Interpreting The Truth In Edward Bloor's 'Tangerine'

The police arrive at the Fisher’s home to declare Arthur under arrest for killing Luis Cruz. Arthur’s dad mortify face explains to the deputies Arthur’s anecdote. The dad continues with Luis does not belong up there, he is there to pick up a fight. Arthur just gave him one good smack in the face, that is it. He keeps on looking back at his son to make sure this is correct. Arthur stands there,sullen, shaking his head up and down. Paul has enough of these lies and calls out from the crowd of people. “He belonged up there!” “The weapon he used to kill Luis Cruz was a blackjack”(284). Paul continues and says that Erik Fisher commands him to do it. The deputy asked “ Do we have your statement son?”(285). Paul is not done yet, and responds with,“ I wasn’t brave enough,” but when called upon he will. In the beginning of the story Erik scares Paul, but by the end Paul finds the confidence inside of him to stick up for himself.

Mentors. They can be your parents, older siblings, and even a teacher but in Edward Bloor’s Tangerine, that would be Luis Crews a person he befriends at his new school, Tangerine Middle.

In Greg Peterson view,a renowned environmentalist "Our downfall as a species is that we are arrogant enough to think that we can control Mother Nature and stupid enough to think it is our job.” But we as humans ignore that fact,we ignored it for centuries and we still are. In Tangerine we see that that idea is perfectly woven into the story. Over there most people are not affluent and the land there had gone through many stages of development that worsen the rift between them and nature but yet they have an uneasy balance with nature.One that may not last. While on the other side of tangerine there in lake Windsor down and other communities created on an absence of authority in an area tangerine county are in a fight with nature a fight they

Angela Merici once said, "Beware of trying to accomplish anything by force." Forcing something to go against its nature and try to have it yield to one's command may seem like a bright idea at first, but it soon causes more problems than it's worth. The destiny of nature and life cannot be traded or changed for a piece of fake perfection, no matter what one may believe may come of it. In Tangerine by Edward Bloor, forceful actions cause a myriad of problems for those living in Tangerine.

In Tangerine character change is a major driving factor of the story, and is a part of the theme. On page 284, Paul says, “I saw- I heard Erik Fisher tell him to do it.” Paul's entire life he has been running and hiding from Erik scared to face him. In the beginning of the book Paul knows all of these terrible things that Erik has done and he never tells anybody not even his parents. He then changes entirely after listening to Antoine's speech about coming out from under the bleachers. Then Paul is able to link his brother to a murder and get him arrested, this the huge change shows he really has

This is the start of the bitter rivalry Erik vs. Paul. In addition, another bad incident is when Erik and Arthur gang up on Paul, Tino,

A wise person by the name of G. Gutierrez once said, “You have a choice. A single choice, whatever that choice may be, you have to live with the consequence it brings. That’s all. A choice.” In Tangerine by Edward Bloor, the reader learns how the choices one can make, can impact a life forever. The main character, Paul, has to deal with the consequences made by choices of himself and others. In this case, Paul has to mostly deal with the choices made of his older brother, Erik. Many of Eriks choices caused Paul to be bullied by many, ignored and weakened, stronger, and eventually he finds his voice and becomes who he really is.

One day the police find out that Arthur. B was responsible for Luis Cruz’s death. The police did not in fact know that Erik Fisher also had a role in the murder. Paul had to finally set things right ,without a bit of hesitation Paul Fisher announces “I saw him do it. I saw Arthur Bauer sneak up and hit Luis with a blackjack.

In each of us, two natures are at war- the good and the evil, and one most conquer. But in our own h

Would you blam your brother for trying to kill you? In the novel tangrine by Edward bloor people experince seeing deaths to sink holes. The fisher brother has diffucut realationsh while the costello brothers have a loving realtionship. The fisher brothers have a diffucult realtionship.

Sofia Williams, a psychologist at Rice University, once conveyed that “Confidence takes you to new levels”. These wise words emphasize that having confidence can help people achieve success in life. In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor, Paul is taunted repeatedly by people, resulting in a low confidence. Similarly, Dad’s choices affect Paul by lowering his confidence.

This choice affected Paul by Tino knowing about it and it helped him get it of his chest, but Tino did kick him in his behind. Paul made this choice because Tino was in the nicest mood as Paul had ever seen, so he thought it was his one chance to clear his consequence once and for all. Paul thought this was a good idea and it was, even though he got

Have you ever seen something, but never told anyone? If so, then you know how Paul feels. In the book “Tangerine” by Edward Bloor, the message, “The truth shall set you free” is expressed through the actions of the people in both Lake Windsor and Tangerine, though it’s mainly expressed through Paul Fisher. Paul sees lots of things, and it isn’t until he tells the truth is he ‘free’.

In Tangerine by Edward Bloor, a boy named Paul and his family moves to Florida. Although their relationship seems perfect from the outside, it’s quite the opposite. The Fisher family is extremely dysfunctional. His older brother Erik is sadistic, the father is ignorant, and the mother is a typical stepford wife who hides all her problems.

However, things do not go according to their will in the novel. All through Tangerine, Paul is suspicious of his parents and Erik. As a result of Paul’s parents lying to Paul, it damages the relationship between