Summary Of Paul In Tangerine

The main point of this story, Tangerine, by Edward Bloor, is how the people who are looked down upon see from different points of view. An example of this is the main character, Paul, who is considered blind by many and is often looked down upon in society, however, he often sees what others do not and has excessive knowledge of the world around him. Even though he sees everything, he does not say what he knows and others do not ask him, for they believe he has no knowledge of the problems. After moving to Tangerine, he sees his brother doing horrible things and his parents none the wiser. His friend suffers at the hands of his brother and is eventually killed, and afterwards, Paul feels much guilt for the words unsaid. Since Paul is often looked down upon, he notices facts and clues society does not, however he fears saying something, in which causes his friend to be murdered.

’SWOOSH!’’ That was the sound of someone’s foot kicking a soccer ball, or was it a football? Either way the only important ‘’SWOOSH’’ sound is the one that is heard on the sports fields that Erik Fisher plays. Why you ask? Because in Tangerine by Edward Bloor Paul Fisher will learn that even those visually impaired can see when someone is cruel.

Imagine waking up every morning smelling smoke from a muck fire that will never go away. In the book, Tangerine by Edward Bloor, the main character, Paul Fisher, faces many choices that affect him in positive and negative ways. Paul is a young boy that has the struggle of moving from Houston, Texas to Tangerine, Florida. This can be a hard change for anybody. Paul makes many decisions that affect himself. First, he tells the police on Erik for being involved with the death of Luis Cruz, two he choses to go to Tangerine Middle school because he did not need an iep anymore so he had the opportunity to play soccer, and finally he decides to jump on coach Warner’s back . The choices Paul makes, and the consequences of those choices, affect the development of his character.

Paul is all over the place in this novel. He had to try to get used to his school, Lake Windsor Downs. But, out of nowhere, a sinkhole came to the school and it fell apart. Now, he has to go to another new school and get used to that one. But, once he gets there, he notices how different things work at his new school compared to Lake Windsor Downs.

When he gets to the school he goes to the gym to see all of the students at the school this year, and when he walks in he sees Chris immediately. Later that day Coach Fulton goes to the lady in charge of all of the student records, and finds out that Chris came from a high school in Indianapolis, but he is disappointed when he finds out that Chris didn’t put basketball as an extracurricular activity. So after about a week Coach Fulton decides to call Chris’s old coach in Indianapolis to see why Chris doesn’t play basketball. When he calls him he learns about Chris’s accident, and finds out that that is the reason that Chris doesn’t play basketball anymore. Chris’s accident was just that an accident where the player that got hurt was out of position, and when Chris was going for a rebound Chris hit him with his elbow in the eye socket. This left the player temporarily blind in that eye, but after surgery he was able to regain his eyesight. After the accident Chris made a promise that he wouldn’t play basketball again, and his parents decided to move him to a new

In the novel Tangerine towards the end Paul learns how to tell the truth.In the begining of the book Edward Bloor intoduced Paul as a shy and scared boy.For instance,Paul has a lot of fear towards his brother.In the begining Paul has a flash back that his older brother tried to kill him.In the middle of the book Paul is getting braver for example when the sinkhole appears under the portable,Paul joins the bucket bergaide and help save everyone inside.Finally in the end of the book Paul finally tells the truth about his brother and how he told Arthure to hit luis on the head with a blackjack.In conclution throuh out the book Paul turns out brave and learns how to tell the truth.

On a rainy day you want to stay inside and watch your favorite TV show, but when it is a sunshiny summer day you want to take a trip to the beach and go swimming. It all affects your mood. The setting affects the protagonist in Tangerine in many ways too. Being at different middle schools, or places with different people affect how Paul responds. His personality differs in each setting he goes to.

Paul’s school board has to come up with a schedule for the time being, due to the portable classrooms being destroyed in the sinkhole. “ ‘... seventh-grade parents will have another option… Dr. Grace Johnson, the principal of Tangerine Middle School has agreed to take any of our seventh graders for the remainder of this term…’ ” (Bloor 93). Because of this, Paul begs to go to Tangerine Middle School, because he sees it as an opportunity to play soccer with no IEP. Because of this, the plotline is affected. If the sinkhole never happened, Paul wouldn’t have met all his Tangerine friends. “Luis Cruz is dead,” (Bloor 244). Luis, Teresa’s brother, would still be alive because he wouldn’t have had a reason to confront Erik if he never met Paul. Paul wouldn't be able to play soccer either because his mom never would’ve been able to throw it away. Because of the sinkhole, “The heavens had opened up for me,” (Bloor

The choices that Erik made throughout his life never came without consequences, many of his choices, whether they were choices directed to him or not, affected Paul. Paul illustrates this idea by saying, “When we moved to Houston, when Erik was eleven, he realized that football was the star attraction,”(Bloor 29) This is talking about the “birth” of the “Erik Fisher Football Dream”; Erik use to play soccer and was successful at it, but he realized that football was the place to be if he wanted attention. Paul could’ve started playing soccer at that time as well and Erik didn’t want to risk being outshined by his younger brother. Another way Erik affected Paul, in a more indirect way, was when Arthur becomes Erik’s crony, “What will Arthur do

In the end paul remembers that erik put paint on paul's eyes that why paul is blind.Paul went to new middle school st anthony. Luis Cruz died because arthur killer luis. Mr.fisher take him to his new school.

Coming to Tangerine Middle was “quite the ride” for Paul. Paul was able to see how the Tangerine students are really like to compare to the dirty image that they have on them. First of all, transferring to this school has made Paul develop confidence in himself to speak the truth, which builds up a strong relationship with his teammates. Yet Paul still can’t get over his main fear, Erik. Although it may look like Paul grew an enormous amount, mentally in the novel, he still has a long way to go in order to face Erik. At the end of Part 2, Edward Bloor expresses Paul’s growth, emotionally in a strong way.

In Literature, symbolism is a powerful force. It can lead a story along & will usually be a vital part to said story. It can build tension, advance characters, and create plot. This is seen clearly on page 130, where the author states, “His front was still clean and white, but his back is now filthy.”. This excerpt from the football game where Antoine Thomas essentially pranks Erik is very, very rich in symbolism. It’s really a an amazing summary of Erik’s character in less than 2 sentences. Clean on the front, dirty of the back. We see this all throughout the book, with Erik acting all nice with his smiles and student body stuff, but in reality, we all know the truth. We know Erik is rotten to the core, especially after he spray-painted Paul’s

Many characters made careless choices in the book that affected Paul but Eric made the most. In the book Tangerine, Eric’s choices and the consequences of his choices affected the development of Paul in three ways. When Eric hit Tino and when Paul figured out that Eric was the reason he was blind. Paul is a boy who just moved from Texas to Florida. He moves to a place called Lake Windsor Downs. He goes to school at Lake Windsor Downs Middle School, but there was a tragedy at that school so he moved to Tangerine Middle School. He goes out for the Tangerine soccer team and makes it. Then horrible things start happening.

Paul had a choice between Tangerine Middle School and Lake Windsor Middle School, he chose Tangerine Middle. Before the sinkhole at Lake Windsor, Paul was kicked off his soccer team for his eyesight, which lead him to transfer to Tangerine Middle School. For example, Paul states,

Willa Cather's "Paul's Case" is a story about a young 16 year-old man, Paul, who is motherless and alienated. Paul's lack of maternal care has led to his alienation. He searches for the aesthetics in life that that he doesn't get from his yellow wallpaper in his house and his detached, overpowering father figure in his life. Paul doesn't have any interests in school and his only happiness is in working at Carnegie Hall and dreams of one-day living the luxurious life in New York City. Paul surrounds himself with the aesthetics of music and the rich and wealthy, as a means to escape his true reality.