Sight And Symbolism In Tangerine By Edward Bloor

The relationship between the two Fisher brothers is strange and really difficult in the way they don’t get along one single bit. It states on page 3 that, “It was ‘Erik’ I was saying ‘Erik’. Dad finally understood. He looked me right in my eyes and asked ‘What do you mean by ‘Erik’ Erik what Paul?’ I stammered out, ‘Erik’ he tried to kill me!”. This explains how strange both Erik and Paul’s relationship is between each other. For which, Paul starts day-dreaming that his own brother is actually trying to kill him, meanwhile, nothing is going on. Overall, the main relationship

First, a choice made by Paul is when he gave his statement to the police about what he witnessed. He stated, “I saw him do it. I saw Arthur Bauer sneak up on Luiz Cruz like a coward and hit him on the side of the head. Luiz didn’t even see it coming.” This choice helped him develop because he felt as though ever since he met Luiz that he was special and meant something to him, so he needed to tell what actually happened at the high school. The decision was made because Paul belatedly found his voice and was going to speak up for once. The choice plays a major role in the Fisher family considering what will most likely

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

Paul who is in his new persona at the Kittredge’s house then talks about identity in the book Catcher in the Rye. Paul Who is asked about his thesis by Geoffrey then talks about how there are cases where people justify their wrong doings with the book

Fisher paid attention to Erik, even though he had done such a terrible thing to Paul. Overall, Paul’s parents have been telling him a lie his whole life and this made him hate himself. The lie was that he is legally blind because he stared at a Solar Eclipse, but the reason he is legally blind is because Erik and Vincent 's spray painted his eyes. This is emotional for Paul because his whole life he has been led to believe otherwise, but now he hates how his mom, stood up for Erik.

The quote “Joey stared him down. No, I don’t have a problem with that. I guess I got a problem with you.” This quote on page 158 talks about Joey, one of Paul’s friends, talking to Tino, another one of Paul’s friends. The two do not get along very well, and all this builds up to a fight between them. These examples of foreshadowing can be seen throughout the story. On page 258, a quote states “Tino crossed the floor and walked up to Erik.” Which would mean that Tino is confronting Erik, which builds up a lot of tension. Another quote on page 214 says “Erik, you’ll need to give me your key...I got it in my locker at school, I keep a lot of my stuff there.” This quote is about Erik talking to Paul’s mom about a key. Erik has his key in the locker, which makes Erik look suspicious. Leaving his key in the locker may seem like Erik trying to hide something from Paul’s

Paul is determine to show to his friends that he can do the same thing that they can and he is showing them that he wants to be there friend. “After school Henry asked if his brother if he could drive Paul and him over to Tino’s place and he agreed to do so. This is important to Paul because he really wants to be friends with Tino amd them and by doing so he is helping them fight the freeze. As a result of Paul helping them fight the freeze he gained their friendship and trust and that he is always part of the team. “The weapon that he used to kill Luis Cruz was a blackjack.

The sentence “This place is weirder than it looks,” is especially true when it come to the novel Tangerine, written by Edward Bloor. Throughout his whole life, Paul Fisher, a supposedly blind middle schooler, has been living in his cruel brother, Erik’s, shadow. Until a transition from Texas to Florida gives Paul a fresh start at a new school. It will unveil shocking secrets that changes everyone in Tangerine county”s lives forever. As Paul strives to live as a normal without an IEP, incidents begin to occur around him that are too perfect for his brother’s life to be just accidents. In Tangerine, Edward Bloor exquisitely uses foreshadowing and motif to convey the theme of identity and conquering fear.

Also, Paul shows more signs of why we should root for him. As Paul and Joey end their laps around their neighborhood, they start to talk about the soccer tryouts. “We completed our second lap. Joey was looking at me a little strangely. He said ‘See you tomorrow.’

Joey states, “ This place is like the darkest Africa. Like the Amazon jungle. Like we’re learning to live among the natives here” (150). Joey doesn’t see how he was being mildly racist when saying the place was like the darkest Africa. Joey also doesn’t see how rude he was being to the school and the students going there. This affects how Paul sees Joey by seeing the ugliness in Joey’s words. Two of paul’s friends gino and joey both don’t see how insensitive they are.

First, Bloor uses fear as a motif. For most of the story, Paul is intimidated by his brother, Erik. On Friday, December 1st, (page 261 of Tangerine) Paul confronts Erik and tells him, “I’m not afraid of you , Erik. Come on.” Paul continues by telling Erik and his friend, Arthur Bauer, how he witnessed them manslaughter Luis Cruz. Arthur, now scared, tries to get Erik to leave with him, afraid that they might be caught for their crimes. He pleads, (page 262) “Come on! Come on! Let’s get outta here!” Paul finds a new strength within him and is no longer

I held my hands out, as he had done, and said, ‘I’m not afraid of you Erik. come on.’ ” Another quote on page two hundred and fifty-nine is, “All I remember is Mom shouting ‘Paul!’ as I took off, flying through the air. I landed hard on Coach Warner’s back and held on tight, riding his neck and shoulders.” In both quotes, Paul did one thing in common, which is overcoming a fear. In the first quote, Paul overcame his fear by standing up to Erik who he usually feared. In the second quote, Paul overcame his fear by helping his friends out, regardless if he got in trouble. Characterization goes with the book because throughout the novel, Paul has been afraid of many things but he is trying to overcome those fears. In addition, Paul’s characteristics have overcame many fears that he has

As you certainly see there are reasons why Erik is to be ratted out because he blinded him and teased him, which makes Paul want to tell him. In this paragraph, you will learn how Paul got back at Erik and how Erik tried to kill Paul. Paul comes home crying and freaking out saying that Erik to kill him while he was biking crazy hun. The story states “Then he brought forward in a mighty swing, right at my head. I dove to the right, I landed on my face in the grass…

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

One choice that impacted paul was that his dad was never there to talk to him, instead he talked to Erik about how great he is doing at football, and the big Erik Fisher dream. This makes Paul feel unloved because Mr.Fisher always bragged about Erik and how he is such a great athlete but never even mentioned Paul. If Mr.Fisher went to one of Paul’s soccer games and watched how good Paul really was than he might feel better about himself because