How Does Edward Bloor Use Flashback In Tangerine

Erik and Paul's relationship isn’t a great one. The relationship is mostly bad it comes from Erik. Erik bullies his brother while his parents do nothing. “And I remembered Erik’s fingers prying my eyelids open while Vincent Castor sprayed white paint on them.” I The actions of

Later on, Erik makes the choice to order Arthur to hit Luis in the head with a blackjack. Because of Erik’s choice, Paul feels guilty about not speaking up about Luis’s death.On page 284 Paul says,”’The weapon that he used to kill Luis Cruz was a blackjack. I saw-I heard Erik Fisher tell him to do it.’” When Luis dies, Paul is too scared of Erik to tell the truth about Luis’s death. He eventually overcomes his fear and speaks up about Luis’s death. Paul looked up to Luis as a role model. If Erik hadn’t made that choice, Paul never would’ve learned to speak

One decision that caused Paul to be less afraid of Erik is on pages 262-263. On these pages the author says, “He turned and threw the bat into the Land Cruiser. He got in, and Arthur got in, and they drove quickly away.” (Pg 262-263) This makes Paul less afraid of him because he was able to stand up to Erik and Arthur alone without getting hurt by either one of them. This also caused Paul not to be afraid of Erik because it proved to Paul that Erik wasn't so perfect and put together as he thought. Another reason why Paul is not afraid of Erik at the end of the book is on page 284. On page 284 the author states that, “I stood up straight and faced them all, like I had seen Luis do. “I saw- I heard Erik Fisher tell him to do it.”” (Pg. 284) This shows that Paul is less afraid of Erik because he was willing to expose Erik in front of everyone, and tell the complete truth without being afraid that Erik would hurt him in anyway. Erik Fisher causes Paul Fisher to be less afraid of him by losing control and not denying the truth about the bad things he had

There are many moments of character development for Paul in the novel Tangerine. Paul grows physically and mentally throughout

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

In the novel Tangerine, the main character Paul helped Tino and Victor escaped after getting revenge.Everyone knows Paul as a cordial person and he hasn’t done anything bad. Paul faced a conflict and he was smart and knew he had to tell someone.Paul saw Tino and Victor doing something bad and Coach Warner witnessed them. Coach Warner was trying to stop Tino and Victor but Paul tackled Coach and he got caught. They didn’t know what happened, but Paul was smart enough and told the truth. Paul knew if he told a lie , he would deal with it his whole life so he knew if he told the truth, he would have freedom that he is not telling a lie. This proves later on, Paul won’t have to deal with this.

In conclusion, the choices made by the fisher family in Tangerine affected Paul greatly by making him feel fear, unimportant and gave him a low self

“I saw you face down Erik and those other guys, and I also saw Arthur Bauer Hit you with a blackjack’’, Page 227. Erik and Arthur had had chosen to hit Luis because Luis was getting back at them for hitting his brother , a 7th Grader and then Arthur him back. This Affected Paul by Luis later dying of a blood clot to his head and Paul was deeply sad and later found out that Erik and Arthur are

The choice made by Erik that affects Paul, was the choice for Erik to force Arthur to hit Luis on his head with blackjack, killing him. This made Paul angry and breathless. According to the text, “I looked at the blond deputy. The weapon that he [Arthur], used

Afterward, Paul reveals to the police that Erik and Arthur were involved in the death of Luis Cruz. On page 211 of Tangerine it states, “Arthur reached Luis, turned, and whipped the blackjack around with a loud whack against the side of Luis’s head.” Paul’s close friend Luis was smacked across the head with a blackjack by Erik and this caused Luis to have an aneurysm. Luis was smacked on the head because Erik had hit Tino, Luis’ brother in the face with a blackjack, so Luis got involved, and confronted Erik and Arthur. Paul is devastated because the aneurysm sadly caused Luis’ death. Luis was very helpful to Paul and seeing him dead made Paul despondent. Also pages 244-245 states, “Luis Cruz is dead...I raised my hand and got Ms. Polland’s attention. I said, “I gotta go. I’m sick again.” Luis’ death made Paul sick to his stomach because first, they were close friends because he was kind of like an older brother to Paul. Also, Paul knows that Arthur and Erik are involved in the

Because of Eric’s decisions Paul is now not afraid to speak up. And he will now know to speak up when there is a problem. In the book Tangerine, Eric’s choices and the consequences of his choices affected the development of Paul in two ways. When Eric hit Tino and when Paul figured out that Eric was the reason he was

Paul Fisher just moved from Big League texas to small League Tangerine, Florida. In his new town tangerine, he comes across many struggles because others around him choose to not tell him the truth. In the book Tangerine, by Edward Bloor, sometimes Eric and Mrs. Fisher can be helpful, most of the major events in Paul's life have been instigated by someone else's choice such as, Eric putting spray paint into Paul's eyes, Mrs. Fisher assigning Paul an IEP form, and Erik deciding to punch Tino in the face.

She heard none of this.”(P. 52). Paul sees how Erik really acts when his parents aren’t around. He sees that Erik is like a scam-artist who lies about what they do to get people to like them or think greatly of them. In this quote, Paul sees how Luis tries to defend Tino after the incident with Erik and what happens afterwards: “Arthur reached Luis, turned, and whipped the blackjack with a loud whack against the side of Luis’s head. Luis’s arms shot up to cover his head as he staggered to the right and fell on one knee… ‘Arthur takes care of all my light work.’ Erik and the rest of them caught up with Arthur at the gate.”(P. 211-212). Erik and Paul’s parents think that Arthur is a

In the novel, Tangerine, Edward Bloor wisely uses flashback and imagery to express the theme of fear. First of all, Edward Bloor uses the technique of flashback to express the theme of fear. On page 167, it said, “I remember that I started crying in the middle of the pretend clock, but Mom and Dad did not notice.

On how Paulhe acts, who his friends are, and his confidence. Erik personality and behavior takes down Paul’s confidence and that shown in the book Tangerine very well. So well, that we have to talk about Paul’s confidence. Paul’s confidence was terrible in the beginning of the book. He was a coward, troubled, and anxious little boy.