Tangerine Paul Fisher Quotes

The setting of this book takes place in Miami, Florida during modern time. Paul Richmond, the main character, is an older teen that just moved here with his mom. He goes to a private school called Gate. Sadly, paul is not popular and always gets picked on. However, Paul meets someone named Charlie. Charlie is a star student with a future athletic talent for tennis. As Charlie sees Paul around school, they start to become friends. The catch is, Charlie wants a few things in return. Paul gives in to his smaller needs, but one day Charlie wants something big, something extraordinary; he wants to bomb the school. Now, Paul must decide whether or not he will give in

The teachers bring their students together as they did a classroom exchange, so students can get a lot from each other and from the schools. Melanie, a smart girl who went to a Public high school, knew what she was capable of, and teachers also saw it in her that she would go off to college, but then she saw the other side which was the private school, while Jonathan also went to a Public school he did not see himself going to college and no teachers thought he would, and he ended up going to college. According to Chana Joffe-Walt, “you go through something to just get turned down there’s a waste to say would you’ve been better off not going to this experience” (“3 miles”). If Melanie would not have gone to the private school, which is the other side, she would have gone to college. As soon as she went to the private school, her way of thinking changed, and she saw herself not going to college anymore. Melanie thinks that she lost her opportunity of going to college just because she saw the other

The choice made by Erik that affects Paul, was the choice for Erik to force Arthur to hit Luis on his head with blackjack, killing him. This made Paul angry and breathless. According to the text, “I looked at the blond deputy. The weapon that he [Arthur], used

Edward Bloor explores the theme of seeing the truth by using Paul as the one character who does see the truth.I In the novel Tangerine even though Paul does have glasses that are goggle like Edward, describes Paul as the one who can see more than anyone that is mentioned in this book. This quote from the book states "But I can see. I can see things that my parents can't or won't." This quote has one sentence that supports what I'm saying. But I CAN see. People think and tease him for being blind that is probably why he was signed up for the IEP. On page 38 after Paul meets Kerri he explains to Mr. Murrow that he is not blind and he can see but Mr. Murrow insisted that he would still has Kerri help him around the school anyway. Just because

Have you ever had the courage to completely change your life?In the Novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor the protagonist Paul fisher completely changes his life by events that happen around him,getting his brother in huge trouble,and discovering the mystery behind his big glasses. ” Mike Costello is dead,Mom. ”This quote refers to when Erik Fisher explains to his mom that Mike died. Paul is horrified and deeply saddened by this event but the change to Paul is very significant.

In the book, Tangerine, by Edward Bloor there are many personal, inspirational quotes, themes, and life lessons. The theme that inspired me the most was “Always be honest with everyone, sooner or later, the truth always finds it’s way out.” This was most important for me because it relates to my life in some situations. In the book Tangerine, this theme is included multiple times, such as when Paul Fisher, the main character was told by Luis Cruz that he had gotten hit in the head with a blackjack from Arthur Bauer in orders from Erik Fisher.  

Luis Cruz as mentor supports paul, when Paul was scared of Erik. Luis said,”I’m just telling you this so you know. You seem like you’re scared of Erik and Arthur Baur (Bloor 229).” Luis Cruz doesn’t want Paul rp be scared. Paul is scared because of what happened with Mike. Then when Paul had his friends over to work on the project, Paul said” I feel sick’’ (206).” Paul was worried. Paul thought that Erik would do something. Paul was to sick to stop

The name of the novel that I read is called Tangerine and is written by Edward Bloor. Tangerine is about a boy named Paul Fisher who wears bug-eyed glasses to see the world, yet he cannot recall how his vision came to be disabled. The time period in which this novel takes place is modern times. “Ok here we are. How long did it take for Dad to get to his favorite topic, the Erik Fisher Football Dream?”

"Don't judge a book by its cover, see a man by his cloth, as there is often a good deal of solid worth and superior skill underneath a [???] jacket and yaller pants.” This phrase goes back to at least the mid-19th century, as seen in the newspaper Piqua Democrat, June 1867. The book Tangerine has many quotes that relate to this proverb, and this essay will furtherly explain it. In the book, a boy named Paul who is legally blind, moves to Florida and feels the cruelty of facing middle school while being an IEP student (Individualized Education Program). The theme: “Don’t judge a book by its cover”, is represented by the symbols of Paul’s glasses and Erik’s hero smile in the book Tangerine.

“But I can see. I can see everything. I can see things that mom and dad can’t. Or won’t” (Bloor 4). In the book, Tangerine, Paul Fisher, the main character, has his life shattered by Eric Fisher, his only brother. Paul’s life was very much “down in the dumps,” because of Eriks decisions. Eriks petrifying choices impacted Paul's life by practically making him blind, having him feel useless and unwanted, and lastly, scaring away all his friends.

reality. In page 280, Mrs. Fisher states that “These items were stolen by Erik Fisher and Arthur Bauer.” Erik is seen as a successful high school student, making the football team after moving from Texas and being scouted by school all around Florida. In reality he is a cruel high-schooler that is exposed of being a cruel brother, robbery, and potential manslaughter as the book progresses. Another piece of evidence is found in page 74. “They have gangs in Tangerine Middle School. They have kids with guns man. Real gangstas.” Tangerine Middle is seen as a gang- and violence-filled school, but Paul in the end finds nice and caring friends there that have his back. Characterization improves the story because it introduces the main characters, but their true personalities and motives are revealed later in the book. It conveys the theme by slowly showing the truth. By slowly revealing the truth, the reader will notice how prominent the theme of false vs. reality is in

Paul Fishers move was not a ride down a slide. It was a steep Mountain with many series of events that caused him to change as a person. from the start of the book, he believed that he was ignored by his father because he was more focused on Eric's football career. for this reason, it made Eric seem innocent in the most frequent situations (such as when he made fun of Mike’s death) and caused Paul to be afraid of him. Paul was consumed of fear, but was just hanging onto determination. With his soccer career, it kept him looking forwords instead of sideways and backwards. He would make friends that way, stay active, and keep busy. But with the cruel twist of his brother Eric, he controlled many series of events that was even to difficult to notice to the naked eye.

There are many characters that play a major role in the book, Tangerine, but one that really stands out in the book is Erik Fischer, brother of Paul Fischer. He may not seem bad to the people that have only seen his “sweet side”, but he’s pure evil. He’s the villain, the antagonist, the bad guy, but to the Fischer parents, he’s the star of the Erik Fischer Football Dream, the dream that Erik will be in the NFL. Erik isn’t what he seems, his choices affected by making him legally blind, killing his friend, and lowering Paul’s self-esteem.

It all started when TIno, Paul and a couple other guys from their science group comes over to Paul's house to work on their report, and when they finish, they head out to the backyard to kick the soccer ball around a little. Then Erik pulls up with Arthur and went up to them and said, “Look at this. I think it's great that these farm-labor kids get to spend a day away from the fields.” (pg. ?) Paul tries to get Tino back down but is unable to and makes fun of Erik for doing a front flip on tv (pg. ?) Erik then lashes out with anger and hits Tino in the face. Tino layed there, blood dripping from his head from Erik’s ring that had made a cut in his head. The next day, Luiz Cruz, Tino’s older brother showed up to confront Erik for hitting his little brother when Erik tell Arthur to hit Luis with the blackjack. The worst part of it all was that Luis ended up dying and Paul had witnessed a crime. This creates an another effect on Paul that gives him a motive to stand up to his brother because he hurt someone other than him, he told someone to hurt someone else’s loved one. Paul does in fact stand up to his brother showing no fear when he snitched on Erik to the police for having involvement with the murder of Luis. (pg.

“ Knowing how the men in the water died is not the same thing as knowing why they died .“ A quote from Pete Nelson. This means that the causes of the men’s deaths may not pertain to the actual reasons the men died. Some of the men may have simply died for their country rather than the harsh things that caused them to die, such as starvation.