"Tangerine" Choice essay
The choice is right
What would the story be like if Paul had stayed at Lake Windsor Middle? ”Tangerine” by Edward Bloor is about a legally blind 7th grader named Paul who likes soccer. When a sinkhole swallows his school he makes a choice that changes his life and leaves memories that he won’t forget. Choices are very important in everyone’s life. One wrong choice can impact someone’s entire life. Other people’s choices can also affect others’ lives. An example, though very drastic, would be if someone shot you. While this is a very big and drastic choice, it shows how much a single choice can have an effect on multiple people’s lives. Although Paul has made many choices, he has made some that changed his whole life.
Paul has made many choices, but going to Tangerine Middle is the most important. For example, most the story is focused on soccer. If he stayed at Lake Windsor he never would have been able to play soccer. “Just let me go to Tangerine Middle… I wouldn’t be water boy there; I’d be goalie (94)”. This shows that by switching schools he could play soccer. Another example would be that if he didn’t make this choice, his self-esteem and personality would never have changed. At Tangerine Middle, he was friends with the “bad guys”. His personality got rougher and meaner and he no longer views himself as a loser or a nerd. “You mean they want to find out if I’m too bad a guy to keep there?”(298). “Kids will fear me” (298). These quotes show that Paul views himself as one of the “tough guys” now. This choice affected him like a flood affects an anthill.
Although that was the most important choice, there are still more very important ones. These choices affect him like a hurricane affects a house. An example of an important decision would be when Paul jumps on Coach Walski. The main way this affected Paul is he got expelled from all public Tangerine County public schools. IF he didn’t jump on Coach
What would the story be like if Paul had stayed at Lake Windsor Middle? ”Tangerine” by Edward Bloor is about a legally blind 7th grader named Paul who likes soccer. When a sinkhole swallows his school he makes a choice that changes his life and leaves memories that he won’t forget. Choices are very important in everyone’s life. One wrong choice can impact someone’s entire life. Other people’s choices can also affect others’ lives. An example, though very drastic, would be if someone shot you. While this is a very big and drastic choice, it shows how much a single choice can have an effect on multiple people’s lives. Although Paul has made many choices, he has made some that changed his whole life.
Paul has made many choices, but going to Tangerine Middle is the most important. For example, most the story is focused on soccer. If he stayed at Lake Windsor he never would have been able to play soccer. “Just let me go to Tangerine Middle… I wouldn’t be water boy there; I’d be goalie (94)”. This shows that by switching schools he could play soccer. Another example would be that if he didn’t make this choice, his self-esteem and personality would never have changed. At Tangerine Middle, he was friends with the “bad guys”. His personality got rougher and meaner and he no longer views himself as a loser or a nerd. “You mean they want to find out if I’m too bad a guy to keep there?”(298). “Kids will fear me” (298). These quotes show that Paul views himself as one of the “tough guys” now. This choice affected him like a flood affects an anthill.
Although that was the most important choice, there are still more very important ones. These choices affect him like a hurricane affects a house. An example of an important decision would be when Paul jumps on Coach Walski. The main way this affected Paul is he got expelled from all public Tangerine County public schools. IF he didn’t jump on Coach