Tangerine

“He changed the fate” Throughout the book Tangerine there has been many changes within Paul’s personality, and Erik’s behavior. Many characters are affected by these changes, which can be good or bad. Some changes that have affected many minor characters from choosing a side, or a decision. Which can lead to an incident that will have to be chosen from a character that will affect other characters further on. Paul at the beginning of the school year made choices that helped him “fit in” more

Tangerine The book Tangerine, by Edward Bloor, is a realistic fiction story. Picking up the book, I inferred that the story would be gloomy. On the cover, you can see what I presume is Paul Fisher. In the background, I observed a red sky, and fire burning on the ground. As the back of the book reads, “In Tangerine, it seems, anything is possible”. The book is written as a diary or journal of the main character, Paul Fisher. He has very bad eyesight, and is considered legally blind. His family tells

On a rainy day you want to stay inside and watch your favorite TV show, but when it is a sunshiny summer day you want to take a trip to the beach and go swimming. It all affects your mood. The setting affects the protagonist in Tangerine in many ways too. Being at different middle schools, or places with different people affect how Paul responds. His personality differs in each setting he goes to.     For example, Paul had his Texas ad Midwest feel, and now moved to Florida. He is now a student for

In Tangerine, a sinkhole occurs from pages 81 to 83. Although the actual event of the sinkhole itself is very short, the effects of it last throughout the rest of the book. The sinkhole itself affects many characters in the book, including Erik. Because of the sinkhole, the Lake Windsor bleachers by their football field are left “unsafe.” “The condemned area includes all of the portables of course. But to the south, it also includes a corner of the soccer field and all of the baseball diamond. To

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

“You can't blame anyone else, ... , no one but yourself. You have to make your own choices and live every agonizing day with the consequences of those choices.” -Max Brooks. Tangerine by Edward Bloor is about a visual impaired kid named Paul whose family moves to Tangerine, Florida. During the book he is on a journey to find out what really caused his impaired eyes. During his search he is faced with a muck fires, sinkholes, a new school, and worst of all his older brother Erik. One day Paul

a small town where there are so many natural disasters; such as sinkholes, lighting strikes, muck fires, and nighttime freezes that threaten to kill groves of tangerines. These many events occur in the novel titled Tangerine written by Edward Bloor. A boy named Paul Fisher just moved from Houston Texas to a county in Florida named Tangerine and already starting to have problems in his school such as bullying. Being known as the Eclipse Boy or Mars is a terrible feeling for a new student to go through

The novel Tangerine is occupied with fear, secrets, and friendship. The main character Paul and his family move to Tangerine, Florida for his brother Erik football dream. Paul has always been known as a nerd and he faces multiple events while adjusting at a new school called Tangerine Middle school. The school teaches Paul about friendship and secrets about his new town. Throughout the story Paul discovers the real truth about his eyesight. In the novel, Tangerine, Bloor efficiently used flashback

Setting Tangerine county is in florida. It is known for its tangerines and for lightning strikes. The Fisher family just moved in here to Lake Windsor from Houston Texas. “The scenery was not what Paul had expected at all, and I stared out the window, fascinated by it. We passed mile after mile of green fields overflowing with tomatoes and onions and watermelons. I suddenly had this crazy feeling like I wanted to bolt from the car and run through the fields until I couldn't run any more. I said to

In the book Tangerine by Edward Bloor, the motif of brotherhood conveys the theme that all actions have consequences. The first person to receive an unjust consequence is Erik, who 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