says: He stared right at a solar eclipse for too long. The story opens in the now empty Paul’s old home‚ where Paul and his mom pack up their last things to head to their new home in Lake Windsor Downs‚ Florida in Tangerine County. This story‚ by Edward Bloor‚ is a great realistic fiction example of our world and the people in it. The story takes place around the late 1900’s. No cell phones or video games are mentioned in the story‚ only a PC and a house phone. Paul Fisher is shy and drowned out by
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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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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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right by the school or even lighting being struck the same area every day. Not only does Paul have to adjust to his new life at Tangerine‚ but also has to deal with his brother‚ Eric‚ and his football dream. This spectacular book is written by Edward Bloor and the genre of this book is Realistic Fiction. The book‚ Tangerine‚ is always so entertaining and intriguing to read‚ and also the book is relatable to many people’s everyday life. The main characters within the book are: Paul Fisher-A 12 year
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if you see so little but known so much more? Paul‚ Erik‚ Mom and Dad all are part of the same family‚ they eat the same food‚ live in the same house and share the same blood‚ but what they understand is all so different. In the novel Tangerine‚ Edward Bloor uses the motif of sight to show that seeing something isn’t the same as comprehending it. undoubtedly this can be applied to many people‚ but in Tangerine this concept of “seeing” is shown in many ways throughout Paul’s life. Paul had damaged
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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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poet of the poem is Robert Frost and the poem I chose is “The Road Not Taken”. “Frost spent the years 1912 to 1915 in England‚ where among his acquaintances was the writer Edward Thomas. Thomas and Frost became close friends and took many walks together. After Frost returned to New Hampshire in 1915‚ he sent Thomas an advance copy of "The Road Not Taken”. Frost says that the speaker of the poem was based on his friend Edward Thomas. Thomas was “a person who‚ whichever road he went‚ would be sorry
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The book Taken is a scientific fiction for teenagers and adults to enjoy. This book takes place 19 years in the future (2035) in the Highlands‚ a place or town for rich families. In this time period kidnapping was considered a job because it happened so much (this didn’t mean that it was legal). The usual weather for this story is cloudy‚ there is not much sunlight. The main character is Charity‚ a brunette with braces that is the daughter of a millionaire. Her father was Mr. Meyers he had a tendency
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“Taken for Pomegranate” by Dave Lazarus appeared in Men’s Health in March 1997. This monthly magazine has published articles written for the general public on various health issues that appeal to men; usually‚ the articles are well-written‚ but this article was poorly done. For example‚ Lazarus’ purposes were to inform‚ persuade‚ and entertain‚ but he was only partially successful. The attempted humor was supposed to increase the entertainment value‚ but it diminished his credibility; his childish
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