In the book Tangerine by Edward Bloor‚ a legally blind 7th grader named Paul Fisher‚ moves to Tangerine County‚ Florida and has to deal with many new situations. Paul had made some decisions that made a huge impact on his life as a middle schooler. Paul made the choice to defend himself against a soccer defender and stand up to his parents‚ neighbors‚ and even local officers. The first decision Paul made was to defend himself from a kid playing fullback from Palmetto Middle School
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In the book Tangerine by Edward Bloor‚ there are multiple actions that will affect the main character Paul in the near future‚ but there was only a few that stood out and had a major effect on his future actions. These decisions in particular were made by the parent’s themselves. The parent’s made multiple decisions that were one sided and had a major effect on Paul’s personality and further decisions/actions. The parents choices to hide the secret how Paul got blind‚ to giving him open access to
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Alternate Ending to Tangerine by Edward Bloor Friday‚ December 16 I haven’t been writing in a while. Then again‚ I’ve barely had time to do anything other than work like crazy at the new school. I swear the work load is nearly double than that of Tangerine Middle‚ or Lake Windsor for that matter. Or maybe its just that since I refuse to join the soccer team‚ I have nothing else to do with my time except school work. The kids that attend St. Anthonies treat me like I thought they would‚ with
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Analytical Essay of the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor‚ Paul made many choices‚ both good and bad‚ and most of the time Paul’s choices ended with negative results. For example during the awards ceremony for the Lake Windsor Downs high school football team‚ Tino and Victor beat up Erik (Erik is Paul’s older brother) and Arthur Bauer ( Erik’s best friend). Right when Arthur and Erik got beat up‚ the football team and the football coaches tried to catch Tino
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Putting the mask over his face‚ Erik stared into the mirror. His one-sided conscience told him that destroying the property of families and friends is hilarious. “Let’s go!” Arthur‚ the sidekick begged to start vandalising. The two high school boys got into the black Jeep. Erik grabbed the brown bat. There were red streaks in the groves of the bat. Smashing the window‚ Erik began to hit the mailboxes. Arthur’s car engine roared‚ wanting destruction. The mailboxes cried. Brown‚ black‚ pink‚ orange
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Paul’s Choices Life is different than what everybody thinks‚ they all think that life is beautiful and can give you a lot of good stuff‚ well it might but sometimes not. It’s actually so tough for some people. In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor‚ the choices that were made by the characters had major impacts on them. Paul struggled with himself that he did not believe in what he can do. His fear from Erik was the biggest impact that changed his life and the choices he might need to take. The
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house in the novel Tangerine. Paul also faces many different problems in the book such as having to switch schools three times throughout the book. These are just some of the many problems Paul Fisher faces throughout the book Tangerine. Author Edward Bloor lived in Trenton‚ New Jersey before attending Fordham University in New York and now resides in Florida. He has penned
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The novel ¨Tangerine¨a realistic fiction written by Edward Bloor is about a boy´s dysfunctional family and their lies. Paul -the main character- doesn’t really understand the people around him such as his friend family and himself. Through the motif of sight‚ paul begins to get a better understanding of his friend‚ family‚ and himself. Throughout the story‚ paul is able to find a deeper meaning behind his friend’s actions and words. Such as when Tino calls paul ¨Brother¨ ___________¨(). This show
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who or what the monster was. You then hear the laugh‚ the joy‚ of your brother. He was the predator‚ and you were the prey. He’s laughing at your fear. How could someone be so scary‚ creepy even? Well‚ Erik Fisher‚ from the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor‚ did a cruel act almost exact to this situation. Erik is so two-faced‚ so creepy‚ and so overly forceful‚
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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
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