Tangerine

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

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 how they act towards others. For instance, during Joey’s few days at Tangerine Middle, he was mad because he was being picked on by Tino. Joey said, “I can’t believe

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

The One What if I told you something so simple and quotidian was actually complex and completely riveting. To most people orange is just an occurrence between the red and yellow spectrum. Maybe an orange is what you have in a bowl on your kitchen counter, patiently waiting to be picked as a snack. Orange is not so simple or mundane as many may believe. At a very young age I despised orange, the color as well as the fruit. The color reminded me of an unfavorable rusty wrench. The fruit itself was

Growing, Changing, Tangerine “Tangerine” is a book filled with action, drama, heart, wins, loses, and brotherhood. Paul had always been the odd one out at school, and at home. Paul is legally blind, with glasses so thick, they look like the bottom halves of coke bottles on his face. But when Paul moves to Tangerine Middle school, his world is turned upside down. Paul finds himself happy, with friends, and on the soccer team. But not everything was perfect at home. Paul has an older brother named

Having an evil character in a story makes the story much more interesting. The evil character in Tangerine is Erik, a high school boy, brother and son who is focused only on himself. When we think of evil people, we think about Hitler, Osama, and Hiroshi. With his deceit, disregard for others, and self-centered attitude, Erik could be on that list. In this story, Paul, Erik’s younger brother, is the hero because he thinks about others and does the right thing in difficult situations. Although Erik

The realistic fiction novel, “Tangerine”, featured a boy named Paul that had always seen the world from a pair of glasses. Paul moved to Tangerine, Florida and faced many unusual things. The story introduced motif which is a repeated element throughout a story. Tangerine repeated the motif of sight which played a huge role in the story altering how people lived their lives. Through the motif of sight, paul, the main character in the novel, has a growing understanding of his friends, family and himself

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

ask? Because in Tangerine by Edward Bloor Paul Fisher will learn that even those visually impaired can see when someone is cruel. Author Edward Bloor lived in Trenton, New Jersey before attending Fordham University in New York, and now resides in Florida. He has penned books titled Crusaders, Storytime, and Soccer, Tangerine, and Me which are all fiction novels. He was nominated for Young Readers Award. There are many moments of character development for Paul in the novel Tangerine. Paul grows physically

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