Tangerine Paul Fisher Character Analysis

Tangerine county is in florida. It is known for its tangerines and for lightning strikes. The Fisher family just moved in here to Lake Windsor from Houston Texas. “The scenery was not what Paul had expected at all, and I stared out the window, fascinated by it. We passed mile after mile of green fields overflowing with tomatoes and onions and watermelons. I suddenly had this crazy feeling like I wanted to bolt from the car and run through the fields until I couldn't run any more. I said to Mom, “This is Florida? This is what it looks like?” Mom laughed. “Yeah. What did you think it looked like?” “I don't know. A beach with a fifty-story condo on it.” “Well, it looks like that, too. Florida is a huge place. We will be living in a area that is more like this one. There are still a lot of farms around.”(page 7-8)There is also a ton off muck fires in tangerine. The ground is full of lignite.

Have you ever felt that twist and turn in your stomach as if you were about to be murdered by a maniac? Well in the book “Tangerine” by Edward Bloor there’s a lot of situation to deal with Fear, Heroism, and Seeing. Seeing is the most important of them all because seeing the truth has a very important meaning in this book. The main character Paul shows all the themes of the book but mostly fear.

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.

In the beginning of Tangerine, Mr. Fisher seems to be overlooking a lot of issues in Lake Windsor Downs. Some examples of things overlooked: the muck fire (previously mentioned), his boss, the weather, neighbors not following conduct, and so forth. All of these things that Mr. Fisher is overlooking are making Ms. Fisher annoyed. This makes the reader feel like she will be pushed past her limit.

Do relatives or friends choose poor choices? In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor, character choices affect the main character, Paul Fisher. He is a visually impaired student who attended two middle schools in Tangerine County, Florida. He was influenced by other people around him. In fact, Erik, his brother, impacted Paul’s life largely by his choices. Erik’s choices affected Paul in many ways.

The book Tangerine By Edward Bloor is a Novel about the Fisher Family moving to Florida. Paul Fishers competition is Soccer Likewise Edward Bloor. Edward Bloor Was a soccer player when he was around Pauls age. Edward wanted the core of his story to be about soccer However his brother Erick makes his life Miserable.

Growing up is a journey we all have to travel. Everyone makes their own paths on an adventure of change. Along the way, the path will be beautiful and smooth-sailing, bumpy and rough, and sometimes conflict will appear out of the blue. At times forks in the road will show up and decisions must be made. Change is inevitable. Throughout a lifetime decisions made will be small and slight, or huge and major. It does not matter because one decision can change one’s path completely. Even the slightest change can make the difference. The decision could even be a change of hairstyle. A change in hairstyle could lead to a new fashion sense, to a new genre of music, to a completely new person. I myself have noticed many differences and similarities between my middle school self and now; and it is only the beginning.

The novel, Tangerine, is a book full of surprising events. Tangerine is mostly about overcoming your fears and honesty. Paul Fisher, the main character, his mom, dad, and brother, Erik Fisher, move from Houston, Texas to Tangerine, Florida. Paul may be legally blind, but he can see things many others can’t. In Tangerine County, everything may seem normal, but it’s a very strange place. With lightning striking at the same time daily, fires burning underground, and a sinkhole swallowing the local school, Tangerine is very abnormal. It seems anything in Tangerine can be possible.

Geometrical character analysis shows how people acted throughout story in shapes and lines to connect the way people had relationships with each other. The fill of the shape could be based on if the character was evil, mean, or happy (etc.). Without characters in a story the story won’t have a flow. Without different types of characters the story might be boring because all the characters will have the same characteristics. The story also won’t have a purpose of it being written or even a theme. In the classic narrative Tangerine written by Edward Bloor there are some flat characters and some round characters. Paul is an example of a round character because he changes throughout the story, he can remember what happened to his eyes and also

First, we have a choice made by Paul Fisher himself that changed and affected him. “I landed hard on Coach Warner’s back and held on tight, riding his neck and shoulders.”. This choice had gotten Paul in trouble with Coach Warner, but Paul made the choice to help his friends, Victor and Tino, escape. This choice was also the first time Paul had ever stood up for himself and moreover, it was the first time he was unafraid, which helped and affected him because it helped him become a little braver.

One of the major themes of the novel is Identity. I claim that Paul is struggling with how he is, and his eyesight, which is his identity overall. Edward Bloor has developed the theme all over the story, and it’s seen in his characters, flashbacks, etc. This theme plays an important role overall in Paul’s quest in trying to grasp strength, and courage. The following are evidence, and commentary of how the theme has been developed over the two parts.

Change can be good for a person; however, it can also be bad for a person too. Sydney went through a dramatic change. Ever since her brother injured that young boy, and Peyton went to jail she thought her family and friends would never act the same again. For example, "I was the sister of the neighborhood delinquent, drug addict, and now drunk driver. It didn't matter that I'd done none of these things.

for this one page essay. I feel throughout the story all of the characters change in a good & bad way.

How does the main character change from the beginning of the story to the end? Does the main character come to some realization that leads to this change, and if so, what is that

There are moments in life that can change the way you think, live and act. For instance the story of Miles Morales a fictional character from the Ultimate spider-man comics. M.M. (Miles Morales) was a juvenile delinquent who stayed in trouble, part of his problem was not having a father figure as he grew up but on day he met Peter Parker on a field trip, now Miles Morales is a unique child because he has the same exact abilities as spider-man a.k.a P.P. (Peter Parker) . P.P. could sense that him and M.M. where one in the same so he took the younger wall crawler under his tutelage and became the father figure in his life. Through the events that transpired with P.P. his life changed his grades became stable and he was rarely ever in trouble again. The life of a person can indeed be changed throughout the events encountered by the person.