Motif Of Sight In Tangerine

In Edward Bloor’s novel Tangerine, Paul’s eyesight is a motif that helps develop an overall theme of do not judge a person because they are different from others. Due to Paul having to wear glasses, others can imply that he can not see that well. To begin with, people made fun of Paul because of his “Coke Bottle” glasses: “Yow! It came from Mars!” (Bloor 49).

It is as if Paul lives in the sun and knowledge of the world, baring that burden while others in society live in darkness with slight sliver of light from the moon believing they know the world to its full extent when in reality they are blind and in the dark. This affects Paul since he possess ideas from another point of view that others have no clue about. This is important because without the knowledge that Paul posses, he would be like his none the wiser parents, which would affect the story a great deal. For example, on page 152, Paul tells his friend, “Don’t do this. Don’t come in here with attitude.” Paul knows how to adapt to the places around him and knows that by accepting the facts and the brunt of the blow, they will accept him begin to

Tom Brady once said, “Too often in life, something happens and we blame other people for us not being happy or satisfied or fulfilled. So the point is, we all have choices, and we make the choice to accept people or situations or to not accept people or situations.” In the book, Tangerine, by Edward Bloor, Paul Fisher discovers his true potential when he and his family move to Florida. Additionally, Erik Fisher’s (Paul’s brother) choices and consequences greatly affect Paul’s development as a valuable person. Erik’s choices are seen as disgusting, sly, and evil through the eyes of Paul Fisher himself and are not only frightening, but shocking as well. Through clever symbols and motifs, the author reveals and expresses through Paul’s journal

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.

It is not an example of him getting taken advantage of, but it points to so many others because he was convinced that that did not happen, Erik and Vincent Castor got to walk away with virtually no punishment. It validates how Paul will be vulnerable and other people used it for their own benefit. So, when Paul forgets things it allows other people to use that against Paul which, in turn, makes him feel

The use of symbolism such as the physical and emotional meanings of blindness can describe different meanings behind elements of the story. In the critical essay, the author discusses why an author might choose to make a character bling and what it means. Diane Andrews Henningfeld, the author of the critical essay explains, “clearly the author wants to emphasize other levels of sight and blindness beyond physical.” Blindness can be more than just the levels of physical sight and the author wants that to be understood. The author wants to emphasize and make it very clear that other levels of sight and blindness exist like not seeing the beauty in life and being blind to it beyond just being able to see with your eyes. The quote can feel something about the characters traits and how they can be so opposite from their physical abilities. This quote Conveys the facts. People can see in different ways. It is stated that,“although he is blind, he ‘sees’ how to get along with others in profound and important ways. By contrast, the narrator, although sighted, does not see how his isolation damages himself, his wife, and their relationship. He is

In the beginning of Tangerine Paul, doesn’t understand why he has always hated and been scared of his brother, Erik. “Why didn’t I answer the question? I used to have an answer ready for that question.(39). Paul started questioning himself even though he had a story. He didn’t understand why he started to question his story. However later in the story, he starts to remember his story. “I remembered Castor. Vincent Castor… I remembered spray paint on that wall. Erik and Vincent Castor had found a can of white spray paint, and they had painted something… ‘You’re gonna pay for telling on Castor.’”(263). As soon as Paul starts remembering he, finally, starts to understand, see, why. Why he has always been scared, hated and not wanted to confront Erik. He is finally able to uncover truth about himself, and he feels different, happy and brave, now that he

They play a big role in his life. They teach him that going with the flow might be easy but it is not the right way to deal with problems. On page 38, it states, “I used to tell people that I once stared too long at a solar eclipse. But if that’s the truth, if that really happened, why can’t I remember it? This shows how Paul grows throughout the book. He has always told people that he stared at an eclipse, but then with the assistance of the flashbacks, Paul starts to inquire himself: Does a person have to remember something for it to be true? The solar eclipse ends; the sun shines through the cloud and the blinding truth is

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.

“But I can see. I can see everything. I can see things Mom and Dad can’t. Or won’t.” In the novel, Tangerine, Paul Fisher has justed moved to Tangerine, Florida. He is always trying to avoid his older brother, Erik. While Paul meets new people, little by little, flashbacks give him clues about what happened to his coke- bottle glasses. As death after death hits Paul, he grows into a new person. The author, Edward Bloor expertly uses symbolism and flashback to explore the theme of growth and change.

During chapter 6, (Pages 91 - 92) Paul daydreams about life back at his house and how he misses it so much. He remembers the old poplars by the stream behind the town he used to live in and how, as a kid, he used to call it “poplar avenue”. He also recalls the fact that he used to listen to rusting the poplars while hanging his feet over the stream. Paul describes how important this is to him by saying “...and the image of those days still makes my heart pause in its beating”.

When he is reunited with his mother "[they] say very little," but when she finally asks him if it was "very bad out there" Paul lies. In trying to protect her by lying, Paul creates a separation between his mother and himself. As Paul sees it, the tragedies and horrors of war are not for the uninitiated. Sadly, the true nature of war further separates the two generations.

the love and care he unknowingly needs. Paul takes on roles that disguise his own traits and turns him into what he believes to be a person nobody can say no to. When he takes on these roles, he

Paul's father had abused him emotionally, and probably physically, throughout Paul's life. He did so much to Paul's flagging self-image that he had to boast to others to make himself feel big, when he felt tiny inside. When he finally achieved that "bigness" that he always wanted, the glamour of "the good life," his father found him out and took that away from him, or rather, made Paul give it up. This made Paul feel even smaller and made him feel that he would be better off dead. So Paul decided to make his life "better off" and