There were many important characters in the book Tangerine. Five characters that I considered to be important are Paul Fisher‚ Joey Costello‚ Erik Fisher‚ Paul’s mom‚ and Paul’s dad. Paul Fisher is a 7th grader that has moved from Texas to Florida. He had coke-bottle cap glasses from some incident he can’t remember. He also plays goalie for soccer. Joey Costello is Paul’s new friend. Joey’s brother‚ Mike‚ had passed away earlier in the book‚ from getting struck by lightning while playing football
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Tangerine Literary Analysis Everyone has a role model. For some people it is a celebrity‚ for others it is a family member‚ and sometimes it is just a random person you know. For Paul‚ in the book Tangerine by Edward Bloor‚ that person is Luis. Luis’ actions positively affected Paul by allowing Paul to become a harder worker‚ braver‚ and finally deciding to stand up to Erik. One choice that Luis makes that really affected Paul is how hard Luis works to keep the groves in good
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Tangerine‚ a realistic fiction novel written by Edward Bloor‚ is about a dysfunctional family and the family’s dark secrets. Motif is a repeated element‚ such as an image‚ a symbol‚ or a theme in a work of literature‚ the motif of “sight” is used often in the novel and plays a huge role in the novel and symbolizes the harmful and positive affects of hiding the truth. Through the motif of “sight”‚ the main character‚ Paul‚ has a growing understanding of his friends‚ family‚ and himself. The first
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“Change is hard at first‚ messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.”The book Tangerine By Edward Bloor is mainly about change. As Paul struggles with his self confidence‚ he feels like people don’t listen to him‚ but soon he learns that he is important too‚ and he gets to stand up for himself. In the beginning of the novel Paul was scared of almost everything. “I ran in absolute terror‚ listening for the sound of the car.” Paul is a big scaredy cat and acts like he’s a toddler. Paul also gets
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Have you ever wondered how bullying can affect others? Maybe even in a book? In the book Tangerine‚ Edward Bloor‚ Erik is a real big target to talk about Bullying with. Eriks choices impacted Paul By making paul be known from erks bullying for a bad thing‚ making Paul think he is a failure‚ and having a strong inside from the bullying‚ yet a weak inside. Erik calling Paul names affected paul’s life in many ways. One of the main reasons that erik bullies Paul is to bring him down. After he does this
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make have always affected our lives. In the novel Tangerine‚ Luis made a huge impact on the main character. The way Luis made a huge impact on Paul was by showing him the tangerine groves‚ Confronting Erick who’s Paul’s brother‚ and also dealing with death. By the end of the story Paul became stronger with the help of Luis. One of the big choices that Luis made that affected Paul was when Luis showed him the tangerine groves and his new tangerine‚ the Golden Dawn. This affected Paul because when
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Observation When I think of a tangerine‚ I think of a smaller orange. Round‚ small‚ and orange. To me it’s not the most interesting fruit‚ maybe that’s why nothing rhymes with orange because all the other words realized that oranges aren’t fun so they decided not to invite it to the rhyming party. As I look at my tangerine‚ I’m noticing that it’s not fully an orange. There are hints of yellow with brownish spots throughout the tangerine‚ which resembles a sunset’s palette with a pebbled skin
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According to Stephan R. Covey “while we are free to choose our actions‚ we are not free to choose our consequences of our actions.” Tangerine by: Edward Bloor was about this boy name Paul Fisher moving to Tangerine‚ Florida where he learned to face his fears about his brother Erik. The character in the story that had the biggest impact on Paul was Erik. First of all‚ Erik knocked out Tino‚ Erik and Arthur killed Luis‚ and finally he was the reason for Paul’s eye problems. First‚ Erik got into a
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In the book Tangerine‚ how did Erik Fisher’s choice have an effect on Paul? Was it good for Paul? Well‚ for the second question the answer would be no. Erik’s choices impact Paul by Paul despising Erik‚ Paul feeling ignored by his parents‚ and Paul not able to have his friends over. First of all‚ a minor problem caused by one of Erik’s choices would be that Paul can’t have his friends over at his house. The reason for this is because of when Erik hit Tino in the face on page 205 . Erik did so because
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you are around me.” “You are a nice girl‚ Tangerine. I love your talks.” “So‚ your father is not going to come back tonight?” Tangerine asked with a soft tone. “No‚ he has to guard the arms‚” Ken said with a weak voice.
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