Tangerine

about it? In the Novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor, the Fisher family had to do exactly that. As Paul Fisher struggles with changing schools and moving states, he feels like no one will like him, but soon he learns that change is a good thing and he begins to make new friends and gain self confidence. “I had to agree” Pg. 30. Paul didn’t have the confidence to say what he thought to his own mom. If Paul had the confidence to say what he wanted to in the beginning of Tangerine, he would have many…

Tangerine is Tangerine is a book about Paul Fisher who moves from Houston, Texas to Lake Windsor Downs in Tangerine, Florida. Paul makes many new friends and makes the soccer team. Paul is partially blind and doesn’t remember what happened to his eyes. Paul’s parents mostly pay attention to their all star hero kicker son, Erik, who in reality is Paul’s fearful nightmare. Throughout the book, Paul gets many flashbacks that help him remember what happened to his eyes, and learns a dark secret…

Tangerine, a realistic fiction novel by Edward Bloor, is about a boy who tries to discover his family’s truths and lies about his past. The motif of sight is used repeatedly throughout the book many times. Even though Paul is visually impaired, he shows over and over again that he can see some things that his friends and family can’t. He discovers the truth about his past and shows that the bitterest truth is better than the sweetest lie. Through the motif of sight, Paul, the main character in…

there goes another ball into the net, Tangerine Middle gets the win. Who knew from changing schools, to a new soccer team can lead to numerous deaths. In Tangerine By: Edward Bloor, Paul Fisher knows, when a deadly disaster occurs at Lake Windsor everything changes. Author Edward Bloor lived in Trenton, New Jersey before attending Fordham University in New York, and now resides in Florida. He has penned books titled: Crusaders, StoryTime, and Soccer, Tangerine, and Me, which are all fiction…

Tangerine: not only a citrus fruit, but also a middle school, and county in Florida, and the title of a book Tangerine, written by Edward Bloor. Imagine living in a totally sane neighborhood, and then moving to an insane neighborhood with natural disasters happening everywhere, from left to right. A boy named Paul Fisher, who is battling vision impairment, and is often made fun of because of it, being called names such as “Eclipse Boy” and “Mars.” A significant passage in the novel, was when…

character’s personality, natures, and 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…

“Keep your face towards the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you.” In the book Tangerine, by Edward Bloor, shadows are an important symbol which shows the relationships between people and the tone of a time period. As Paul struggles with living in the shadow of his brother, he feels invisible, but soon he learns that he is as good as Erik, and he begins to regain his self confidence and becomes a new person. At the beginning of the novel, Paul Fisher was a quiet and polite boy with…

In Mohja Kahn’s novel, The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf, the author explores the difficulty that Muslims face fitting into the Indiana environment in which they live. She describes multiple families that all have different struggles in fitting into the community. The main character, Khadra Shamys, gives insight into the thoughts and feelings of her family specifically. In this paper, I will argue that the Shamys family has trouble fitting in with the Indiana environment because they hold strong…

fair with his friend and this person decided he wanted his ticket. In the book Tangerine you follow the life of Paul Fisher, a misfit kid moving to Florida. This exciting book is written by Edward Bloor who, just like Paul loved soccer and now lives in Florida. The author reveals that bullies cannot remain bullies without the help of parents and other community members as revealed through the plot of the novel, Tangerine. I think that Erik is a bully and troubled teen due to him feeling unloved…

People think that those who have disabilities are dumb and deaf. Since people think their deaf they often talk bad in front of them and criticize them. People with disabilities may actually be smarter than people without disabilities. In the book Tangerine by Edward Bloor, Edward was able to accurately portray the disability in his novel and there are both benefits and drawbacks of disability literature. There are people out in the world with many…