Truth In Bloor's Tangerine

In this story the husband’s view of the blind man is forever changed when he confronts his wife’s friend, Robert. The husband’s small-minded views and prejudice mind set of one stereotype is changed by a single encounter he has with Robert, the blind man. Her husband, Bub is forever changed when he thinks he sees the Blind man’s point of view of the world personally. In the beginning of this story the husband is somewhat insipid on the concept of love. In the text, for example, when he tells the story about his wife’s first husband, and also went too far stating he doesn’t even deserve to be named because “he was the childhood sweetheart…and what more does he want” (Carver, 107). Also Bub has no shame for mocking Robert when he tells the story of Beulah, his wife, of her tragic death her husband has no empathy for her marrying Robert because he was blind. Her husband still mocking even asked if she was a “Negro” because of her name (Carver, 108). It wasn’t until the very end when the husband was describing a Cathedral to Robert when he finally realized Robert’s, a blind man’s, viewpoint of the world. In an instance, her husband changed, dynamically and has a break through all of his jealousy, lack of discernment, and biases in one brief moment of understanding (Carver,

In the novel tangerine, the motif is used both literally and figuratively in several characters. For instance, Mom sees that Paul has horrible eyesight and thinks she is helping Paul by assigning him and IEP, but she doesn't see that it is affecting his social life in a negative way. Dad sees Eric as a huge football hero, but he doesn’t see that Eric has an awful, secret personality. This affects him and his relationship with his parents and brother in an extremely non-positive way. Also this affects his views and opinions on social life, friends, and school. The Fisher parents doesn't see the important things according to Paul.

Everyone makes mistakes. In tangerine by Edward Bloor Mrs. Fisher, the main character's mother had a tough time figuring out what would be best for her youngest son Paul. She thought her decisions were for the best, but it turns out she had made the wrong choices which caused a great amount of change in Paul’s life. These changes were not exactly for the better causing Paul to be angry and upset with her because of all the mistakes she has made. Paul was already going through a rough patch in his life and Mrs. Fisher was making it worse for him. He had to move to from Texas to Tangerine Florida, had to go to a brand new school, and most of all, he had to face his frightening older brother Erik. Paul blamed everything good or bad on his

In the fiction novel, Tangerine, by Edward Bloor describes the importance of friendship, fear, and bravery. The main character Paul Fisher moves with his family to Tangerine and he finds himself growing as a person. His older brother, Erik, is a riffian, but no one sees him as the psycho that Paul perceives. Paul befriends cool kids from his new school, Tangerine Middle School. They respect him and he realizes that he is not a nerd anymore, but a soccer player and a friend. He was always scared of Erik and what he might do. However, when Luis, a tangerine farmer, that is also his friends’ brother, dies, he starts to realize he is stronger than he really is and starts to stand up for himself, just like Luis did to Erik. In the novel Tangerine, Edward bloor uses

The novel Tangerine, has many surprises and extraordinary plots and twists. The story starts off with Paul, a normal middle school kid, starting a new life off in a foreign environment called Tangerine County in the state of Florida. It is a new school, which means new people. His brother, Erik, gains a powerful position, also known as a bully. He teases Paul’s friends : Joey, Tino, and many more. A main conflict is the battle between Erik and Paul. Erik gets all the attention from family, and Paul is treated like leftovers. As the story advances, Paul struggles to remember what caused him to have extremely eyes. His eyes require “coke bottle” glasses that creates fame, sometimes unwanted fame, for Paul. The author Edward Bloor uses symbolism and flashbacks to help express a theme; growing and changing, that relates to a not so ordinary student named Paul Fisher.

Have you ever had a former best friend that affected you forever? In the book Tangerine, by Edward Bloor, Joey Costello, Paul’s former best friend, makes a lot of choices that affect Paul Fisher’s development of personality and learning his own true identity. When Joey chose to talk to Paul, when he chose to try out Tangerine Middle School, and when he chose to yell at Paul about his new friends. The first and possibly most important of Joey’s decisions in the book is when he talked to Paul. On page 32, Joey says “Hey, how’s it going?”

Have you ever been in a situation of being the only person that saw the evil in someone and you wanted to speak the truth about that person but you were just too afraid? Well in the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor a young man named Antoine Thomas lended some fine advice to a young boy named Paul Fisher. And those words were… “The truth shall set you free”.Yes I know, these words sound like it is just plain meaningless but for Paul these words are what got him to do many unthinkable things that changed his life in a positive way. In the rest of his journey the author Edward Bloor makes all of Paul’s brave actions of telling the truth to other people with absolutely no hesitation, no second-thoughts and no fear once so ever.

Imagine standing under bleachers of a high school football field. There is a group of kids standing and talking to each other, and one of those people standing in the crowd is your brother. Right from the corner of your eye you see someone else, your brothers age, that looks furious and looks ready to punch someone. The guy is walking to your brother, but the next thing you know is a harmful weapon ready to strike(Bloor 210-211). In the book of Tangerine there are many decisions that Paul, the main character, has to make, but the people that affect him also have to make choices. Erik Fisher, Paul’s older brother, makes many choices that affect Paul. Erik’s decisions affects Paul by making him have less confidence, causes his friends to avoid him, and affecting Paul’s eyesight,.

This theme is important to the story because the main character's situation poses too much of a challenge to deal with. With the narrator stating that “Having a brother who possibly was not all there was unbearable, so I began to make plans to kill him”

While both brothers are conscious of their community’s dark side, they manage their environment differently. The narrator tries his best to distance himself from those problems, and to refrain from getting emotionally involved in the tragedy. Also, he has a difficult

Greg Hrbek presents his story using a third person point of view as a way to offer the reader a glimpse of the emotions pouring in through a small window of time and place. On page 3, this passage drew my attention and I immediately felt Martin in denial, “He’s careful to keep his voice free of anger so his son will not misinterpret his intentions. I don’t want to punish you, I just want to help”. Martin feels Sebastian is abnormal because of he was born deformed. Another supporting text, “Martin can barely admit it to himself, but his wife is right. He does sometimes wish the baby would disappear.” The setting took place in the forest was very significant in this story. The surrounding trees and woods signify the emotions from both parents.

Family was everything to Halian Kingston at a young age, blood or not blood. He didn’t care that his father had abused his mother in front of him, he still loved him, knowing there was something wrong with his father and that it wasn’t him, but rather whatever tweak he had in his brain that he refused to fix. Halian was a momma’s boy as a child, staying beside her, helping her when his father would beat her, he loved her more than he could anyone. All that changed when a robbery broke out in his neighborhood not too shy from him being eighteen years old. Everyone was robbed their electronics, money, etc., but Halian was robbed something different. His parents bed filled with blood that slowly seeped through the sheets. After the young boy lost his parents, he refused to communicate with anyone, becoming

The ending of Hugues de Montalembert’s memoir, “Invisible”, leaves the reader with a sense of empowerment and control of their own destiny. Although, this is not the theme that Montalembert was portraying at the beginning of the story. At first he talked about all the negative aspects associated with being blind. For example, the author mentioned that when he woke up the next day after becoming blind he felt as if he has transformed into a new person (Montalembert, 4). This shows that he looks at blindness as a disability that changes who he is as a person completely. This disability should only change his vision, and not the aspirations and character of who it affects. In addition, Montalembert said that although he is blind, his brain still creates images which were often times morbid (5). By sharing this occurrence with his readers, the authors enhances the negative traits associated with blindness and shows how he still hasn’t accepted his new self. About half way through the memoir, Montalembert experiences a turning point in his outlook on his blindness when he wonders away from the Lighthouse on his own at

Family is one of the most important parts of growing up, but when it is overtaken by a fatal flaw, the everlasting effects can be devastating. Self destruction is a tragic part of the Earnshaw family because death is always lurking around the corner, waiting to trigger this cruel curse. The three members of the family who suffer eerily relate to death in the same manner and live a depressing life that strangely connects to an ongoing nightmare. The tragic death of a controlling father figure ironically foreshadows the self destruction of his children through torture, death and the loss of a son.

However, his words are a key element to the story because they reflect valuable lessons that the children may need for future reference. The narrator wants to save the children from heartache and disappointment; however he fails to realize that all children must experience these emotions for themselves in order to become mature. As the narrator stares into the lives of the children, it seems as though he is reliving his own life. His