Tender Offer Play

Paul was about to start school at Lake Windsor Middle School and Mrs. Fisher tapped in on her ‘overprotective mother’ side. In the book Tangerine, Edward Bloor writes, “ ‘Mom, you ruined my life at Lake Windsor Middle when you turned in that IEP,’ ” (94). This shows that Paul really was miserable without the ability to play soccer. He was so sad that, when his Coach told him about the insurance problem, Paul sat down on the field and cried. It actually says in the book that when he had the opportunity to start over at Tangerine Middle, he thought that, “...the heavens had opened up for me…” (94). This is important because Paul would have been able to play soccer at Lake Windsor, and he would have, at the very beginning, been happy. This choice, though, had good effects in many ways. One is that he ended up going to Tangerine, which is where he ended up playing

Paul walks into the room where Rose’s funeral and wake took place, and he sits alone by Rose’s casket and begins to insult her, asking why she left him; at that moment, Paul realized that he never really know the person that Rose was and he starts to

“ ‘So you figured it would be better if I just hated myself?’ ” (265). This is important because he hates being blind, especially since he doesn’t know why he was blind. He’s not allowed on his school soccer team and his brother bullies him about it. She had good intentions, but now Paul has to go through the process of finding it out himself.

In order to pick up the slack of the other parent, both authors make sacrifices to ensure their children’s needs are met. Edelman feels like she was expected to reduce her work hours instead of her husband because of the gender roles forced upon parents in society today. Edelman became angry with the fact that she felt pressured to prioritize her husband’s career and give up her own career to care for their child. Edelman states “...there was something vaguely unsettling about feeling that my choice hadn’t been much of an actual choice”(51). Edelman also angrily states that the reason she was forced to give up her career was because “...he was ‘the husband’ and…his career took precedence...”(54). Edelman is angry at the fact that society made her believe her career was inferior to her husband’s. Bartels also makes sacrifices for his family. Bartels makes the sacrifices to take pressure off of his wife, who is constantly running their children around to daycare and

At the beginning of the book, Paul is an outcast, “Hey, Eclipse Boy,” and is never noticed, except by a few people, “Unfortunately, nobody… paid much attention to me.” At first, Paul is a person no one really notices or cares about him, not even his own Dad. Almost Everyone is more focused on his evil older brother, Erik. Paul is also almost always cowardice, “I’m

Paul doesn’t feel comfortable living in his hometown due to his mother's illness(from the snowball incident) and her choices of actions. His guilt from his youth, causes him to leave town, become a magician and join the carnival. Paul started feeling guilty as he grew older, when he could finally understand what happened, and he believes and from what he understands he blames his mother's illness on himself. "... it was my birth that made her like that. My father thought it was his duty to tell me, so that I could do whatever was possible to make it up to her. My birth robbed her of her sanity... I was too young for the kind of guilt my father wanted me to feel. I couldn't stand it." (Davies, p.261) Due to his father being unable to care for his mother's illness, Paul is lead to believe more into his guilt that his mother's illness is all caused by him. “Paul was not a village favourite, and the dislike so many people felt for his mother–dislike for the queer and persistently unfortunate–they attached to the unoffending son.”(Fifth Business. page 32) " I can call up in an instant what it felt like to be the child of a woman everybody jeered at and thought a dirty Joke." (Davies p.261) These two quotes lead to Paul being frowned upon in the town. Many take second guesses to talk to Paul because of the direction of Mrs. Dempster losing her

Paul uses many tactics throughout his imprisonment in order to keep some control over his and Annie's alliance. One effective method he uses is flattery, complimenting Annie in order to keep her happy and her mood stable. His use of this move is demonstrated on page 60 in the novel, when he calls Annie his favorite nurse. He uses it again on page 107, telling Annie that she could not be old enough to remember the chapter plays, hinting at how she looks way younger than she actually is. Paul uses this strategy to lighten Annie's mood and keep her happy, which is vital to him because Annie can become very destructive and impatient when angry, consequently being the main source of Paul's pain throughout the book. In addition to flattery, Paul

Paul made that decision because he does not like his brother because he was bullying his friends. Paul started to gain confidence from that moment. Paul shows the confidence he gains when he helps Tino and Victor escape from the gym by standing up to Arthur and Erik when they meet when Paul was running away from the gym. He does what Luis did to confront Erik and Arthur by saying he is not scared. Then, Erik has had it so the drove away.

Effects of Paul’s Choices and Consequences In Tangerine by Edward Bloor, Paul, the main character, makes choices and those choices and the consequences of those choices help develop his character. Once Paul, a very animated character, and his family move to Tangerine, he is faced with a world full of decisions that he must make. In the beginning of the book, Paul is a very timid, shy boy who plays soccer and has bottle cap glasses. Then he is faced with a sinkhole full of choices.

Linda and Willy’s relationship in the play is characterized by deep love and affection, but Willy does not frequently show the physical manifestations of such feelings. After thirty-five years of marriage, both characters have come to know each other’s subtle quirks and dreams, but Linda’s thorough understanding of Willy cannot be reciprocated. At first glance, she resembles a stereotypical housewife who passively stays home while her husband maintains his role as the breadwinner of the family,

Do you treat others, as kindly as you would in front of teachers, parents, or elders in general? Well, in the fictional novel, Tangerine, by Edward Bloor, a family of four move from Houston Texas, to Tangerine Florida, for a job for the Dad of the main character, Paul. Paul journaled his adventure from moving from his home town, to a place where he would live in a new house, go to a new school, and meet new friends. But many things happened outside of school, that affected him greatly in his academic, and social life. Paul's older brother, Erik, made many poor choices that incredibly affected Paul.

In the past, mischievous boy, now the man, could not find his place in life and continues to roll along from one scam to another. Now, he is being chased by mobsters from whom he stole the money, and he is in mortal danger from which he had taken refuge in his mother's house. Louie knows his mother the "iron women," but realizes that her foreign callousness is a heightened sense of duty and the result of the hard struggle for survival. At the same time, Uncle Louie is a kind and good-natured with his nephews and gives them that direct communication that they are lacking and all the inhabitants of the "cold house." The boys are supporting him too, even Jay at the risk of life helps him to get away from his pursuers. But Bella is more impressive. 36-year-old women with the immediacy of a little girl and with desires of an adult woman. The conflict between her and mother reveals generational conflict in this play. In this case, a harsh mother ruthless control of a daughter’s personality suppressed and deprived Bella’s opportunity to grow up. The scene of their explanations is written at a very high emotional level. This fragment produced a deep impression that gives a very high grade of the play. But the final look “natural,” in which Bella is belated, but “becomes free.”

In the beginning, Paul is mostly a ‘momma’s boy’, for example, on page 25, when Paul fisher’s mom introduces him to the school, she says, “We are hoping to see exactly where Paul will be going next week. He has problems

In the literature, topic author often has selfish characters. In the short story, The Lamp at Noon by Sinclair Ross introduces the problems happens in most of the families. In the short story, Paul is a character who does not listen to his wife. He lives with his own perspectives. The only thing he cares about is his land.

The show makes an obvious distinction between how men/boys and women/girls act. Anyway, the episode continues with lisa playing with her doll pretending that Malibu Stacy is giving a speech at the U.N, but Lisa is disappointed when she realizes that the new and improved doll says sexist remarks such as “don’t ask me, I’m just a girl” and “let’s buy make up so that boys will like us!”. Lisa goes on a rant about how “millions of girls will grow up thinking that this is the right way to act! That they cannot be anything more than vacuous ninnies...!”and gets really mad when Bart does not understand why she is so upset. The difference in communication styles is shown here as Lisa is more adept with words than Bart is as Bart can only give Lisa a stupid reply like “that’s what I was going to say.” This illustrates the stereotype that girls are more expressive and sensitive than boys are. On the other hand, Marge plays the more traditional housewife as her mind never delves into issues that are not relevant to the domestic center; she is not privy to relevant discussions on social issues like Lisa and cannot understand why Lisa is so upset. She said that Lisa had been speaking up “an awful lot lately.” This suggests that typical lady-like behavior does not include speaking out and that the mother should enforce positive female behavior. Additionally, in