Edward Bloor

The novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor narrated the social development of up-and-coming soccer superstar, Paul Fisher, with underlying meanings contained in his simplistic thoughts. This young protagonist showed his growth as a character by way of childish reason. His quote, “But today I wasn’t a coward, and that counts for something,” provided the background that he was not an exceptionally brave teen. Paul’s view of society was limited because of a lack of attention during his childhood.…

Eric, Paul’s older brother, in the book Tangerine by Edward bloor, of course this character by the name of Erik has choices that leads into consequences that have a direct impact on Paul, it is important to realize that Erik doesn’t care about anyone else Except for himself, For instance , Erik punches one of paul’s friends because he is out of control by the amount of power that he has, if anyone steps in his way he will get angry, in addition Erik spray painted his little brother’s eyes…

actions. Characters are important to a narrative because they drive the plot; a character and their unique personalities are what give a story life and make it realistic. Paul and Erik are two characters in the story Tangerine, a novel authored by Edward Bloor, who both have a distinct personality. These personalities can be expressed through a Geometric Character Analysis. Paul can be represented as a yellow sun, and Eric a large grey rain…

Tangerine is a realistic fiction novel by Edward Bloor about a visually impaired boy named Paul, his move to Tangerine County, Florida, and coming to reality with the grim secrets that his family has been hiding from him for his entire life. The repeated symbolism, or motif, in the book has to with sight. Though Paul, has literal poor vision, he can still ‘see’ the other side of people, whilst others might not ‘see’ or even choose not to. Through the motif of sight, Paul, the main character in…