Edward Bloor

Everyone has had someone block them from gaining success. The person writing this has, and so have the readers. But, everyone has had a mentor, or a role model, once in their life. A mentor, in literature, is a mythological archetype. In Edward Bloor’s novel, Tangerine, Antoine Thomas and Luis Cruz fit as the mythological archetype of the mentor. Antoine and Luis are mentors to Paul, who is the hero, because they are both positive figures, who motivate Paul. For instance, when Paul was over at

Did you ever want to see the truth about everyone and understand what they mean? In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor the themes seeing and truth is expressed. "But I can see. I can see everything. I can see things that Mom and Dad can't. Or won't." These are Paul's words and they foreshadow what's to come. In other words, Paul’s parents are underestimating his eyesight and believe that Paul is only a handicap kid that needs assistance with everything. In addition to that Paul has an older brother

Choices of Tangerine Have you ever met a monster disguised as a super star? In the novel “Tangerine” by Edward Bloor, Erik is a senior at Lake Windsor High School. Erik cares very much about the Erik Fisher Football Dream or the E.F.F.D. He is a star to his family, but a monster to his little brother, Paul Fisher, whom he treats like trash. Erik also chooses to slap Tino, force Arthur to hit Luis, and force Castor to spray paint in Paul’s eyes, which affects Paul in a dreadful way. The choice

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. We first get to see the first evidence of the theme in the first few pages. Edward Bloor used allegory, and symbolism to represent Paul’s past

In the book Tangerine by Edward Bloor, the main character Paul is cowering in his brother Erik’s shadow at the beginning. Though toward the end of Tangerine Paul stops cowering in the shadows and emerges. And at the end Paul stops letting Erik hurt him and his friends. Overall the development of Paul by Eriks choices has made Paul grow stronger and more confident. PHARAGRAPH 1 The first thing the book says that tells you Erik is forcing Paul into submission is on page 263/264. Paul had a flashback

What would you do if you had a golden opportunity. Well In the book Tangerine by Edward Bloor, The main character Paul struggles with self confidence and his relationship with his brother, he feels like he is the weirdo in the family and that his brother bullies him because of it, but he soon realises he really isn’t such a big weirdo and does not need worry about what his brother thinks of him. When paul first moves to Tangerine, Florida he isn’t so confident, but after some changes like switching

The realistic fiction, Tangerine written by Edward Bloor is about a family uncovering secrets in the first person point of view of, the main character, Paul Fisher. Sight was used multiple times, in this novel, symbolically and was very important because the character with the worst vision is the one who could see the most. Through the motif of sight, Paul has a growing understanding of his friends, family and, himself. In the first group Paul, experiences a growing understanding of his friends

Everyone has been misunderstood at one time or another. It’s part of the human life. Difference. Difference is what brings us together. Paul Fisher is different. In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor, the protagonist, Paul Fisher, is legally blind. Misunderstood his whole life. While he legally cannot see, he can see what others can’t. Or won’t. This has plagued Paul’s life and throws a shadow over his memory. His memory is holding Paul back. He has been told his whole life that he became blind

Young children used to play with toys called Transformers, but little do people know that transformers are actually shapeshifters. Shapeshifters are people that can change the way they look like or act toward others. In Edward Bloor’s novel Tangerine, Joey Costello proves to be the mythological archetype of the shapeshifter in three ways. First, Joey Costello is the shapeshifter to Paul (the hero) because he is bewilderingly changeable. When people are bewilderingly changeable they change

The main point of this story, Tangerine, by Edward Bloor, is how the people who are looked down upon see from different points of view. An example of this is the main character, Paul, who is considered blind by many and is often looked down upon in society, however, he often sees what others do not and has excessive knowledge of the world around him. Even though he sees everything, he does not say what he knows and others do not ask him, for they believe he has no knowledge of the problems. After