...(1)The novel Tangerine , Edward Bloor , is about Paul Fisher , a visually impaired middle school student. . (2) The novel is about how the choices Paul and other characters make impact the lives of other positively or negatively. (3) Paul’s choices over the novel end up with Paul standing up to other characters and letting the truth come out even if it can affect someone's life for the good or bad. (4) One important choice that the character Erik Fisher makes that affects Paul physically is blinding , his little brother, Paul Fisher with spraypaint. (5) Erik made this choice because he thought that Paul told on his friend for spray painting a wall in their development. (6) “ … Erik’s fingers prying [ Paul’s ] eyelids open while Vincent Castor...
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...but only when we lose the fear of changing ourselves.” In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor, Paul Fisher is a major changing character. Paul is constantly influenced by himself and others around him. As Paul struggles with life, his brother and blindness, he feels like he is unworthy, but soon he learns that he is priceless, and he begins to connect with other characters in the book. “And that was that. The keys were locked in. The zombie was locked out. And we were on our way.” In the beginning Paul is depressed and does not believe he is worth something. Instead he feels like no one understands him or even loves him. In the book Paul...
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...“But I can see.I can see everything.I can see things that mom and dad can’t.Or won’t.”Erik had made choices that should have never been made.Erik had acted like no one would know what he has done to Paul.Paul is scared from Erik, Paul would do anything to stay away from Erik. Erik has made a few choices that had affected Paul himself. Erik fisher had made the choice to have Arthur hit Luis Cruz. Everyone had gone by the lie that Erik and Arthur had made up, that Luis Cruz had been hit by a tree branch. It all had started when Luis Cruz had came to the high school where Erik and Arthur. In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor “Actually,Mom, he was not killed by a tree branch. He was killed by Arthur Bauer, on orders from Erik.”(page 246). When...
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...Flashbacks play a major part in the novel, Tangerine by Edward Bloor. Paul Fisher, the protagonist, frequently sets the scene as a memory he has from when he was younger, or a flashback. One thing I’ve noticed as a reader is that many of these moments justify or even foreshadow events in the book or Paul’s feelings. From a young age, Paul had not been a huge fan of his older brother, Erik. Always teasing and tormenting him, Erik was constantly the star and center of attention in the Fisher family. He was athletic (a football star) and pretty well- rounded in his parents eyes, but not Paul’s. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher’s opposing point of view to Paul’s on their eldest son left Paul wanting attention. Erik, gave him that attention, that negative...
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...We all have someone that motivates us. It might not be apparent at first ,but after they pass away, or they move away. Just like in the novel Tangerine Luis was Paul´s mentor. In Edward Bloor´s noel Tangerine, Luis is the mythological archetype of the Mentor because he gives advice, motivates, and acts as Paul´s conscience. Proving to be the Mentor, Luis gives advice, when Paul was scared of Eric and Arthur Bauer. Luis says, ¨ I wouldn´t be afraid they're punks. And you shouldn't be either¨ ( Bloor 229 ). Here, Luis is telling Paul not to be scared anymore. The word ¨punks¨ infers that their not worth fear or tension. Luis, is trying to help Paul over his fear of Eric and Arthur Bauer. Luis wants Paul to stand up to them and for himself....
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...The book Tangerine is filled with adventure, fear, and death. The middle schooler, Paul Fisher, is receiving a fresh start after moving to Tangerine, Florida finding loyal friends and teammates. Paul continues to be afraid of his evil brother, Erik. as the story continues, Paul begins to wonder why he got his “coke-bottle” glasses. In the novel, Tangerine, the author Edward Bloor, excellently utilizes characterization and flashbacks to explore the theme of the value of truth. First of all, Bloor successfully uses characterization to explore the value of truth. For example it is used on page 39. She looked at me, puzzled, so I explained, "There's nothing wrong withme. This is a mistake. I can see just fine. Kerri answered matter-of-factly,...
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...“Arthur reached Luis, turned, and whipped the blackjack around with a loud whack against the side of Luis’s head” (page 211 Tangerine by Edward Bloor). Paul was a boy with a brother Erik and his parents Mr. Fisher and Mrs. Fisher. He lived in Texas but his parents decided to move to Tangerine County Florida and that’s when everything started. In Edward Bloor’s novel Tangerine, Erik's choices and consequences of these choices affect the development of Paul because Erik and his friend Vincent Caster sprayed spray paint in Paul's eyes when Paul was a little kid and after that he wasn't able to see unless he wore these huge glasses but Paul didn't know Erik did this because the doctor said Paul would most likely not remember this incident. A choice...
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...The Realistic Fiction Novel, Tangerine by Edward Bloor, is about a boy named Paul and how his family moved to Florida. Paul faces many challenges throughout the book that he overcomes. In the novel, Paul is in a school environment where he can succeed in his goal to play soccer and he overcomes his fears in doing so. In the novel, Paul's mother makes choices that affect Paul and his development. Paul's mom gave him an IEP. She also removed his IEP at his next school. I think the mom redeemed herself with her second choice and helped redeem her relationship with her youngest son. I think Paul’s mom really does care for her son. One choice that Paul’s mom made was giving him an IEP for his eyes at Lake Windsor Middle School, which didn't let...
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...The consequences of our choices have an everlasting effect on our lives and the lives of people around us. In the novel, Tangerine, by Edward Bloor this is especially true for Paul Fisher and the people around him. Some of these include when Paul’s parents chose not to tell him how his eyesight was permanently impaired, when Erik kills Luis, and when Tino and Victor stand up to Erik. The choices made by the character's in Tangerine help Paul to grow and learn to stand up to people. Paul’s parents decide to keep how he lost his eyesight a secret. The reason his parents keep this a secret is because they don’t want to omit that there football star of a son could have something wrong with him. The way that Paul reacts to this is that he wants...
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...The novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor starts out with Paul and his family moving from Houston to Lake Windsor Downs. While Erik’s football dream is striving, Paul feels that he is alone because he is legally blind. His parents seem to overlook him and his brother, Erik, is anything but a role model. On the first day of school, Paul tries out for soccer and his dream is to be the starting goalie. On the other hand, Erik is already on the Lake Windsor Football and he is the kicker. However, during Erik’s football practice Mike, the backup quarterback, got struck by lightning and died. Then, Erik and Arthur were excited about the death. Football practice got moved to the morning to prevent any other football players getting struck because...
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...Tangerine Literary Analysis Do you think that it is better to be isolated or to be part of a community? People change a lot including Paul from the novel Tangerine, by Edward Bloor. This book is about Paul becoming courageous and part of a community.The choices to tell his parents that he wants to go to Tangerine, making the soccer team at Tangerine middle school on page 103, and on page 301 when Tino from the Tangerine soccer team called him ‘brother’ encouraged Paul to become part of a community. At the beginning of the novel, Paul is very isolated from people because of his brother Erik's terrible acts and his parents unsupportiveness. For instance, on page 27, Paul writes, “ ‘Mrs.Fisher,I’d like to get you to fill out an IEP for Paul-an individualized education plan.Being vision impaired,Paul is entitled to take part in our IEP program.Basically we identify Paul's situation,set specific goals for him achieve,and note any special needs he may have.”...
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...Coach Walski: The Double Edged Coach In Edward Bloor novel Tangerine, Coach Walski choices and the consequences of his choices affect the main character Paul’s development. For example Coach Walski makes a choice to kick Paul off of the soccer team. This negatively impacts Paul because he loved playing soccer. There are many other things Coach Walski did to impact Paul. Some other examples are, Paul getting kicked out of the team made him realize how he was limited by the IEP. On page 40 coach says “‘I have a memo from Mr. Murrow saying that you're in a special program for the visually handicapped. Is that right?’ and Paul says ‘So what? I can see fine!’” As well as this. “He (Coach Walski) got even sorrier a few seconds later. I still...
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...Imagine being Paul. Being put through the pain and embarrassment of having the name “Erik’s little brother” stamped on his forehead. Erik is always a bump in the road for Paul either the “Erik Fisher Football Dream” to murder. The antagonist has done a list of things such as, stolen valuables, fought people, and way more. However, one thing that greatly affected Paul was “Erik Fisher Football Dream.” Paul has only been the sibling no one recognized, just stand in the corner and sits there. Erik always stands in the spotlight. It is not Paul’s fault that his father continously practices and works with Erik. For example Edward Bloor writes, “What if Erik was the body at the undertaker's now? How would I feel about that? I would feel relieved....
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...Everyone struggles with their siblings. In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor, the main character, Paul Fisher, has a difficult time keeping a good relationship with his brother Erik. Throughout the story, Erik constantly belittles Paul, by bullying him, making him feel like he’s powerless and invisible. Being bullied by Erik throughout the story makes Paul feel scared and defenseless. For example, Paul says at the beginning of the novel, “I’ve always been afraid of Erik.”(page 42) Being the younger sibling makes it harder for Paul to stand up for himself. This shows Paul feels powerless and can’t do anything to stop Erik from bullying him. Paul goes from feeling powerless to feeling invisible. For instance, Paul mentions,“Football season and soccer season happen at the same time Dad. It’s ok if you don’t pay attention to both.”(page 92) Paul’s dad has always been more interested in “the Erik Fisher football dream” rather than Paul’s interest in soccer. Paul has felt invisible and he is okay with that because he understands that his dad will always be more interested in “the Erik Fisher football dream”. As you get further and further into the novel, Paul slowly...
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...Have you ever felt like you didn’t fit in somewhere or wasn’t confident in yourself? In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor, the main character Paul Fisher struggles with confidence. He is legally blind but he can’t quite remember how that happened to him. As Paul struggles with his confidence, he feels like no one sees him, but soon he learns how to build up his confidence, and he begins to remember the story behind his eyes. Even though, Paul starts off nervous, with a low self esteem, he learns to not care what people think of him and to take every problem and make the best of it. In the beginning of the novel Paul moves from Houston to Tangerine Florida. He moves to Lake Windsor Downs Middle School but isn’t sure about it. “Mom said, “So what do you think of Lake Windsor Middle School?” “I don’t know.” I mumbled.“ Soccer is the one thing Paul is confident about. Paul had also met a boy on the team named Joey Costello, and they...
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