Noli Me Tangerine Analysis

The theme of our poem is to not judge anything by its appearance and the tone is annoyed and grateful. One of the tones is annoyed because Paul and the Tangerine kids were always annoyed by either Paul’s family or by how they were treated. The second tone is grateful because Paul was happy to get a second chance on the soccer team and the Tangerine kids were happy to be treated with more respect. We chose this theme because there are many examples in the book that we can describe and elaborate on since this theme is throughout the whole book. We can also relate to this theme because many people get judged by their appearances at school, and we believe that if we give them a chance they can also be valuable to us like how Paul became valuable
So we chose to incorporate words such as, “And the judging kills me everyday” and “I want things to change” to indicate that the tone is annoyed. Next, we chose to include words such as, “I am treated fairly” and “I like it this way” to express that the tone is also grateful. This poem’s sensory details were also influenced by our tone because it affected the way that we described the surroundings and how Paul as well as the Tangerine kids felt. For example, we used the words “like a puppy, soft and sweet” and “I am a fierce, forceful, and fearless animal” to add sensory details that sound annoying and grateful. The figurative language in our poem has changed because we had to associate words that would be a simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, or even alliteration. Lastly, some examples of figurative language that we used in our poem is “everyone in the world,” this says that the person was talking about a lot of people and not necessarily everyone in the world, but a lot of people. We also used “judging kills me,” which can inform the audience that the person is annoyed by everyone judging them because of their