Theme Of Friendship In Tangerine By Edward Bloor

Everyone wants to dive in to a juicy book right?Well Tangerine is the perfect novel to read.The novel’s theme is Loyalty and facing your fears.The novel is about a boy named Paul Fisher.He recently moved to Tangerine,Florida with his family.He has an interesting life,he is legally blind and has to wear coke bottle glasses ,his brother ,Erick,who constantly bullies him and he has parents who are blinded with lies.In the novel Tangerine, the author,Edward Bloor,uses flashbacks and symbolism to represent loyalty and overcoming your fears.

On page 36, the texts states that “Mike’s getting a bad break, you know, Mike’s a good player, but he’s a lineman, not a quarterback.” This tells the reader that Joey Costello (Mike’s Younger brother) really does care for his older sibling. In that statement, Joey and did stand up for Mike and defending on behalf of who he actually is. Which is why we see that the bond between those two is really good, because, Mike wasn’t there himself to stand up for him, so someone else had to. In conclusion, Joey and Mike Costello have a great bonding and loving relationship between one another. The author tells the reader this because it gives proof that the characters in the story know someone who they care about has their back and is on their

A theme is the author’s underlying message that is expressed in more one word. Some themes can be very similar to each other, an example of this is the two documents I will comparing in this analysis essay; The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton and On the sidewalk Bleeding by Evan Hunter. These two stories share similar themes, Don’t judge someone by what they look like, get to know them before you determine their fate. However the authors portray this theme in a different way. One story depicts a young boy who goes through troublesome events in his life before he realizes the moral of his life.

Theme is the message of the story that the author wants the reader to take away from the story. In the short story “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto. The theme is don’t pretend to be someone you are not. For example, Mr.Bueller remembers his story about how he tried to impress his girlfriend by renting different cars every time they had a date. This led to him to running out of money. He pretended to be someone he was not. Victor also tried to be someone he was not by pretending to know how to speak French fluently to impress his crush, Teresa. Luckily, no one pointed out that VIctor didn’t know French, so he wasn’t embarrassed in front of the whole class, including Teresa.

Erik is an extremely disrespectful person who shows no respect for authority or others. One reason is he orders Arthur to kill Luis. It is very disrespectful (and illegal) to hit an innocent person over the head with a blackjack. Another example showing that Erik is disrespectful is that he made fun of Joey’s dead brother Mike. When Mike died in a lightning storm at a football practice, Erik called him “Mohawk Man” to Mike’s brother. Paul is the opposite of Erik; he is respectful to his parents and to authority. He eventually reports in the end of the book that he saw Arthur hit Luis Cruz with a

“The truth shall set you free.” How many times have you told the truth? How many times have you not? In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor the main character Paul faces many times where he has knows what the truth is but does not tell. The truth is one of many themes in the novel. In the novel Tangerine the author Edward Bloor explores the saying “the truth shall set you free.”

A theme is the meaning behind a story, occasionally defined as the moral of the story. Themes can differ from one end of the world to the other, as it does in many books. The Droughtlanders by Carrie Mac is a futuristic version of the world which has been divided into two parts. The rich and the poor, the healthy and the sick, otherwise known as Keyland and Droughtland. Keyland is where all the rich people with extravagant lands and lives live. Droughtland is a disease-ridden land where all poor people are being forced to live. Society treats Droughtland poorly and they decide to take action. Thus starting the revolution. Carrie Mac portrays many themes in different ways throughout the book. However the major theme the book revolves around is that; No matter how rich or poor a person is, or what gender, race, or sexuality they are, in the end, they are all the same and deserve to be treated equally. In addition, the book shows that when everyone is treated equally there is so much more that everyone can accomplish. The theme is being portrayed through the narrative point of view, setting and atmosphere, and character development.

“But, I can see. I can see everything. I can see things that my Mom and Dad can’t see and won’t see.”(page number 4). In the novel ‘Tangerine’, by Edward Bloor, the protagonist, Paul Fisher moves to Tangerine, Florida with his family. Paul is legally blind and is curious about how he became blind. As the book proceeds, he learns more about his past and the secrets that his parents have kept from him. The eclipse symbolizes the hidden truth; the sun is represented as the truth and the moon is his parents the secrets they held. But nothing lasts forever. Not even an eclipse. Sooner or later, it ends and the sun is revealed just like the truth is in the book Tangerine.

In the book Tangerine by Edward Bloor, the motif of brotherhood conveys the theme that all actions have consequences. The first person who pays for their actions is Erik. Erik orders Arthur, his crony, to hit Luis atop his head, this caused Luis to have an aneurysm and die. Paul, Erik's brother, saw Erik order Arthur to hit Luis and later told Luis’ brother, Tino, about what he saw. Erik believed he had everything under control and thought nothing of the consequences, until later on in the book when Tino avenged Luis’ death. “Tino brought his right leg up and around in a vicious karate kick that doubled Erik over” (Bloor 258). Erik had finally received his consequence for, essentially, murdering Luis. In addition, Erik also pays for stealing

Lucius Annaeus Seneca once said, “One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.” What Seneca means by this is that friendship is not only about being nice and enjoying each other but to be able to share your feeling and thoughts and be agreed-upon. In Edward Bloor's Tangerine, Paul and his friends show this act on multiple occasions throughout the book. Within the story Paul is often understood and they share information that they often wouldn’t share with others.the action of understanding got them all this far and actions leading up to the end of the book and even the end of the book itself wouldn’t happen without friendship and understanding. The topic that is most evident in Edward

Our first instinct when change is near to intertwining with our lives is to run away from the monster that might turn our lives around in seconds. Nevertheless, Edward Bloor tackles this belief in his novel Tangerine with his own unique perspective, that change could result to a new start or adventure if we are willing to accept it into our lives. The novel Tangerine follows the perspective of Paul Fisher:an aspiring soccer star, the supposedly imperfect younger brother of golden boy Erik Fisher, and legally blind. Most people would assume being blind is Paul's worst burden, but with Paul moving to Tangerine,Florida to be in the shadows of his older football star destined brother yet again, who in reality is a bully, might just top Paul's problem

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.

The theme of a story is whatever general idea or insight the entire story reveals (Kennedy and Goia). In “The Story of an Hour”, by Kate Chopin, the theme is repression and freedom. In “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker, the theme of the story is being proud of your heritage or your background. In “The Storm”, by Kate Chopin, the theme is finding happiness or comfort in other things.

To begin with, one major theme that continuously played a part throughout the entire book is desire. To many of the characters, it was the one urge that they could never overcome. One

What is your favorite type of book? Romance, Adventure, Fantasy, etc.? Yet, these books don’t only contain the story, they contain themes that the wise listen to. Every story, every book, every tale, and every movie have a purpose or a theme written mixed in with the plot-the spice of writing. The novel Tangerine, a book about the main character’s(Paul) journey on figuring out how he got blind, is no different. Edward Bloor wrote this book about the valuable and wise lesson about the theme, seeing and not seeing. In this novel, there are many characters, such as Paul, and his parents, that see or don’t see figurately and literately characters of Tangerine are devolved to represented the importance of seeing/not seeing and it retaliation about