False Vs Reality In Tangerine By Edward Bloor

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.

“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.

Imagine living your everyday life in a town named Tangerine, where natural disasters commonly occur. This is the situation that the protagonist, Paul Fisher, has been enduring ever since his family moved to Tangerine, Florida. The novel, Tangerine, written by Edward Bloor, describes how Paul Fisher sees the world through his thick-rimmed goggles due to his damaged eyesight from “staring at an eclipse.” Paul has to be circumspect around bullies and his older brother, Erik, who seems to have dissoluteness living inside of him.

In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor Erik Fisher, Paul Fisher’s older brother, causes Paul to be bullied, less afraid of him, and more mature. Throughout the book Erik Fisher makes many decisions that cause Paul to be stronger and more mature. Erik does this by causing Paul to be bullied, causing Luis Cruz’s death, and betraying Paul’s trust.

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.

To begin with, Bloor uses flashback to convey the theme of growth by giving the reader a look into Paul’s past, and then letting them regard the contrast between Paul before and Paul near the end of the book. For instance, on page 168, Paul describes his flashback, “ Suddenly I felt the hot breath of a predator on my neck. I screamed in terror. Erik laughed and ran over to Mom and Dad. He had snuck up on me from behind, from somewhere back around ten o’clock.” On page 261, Paul describes his encounter with his brother and Arthur, “ I understood that I was supposed to be terrified by this spectacle - these two demonic creatures on this dark, lonely road. But for once in my life, I wasn’t.” After what Erik and Castor did to Paul’s eyes, he was permanently scarred and terrified of his brother. During Paul’s time in Tangerine, he learns from his friends that he has brothers to back him up, and on page 229, Paul’s conversation with Luis, ““I’m just telling you this so you’ll know. You seem kinda scared of Erik and Arthur Bauer.” “Yeah. I am. Who wouldn’t be?” Luis answered simply, “I wouldn’t be. They’re punks.” He pointed one ropelike finger at me. “And you shouldn’t be, either.”” tells Paul that Erik and Arthur are only

On page 269 , Edward Bloor expresses the quote “the truth shall set you free”.For example , have you told someone when you did something bad? It’s better to tell the truth than keeping it in. This quote means to me that it’s better to tell the truth because your going to keep thinking about it and it’s going to be hard for you, but if you expose the truth to everyone, then you will have more confidence that makes you feel you don't have to worry about anything.The people who do bad stuff know it’s bad but they don't tell people that they do it and some days, they want to but they don't.You should always tell the truth.

“Smart lad, to slip betimes away. From fields where glory does not stay.” These are lines from a poem To an Athlete Dying Young by A. E. Housman. Mr. Donnelly read parts of this poem in Mike Costello’s memorial ceremony. In the novel Tangerine, by Edward Bloor. This book is about the main character, Paul and his family moving to Tangerine, Florida. There, Paul and his new friends try to find out the truth about Paul's eyesight and the truth about his brother, Erik. In the novel Tangerine, the author, Edward Bloor, interestingly uses figurative language and flashback to uncover the theme of this story: the value of the truth.

In the beginning of Tangerine, Mr. Fisher seems to be overlooking a lot of issues in Lake Windsor Downs. Some examples of things overlooked: the muck fire (previously mentioned), his boss, the weather, neighbors not following conduct, and so forth. All of these things that Mr. Fisher is overlooking are making Ms. Fisher annoyed. This makes the reader feel like she will be pushed past her limit.

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.

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.

One way that Erik Fisher has affected Paul is that he is the cause of Paul’s blindness. To begin with, Edward Bloor writes from the view of Paul “And I remembered Erik’s fingers prying my eyelids open while Vincent Castor sprayed white paint into them.” This is evidence that Erik Fisher had a big role in damaging Paul’s eyes, because he was the one that opened Paul’s eyes for the white spray paint which blinded him. Also Bloor writes about how Dad tells Paul that “The doctors told us that you might never remember. And we figured that was the best way to handle the situation.” This explains that Erik was, for sure, the cause of Paul’s blindness. It also mentions why Paul didn’t remember being blinded by Erik, for a while, and why his parents never told him of this incident. Because of Erik, Paul has to live with

But when Paul is forced to leave Lake Windsor Middle School and go to Tangerine Middle School, he encounters a whole new way of life. The kids aren't as wealthy as the Lake Windsor kids, but Paul ends up fitting in better there than he did in his first school.

“But, I can see. I can see everything. I can see things that my Mom and Dad can’t see and won’t see.”(page number 4). In the novel ‘Tangerine’, by Edward Bloor, the protagonist, Paul Fisher moves to Tangerine, Florida with his family. Paul is legally blind and is curious about how he became blind. As the book proceeds, he learns more about his past and the secrets that his parents have kept from him. The eclipse symbolizes the hidden truth; the sun is represented as the truth and the moon is his parents the secrets they held. But nothing lasts forever. Not even an eclipse. Sooner or later, it ends and the sun is revealed just like the truth is in the book Tangerine.

When one first watches the movie, one may quickly judge that the characters are in direct contrast to the colors they represent. In the movie, Tangie (orange) which means vitality with endurance plays the part of a promiscuous girl whose hatred for her mother drives her to do what she does. On further look at her character, I realize she is a true reflection of the color orange. She endures sexual abuse from her grandfather and faces abortion at a tender age but is still strong enough to overcome it and bring out her true beauty. The text also employ poems and songs to show the intensity of pain and emphasize the strength of each character and women in general.