, wins, loses, and brotherhood. Paul had always been the odd one out at school, and at home. Paul is legally blind, with glasses so thick, they look like the bottom halves of coke bottles on his face. But when Paul moves to Tangerine Middle school, his world is turned upside down. Paul finds himself happy, with friends, and on the soccer team. But not everything was perfect at home. Paul has an older brother named Erik who likes to bully and intimidate Paul. Paul had always been afraid of Erik, but he just can't quite remember why. The only thing he does know is to watch his back around Erik. Edward Bloor uses wonderful examples of characterization, and symbolism, to display the theme of growth and change in the story.
The sentence “This place is weirder than it looks,” is especially true when it come to the novel Tangerine, written by Edward Bloor. Throughout his whole life, Paul Fisher, a supposedly blind middle schooler, has been living in his cruel brother, Erik’s, shadow. Until a transition from Texas to Florida gives Paul a fresh start at a new school. It will unveil shocking secrets that changes everyone in Tangerine county”s lives forever. As Paul strives to live as a normal without an IEP, incidents begin to occur around him that are too perfect for his brother’s life to be just accidents. In Tangerine, Edward Bloor exquisitely uses foreshadowing and motif to convey the theme of identity and conquering fear.
“Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others,” was once said by Jonathan Swift, a famous poet, essayist, and a political pamphleteer from the 1700s. In the book “Tangerine” by Edward Bloor, Paul sees how bad Erik’s choices are, but his parents don’t see the bad choices Erik makes. Erik’s choices impact paul by blinding him, letting him hate himself, and ruining paul’s friendship.
Foreshadowing in Of Mice And Men In the novel, Of Mice And Men, foreshadowing plays a big role. First, Lennies problem with killing the mice shows that he will have a problem with killing things. Second, Lennie getting in trouble in Weed for touching the girls soft dress shows us that Lennie will have a problem of not letting go of soft things. Finally, there are hints all throughout the book that Lennie is not going to last long in this harsh world. John Steinback used the technique of foreshadowing to make the novel a much more interesting read.
Have you ever woken up with these bulky glasses not knowing where they came from and your parents telling you a lie. Well in Tangerine by Edward Bloor the main character Paul goes through just that. His brother Erik has been mean and putting Paul down his entire life. Paul has been learning to not be afraid and see through the shadiest lies.
Imagine waking up every morning not being able to see and only being able to blame yourself for it. That is exactly what the main character Paul, in the book Tangerine, by Edward Bloor, has to deal with every day. Paul moves from Houston, Texas to Tangerine, Florida and has to surpass many obstacles and deal with his devilish brother. He also has to deal with moving, deaths, fights, teamwork, and getting kicked off of his soccer team. Throughout the story Paul needs to make several choices.
Friendship is one of the most meaningful treasures in the world. The book I chose to read was "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck. John Steinbeck introduces the theme, friendship in the book; the two main characters stick together through thick and thin. In "Of Mice and Men", John Steinbeck uses foreshadowing in several ways to illustrate the title, characterization/dreams, and Lennie and his conflicts.
The literary terms that I chose are Foreshadowing, Flashback and Prologue. The Documentary series that I have picked is about the witch trials that took place in the 1500’s to the 1600’s. In the series Dr. Lipscomb tells us about how the witch-hunts began in Europe, she also talked about how King James came to believe the stories about the witches. In the series she talked about the torture that most woman, who did not confess to being a witch endured, some of the torturing included the thumbnail that crushes the bones until the bones in the fingers were crushed. I chose foreshadowing because the title gave away some of the information that the audience has yet to see. Flashback took the audience back to the beginning of the whole trails,
The entirety of the novel is told in chronological order. For example, in the exposition, Anna arrives due to a mysterious message from Will, which she will never receive due to his mysterious death. In the rising action, Anna acknowledges there is something suspicious going on with the teenagers in the town, and suspects they had something to do with the fire; moreover, she also discovers her birth mothers appointment book with a cryptic warning in the form of a poem inside. In the climax, Anna discovers that Marcy is responsible for all the deaths in Wisteria after suspecting Iris.
Lacie Shea Mrs. Luckett English 1 7 February 2018 Of Mice and Men Every person suffers tragedy, but they might not be expecting it. For example someone may die suddenly. In Of Mice and Men it is possible to predict tragedy. In life many tragedies happen but one may not be able to predict it.
Most people in the world have had a hard time admitting that someone has died that they care about. In the world this happens a lot because it is a hard thing to excepted. Lucille Fletcher, the author of “The Hitchhiker” shows the fear of death through the eyes of the main character that can not escape that he is dead. He is being followed by a Hitchhiker that is representing death because the main character is dead which goes back to not admitting that someone is dead. In the story “The Hitchhiker,” Lucille Fletcher uses flashback, foreshadowing,and symbolism to build a mood.
Why do people take lives of others? Of Mice and Men is a short novel that tells a powerful story. It is a tale of two unlikely friends -- small, intelligent George and enormous but childlike Lennie -- traveling through California during the 1930’s. George and Lennie are migrant workers. They take temporary jobs at different ranches in the effort to make enough money to buy their own farm. At their new jobs, they meet a new co-worker named Candy who wants to be a part of their farm. George and Lennie also meet the ranch owner's son Curley who is very mean to Lennie and end up hurting him. Also lastly there is Curley’s wife who is very lonely but Lennie ends up killing her. (background essay) The short story also has to foreshadow. Foreshadowing