Gender Differences In Tangerine

Tangerine county is in florida. It is known for its tangerines and for lightning strikes. The Fisher family just moved in here to Lake Windsor from Houston Texas. “The scenery was not what Paul had expected at all, and I stared out the window, fascinated by it. We passed mile after mile of green fields overflowing with tomatoes and onions and watermelons. I suddenly had this crazy feeling like I wanted to bolt from the car and run through the fields until I couldn't run any more. I said to Mom, “This is Florida? This is what it looks like?” Mom laughed. “Yeah. What did you think it looked like?” “I don't know. A beach with a fifty-story condo on it.” “Well, it looks like that, too. Florida is a huge place. We will be living in a area that is more like this one. There are still a lot of farms around.”(page 7-8)There is also a ton off muck fires in tangerine. The ground is full of lignite.

In the novel Tangerine By Edward Bloor, we read about Paul a twelve-year-old boy who struggles with legal blindness, and he also feels neglected by his parents. Paul realizes that his older brother Erik is a cruel and a twisted child. Paul tries to get his parents to see his point of view, but has trouble getting the message to them. Paul and his brother Erik, though related have many differences, but also a few similarities that make them unique characters of interest in the novel.

Racial formation is a vast sum of signifying actions and social structures that clash in the creation of complex relationships and identities that is a labeled race. Throughout the history of the United States, a large array of strategies was engaged in regarding education that took advantage of nonwhites. Since policies by those who supposedly “protect our rights” attempted to eradicate social, economic and cultural aspirations, dominated groups were more often than not suspicious of the school 's interests. According to John Ogby, “children from dominated cultures often failed school because they considered the school to be representative of the dominant white culture” (Spring, 101). This portrays racial formation having an effect on equality. “Acting white” meant to attempt to do well in school because

One major conflict I have read the novel “Tangerine,” is when Mike got struck by lightning and killed instantly, as said from the book, this is an example of man vs nature. The piece of evidence that supports that it was man vs nature is, “ He was dead before he hit the ground.” This will affect the plot of the story because at the time Mike was the main character and Joey will always feel sad.The second conflict is when Lake Windsor Middle School had a sinkhole, this is an example of man vs nature because there was a sinkhole which is an example of a natural disaster. The piece of evidence to support this is, “ An earthquake, No! Sinkhole.” This piece of evidence affects the plot because Paul has a decision to go to Tangerine Middle or stay

This exemplum shows the author’s viewpoint well; not only is the school overpopulated with 1,500 students, but it is also mainly filled with minorities, as given by the principal’s statement “this would not happen to white children.” (page 244) It reinforces his purpose by giving the audience an example of how his perspective is true in order to allow the readers to consider the author’s argument.

There are many conflicts in the Tangerine novel. Some are Man vs Man, others, Man vs. Society. But there are three main ones. Ones that cannot be ignored. They are on September 22, August 19, and September 11.

Ruth and James had different experiences when they attended school. Back in the days, when Ruth attended school in Suffolk, there was a split between “white folks’ school and a black folks’ school and a Jewish school,” (McBride 79). The school Ruth attended was not actually a real school, but instead a synagogue, where they did not get a good education compared to what other students were learning in school. In contrast, James “was the only black kid,” (McBride 89), attending in his classroom and he would get called many names because he was the only black kid.

In the novel tangerine, the motif is used both literally and figuratively in several characters. For instance, Mom sees that Paul has horrible eyesight and thinks she is helping Paul by assigning him and IEP, but she doesn't see that it is affecting his social life in a negative way. Dad sees Eric as a huge football hero, but he doesn’t see that Eric has an awful, secret personality. This affects him and his relationship with his parents and brother in an extremely non-positive way. Also this affects his views and opinions on social life, friends, and school. The Fisher parents doesn't see the important things according to Paul.

Imagine living in a small town where there are so many natural disasters; such as sinkholes, lighting strikes, muck fires, and nighttime freezes that threaten to kill groves of tangerines. These many events occur in the novel titled Tangerine written by Edward Bloor. A boy named Paul Fisher just moved from Houston Texas to a county in Florida named Tangerine and already starting to have problems in his school such as bullying. Being known as the Eclipse Boy or Mars is a terrible feeling for a new student to go through in a new school. Not only is Paul Fisher being bullied in his school, but also within his own home by his dissolute brother Erik, who only cares about the “ Erik Fisher football dream.”

Paul's Perspective or view of Tangerine Middle school is that it's an old school building, with good people, where the majority is the majority. In the novel on page 101 it states, “I'd say the most obvious difference between my new school and my old school and my old one is this: At Tangerine Middle, the minorities are the majority.I have no problem with that. I've always felt like a minority because of my eyes.” This quote from the novel expresses that at Tangerine Middle School there are different races rather at Lake Windsor Downs there's more majority than the majority. Paul likes this school because he fits in with the rest of the kids. At Tangerine Middle School they don't bother him like they did at Lake Windsor Downs.The way paul's

In Tangerine, everything is not as it seems. The koi fish are disappearing, valuables are being stolen, true nature is concealed and people’s eyes are obscured from reality. The sudden revelation of underlying problems in Lake Windsor Downs and Paul Fisher’s own family and relatives shocks him and everyone else. The Homeowner’s Association is completely occupied with trivial things such as trim color and mailbox similarities and Old Charley Burns is up in Daytona and at other stock car races. His resulting failure to inspect the building sites puts many people in an increased state of danger, such as the school and other places around it. If the inspections had taken place, then many things would not have taken place. All these dangers lie

In the article entitled, A Tale of Two Schools: How Poor Children Are Lost to the World, by Jonathan Kozol, the writer is comparing the differences between New Trier High School, a school in Illinois that’s nestled in an affluent neighborhood against Du Sable High School, a school situated in an impoverished neighborhood that has 100% African American student in attendance. The article sadden and confirms things that myself and many others are already aware of, but has not been able to change. Schools located within the poor communities are

Why would you live in a place called Tangerine where weird things happen where there’s a fire that never stops where lightning has a record of killing most people.Erik would get people to do things for him just so they can stay in the EFFD(Erik Fisher Football Dream). Erik has many secrets he hides from his parents deep dark secrets. Is Erik the kid you think he is Erik can be a very Evil kid inside hiding but around his parents he seems like he’s not a bad kid but they don’t know only Paul knows what Eriks true side is.

Anne was immediately confused by their presence because they seemed to be just like her except for skin color. On one occasion all the children were playing together in the lobby of a movie theater. Anne was with some local white children playing, but when it was time to enter the movie lobby the white children went in one direction and Anne went in after her friends. Her disapproving mother quickly stopped Anne and they left the theater. Before this instance Anne had never considered the coincidence that all the white children watched the movie from the bottom terrace and all the African America children from the top terrace. While thinking about the difference Anne realized that the bottom terrace and side entrance was much more luxurious than the raggedy top terrace, where she and her mother usually sat (38-2). After this the difference in skin color became much more apparent to her in everyday life. Anne was motivated to find the answers as to why she was treated differently because of the color of her skin.

During the late 1960’s, America had entered into a period of cultural definition especially with the emergence of the Civil Rights Movement. Although the term “multicultural education” had not come into play yet, the idea that the U.S needed to reexamine their efforts of educating diverse groups was emerging. During this time inequality especially among minority groups in comparison to the white dominant culture became a social issue (Banks 1999). Before the arrival of this reform multicultural education was displayed in the classroom as having minorities adapt to the predominant culture. Teachers during this time felt it would be more beneficial for minorities to adapt. However, many parents of these minorities begin to argue that the