Examples Of Qoute In Tangerine

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In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor, the qoute “the truth shall set you free” on page 269 was used. I’m going to be breaking it down with evidence and explain what i think it means as being used in the book and to me.
On page 269, Edward Bloor uses to qoute “the truth shall set you free” to show that it was about time for Paul to tell everyone the truth of how Luis Cruz died. When Paul heard Antoine Thomas tell him that qoute, he knew that if he tells everyone the truth, he will feel no longer burdened. He will feel like he had just escaped from a locked cage of horrible feelings. So the qoute basically means that if he tells the truth he will no longer feel like the weight of the world is on his shoulders being aimed toward Paul, and in life, When you finally tell the truth, you will no longer feel guilty or pressuered.

When Paul tells everyone that Luis died because Erik Fisher ordered Author Bauer to to hit Luis with a blackjack on the side of his head, Paul started to admit the other secrets that was true. For example, Paul told the homer owners that it was the osprey that was taking the koi from the pond in Lake Windsor Towns and not the Tangerine Middle School soccer team. But before all the admitting of the lies, Paul attacked a teacher at
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I feel that Paul Fisher and I have a connection. For example, I can relate to Paul by not being believed by my parent, because sometimes I see my little brother, which I strongly believe is an minion to the worst person alive, breaking pieces of our plants outside and whenever I go to tell my dad, he is always there to try to stop me to lie to my dad that he never do that and i did. But uasully in the end, i get to my dad and tell what actually happened. I just get so upset at my little brother and start giving him a whole bunch of attitude. So unlike Paul, Im not scared of either of my brothers, older or younger, beginning or

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