Packed with surprises, action, and drama, Tangerine offers a variety of twists and turns to enhance the story. This novel is about a middle schooler named Paul Fisher whose family moved from Houston, Texas to Tangerine, Florida. Paul endeavors to reveal the truth about his older brother, Erik, who his parents fawn over about and viewed as a hero, but Erik is genuinely a manipulative, deceiving, and a violent person that will do anything to have it his way. Although Paul has a tampered eyesight, he deems that he can see everything, he identifies matters that his parents cannot. Fear had made Paul feel like a prisoner under Erik's grasp of dominance, but once he conquered Erik's intimidation, he was no longer afraid of Erik and his sidekick,
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An example that demonstrates foreshadowing is on page 3-4 where it says, “He had something pulled over his face, some kind of ski mask, and was holding a long metal baseball bat in both hands, like a murder weapon… He pulled the bat back and up. Then he brought it forward in a mighty swing right at my head… It was Erik”... Then she said, “Honey, you know how it is with your eyesight. You know you cannot see very well.” Another piece of evidence that indicates foreshadowing is on page 168. “That was when I got my new glasses. That was when I started to see better. From that day on, I could see things that they could not.” In the first example, it foreshadows how his parents will not believe him and think that everything he says is nonsense. With ignorance, they continue to deny that Erik would be capable to do such violent actions. As the story proceeds, Paul keeps on telling his parents that Erik is a twisted person, but they still remain to doubt him and claims that it is his eyesight that muddled his mind. In the second example, Paul talks about when he obtained his glasses and how he now can discern things that others could not. Paul might have an obscured vision, but he is not completely blind; he is just blind from ignorance. Paul knows what kind of person Erik truly is, but his parents still lack the understanding of Paul’s fear for …show more content…
On page 3, it says, “The man in the ski mask leaned farther out the window. He pulled the bat back and up. Then he brought it forward in a mighty swing, right at my head… It was Erik. I was saying Erik.” Another example of a flashback is on page 263-264. “I turned around and saw Vincent Castor holding a can of spray paint. Then I felt Erik grab me from behind, easily pinning both of my arms with just one of his. I could hear my voice crying, ‘I did not tell! I did not tell!’ And I remembered Erik’s fingers prying my eyelids open while Vincent Castor sprayed white paint into them. They left me screaming and rolling around on the floor of the garage.” In the first piece of evidence, it was a flashback of when someone almost struck Paul’s head with a baseball bat when he was riding his bike around the neighborhood of his house in Texas. Claiming Erik was the one in the ski mask, Paul had already known Erik to be a dangerous person. In the second example, Paul finally remembers what had damaged his eyes. Apparently, Erik and his childhood goon, Vincent Castor, sprayed paint into his eyes, affecting Paul’s peripheral vision. This was probably why Paul developed the fear for
An example that demonstrates foreshadowing is on page 3-4 where it says, “He had something pulled over his face, some kind of ski mask, and was holding a long metal baseball bat in both hands, like a murder weapon… He pulled the bat back and up. Then he brought it forward in a mighty swing right at my head… It was Erik”... Then she said, “Honey, you know how it is with your eyesight. You know you cannot see very well.” Another piece of evidence that indicates foreshadowing is on page 168. “That was when I got my new glasses. That was when I started to see better. From that day on, I could see things that they could not.” In the first example, it foreshadows how his parents will not believe him and think that everything he says is nonsense. With ignorance, they continue to deny that Erik would be capable to do such violent actions. As the story proceeds, Paul keeps on telling his parents that Erik is a twisted person, but they still remain to doubt him and claims that it is his eyesight that muddled his mind. In the second example, Paul talks about when he obtained his glasses and how he now can discern things that others could not. Paul might have an obscured vision, but he is not completely blind; he is just blind from ignorance. Paul knows what kind of person Erik truly is, but his parents still lack the understanding of Paul’s fear for …show more content…
On page 3, it says, “The man in the ski mask leaned farther out the window. He pulled the bat back and up. Then he brought it forward in a mighty swing, right at my head… It was Erik. I was saying Erik.” Another example of a flashback is on page 263-264. “I turned around and saw Vincent Castor holding a can of spray paint. Then I felt Erik grab me from behind, easily pinning both of my arms with just one of his. I could hear my voice crying, ‘I did not tell! I did not tell!’ And I remembered Erik’s fingers prying my eyelids open while Vincent Castor sprayed white paint into them. They left me screaming and rolling around on the floor of the garage.” In the first piece of evidence, it was a flashback of when someone almost struck Paul’s head with a baseball bat when he was riding his bike around the neighborhood of his house in Texas. Claiming Erik was the one in the ski mask, Paul had already known Erik to be a dangerous person. In the second example, Paul finally remembers what had damaged his eyes. Apparently, Erik and his childhood goon, Vincent Castor, sprayed paint into his eyes, affecting Paul’s peripheral vision. This was probably why Paul developed the fear for