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Book Reports On Tangerine By Edward Bloor

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“Hey Mars!” Imagine being called that every day. At least one time. Imagine being kicked off the soccer team because of your eyesight, which appears to be fine. Imagine having to deal with the death of a kid due to lightning. This is definitely one wild life to live for Paul Fisher. Paul also does not get a lot of attention due to the “Erik Fisher Dream.” His dad does not pay a lot of attention to Paul during football season. There are tons of twists in this book, which you will find along the way. The book that my class is reading is called Tangerine. The author of the book is Edward Bloor. This is a very mysterious book and it will always have you thinking about what could happen next. A very interesting setting that is in the middle of the …show more content…

Especially, the way that he describes Mrs. Fisher. Mrs. Fisher is very worrisome, and Mrs. Fisher needs everything to be perfect. Mrs. Fisher is also described as an impatient and uptight lady. Throughout the book, you will see the way that Mrs. Fisher acts to what happens in her new life in Tangerine. For example, “It’s the what?” “Muck fire, ma’am. That field probably got hit by lightning last night. Stirred up the muck …show more content…

Throughout the book, Edward Bloor uses figurative language to help describe vivid parts in the novel. For instance, “The ice was forming too rapidly in the new grove; the coatings on the trees were too thick. The loud cracking sound of trees splitting of branches like amputated limbs, or splitting in two like they’d been pole-axed, hung horribly in the frozen night air. We were losing”(225). The figurative language that Edward Bloor uses above, helps you paint the scene in your mind. For example, when Bloor said “...splitting off branches like amputated limbs…” really makes you watch this scene in your

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Paul is moving on he is not hanging out with Joey anymore he is hanging out with Victor instead. Paul got to move schools and he has his second first day of school at Tangerine. After school paul went to practice and got to practice. The next day at practice Paul was taking shots from Victor Paul blocked it but he didn’t get up right away

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The “Erik Fisher Football Dream” is there ever anything about Paul? “Tangerine” by Edward Bloor is about a teenager named Paul who struggles with finding out what happened to his eyes that made him legally blind. Paul has visions of this that happened to him in the past that he doesn’t remember, he usually gets these flashbacks/visions when he sees something that triggers it. In the beginning of Tangerine Paul is confused and angry.

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Recently I read the book, Tangerine. The story is about a boy named Paul Fisher and his family moving to Tangerine, Florida. The theme is even though it appears perfect on the outside, the inside is grotesque. In this passage, there are many ugly things that happen to Paul and his family. Beguile occurrences take place in the form of a muck fire, sinkhole, and thievery.

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In “Half-Walls Between Us,” and “Body Farm” both Greg Smith and Maria Said, the authors,  of the two stories write vivid descriptions to describe their surroundings and events. In addition, being descriptive in their story helps the audience be able to imagine what the author is writing about. Moreover, imagery helps the readers feel like they are standing where the author’ writing is referring to.       Moreover, the story “Body Farm” aids readers most in making them feel they can see the picture that Greg is drawing for them.

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My claim is that the Woods Runner paints a better picture in our minds if it uses figurative language opposed to not using figurative language. Without figurative language the picture you get from the story won't be as detailed. To begin one point of the story where figurative language is important is on page 21,” willing it to not be what was coming into his mind like a dark snake a slithering horror. ” I really think this paints a wonderful picture of what he is thinking about. Another example would be when it says on page 21,” it would be like Running Blind.”

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In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game,” the author, Richard Connell uses the wonders of figurative language to spice things up in many ways throughout the story. Almost every page had something lying within itself, hidden behind metaphors similes, personification, and the list goes on. Some examples of how Richard Connell uses figurative language were clearly displayed on page 62: “Didn’t you notice that the crew’s nerves were a bit jumpy today?” This page also began to reveal the main feeling/emotion of the story(eerie/suspicious) came to be-which was set off by the example I used above. In this scene, the author uses very descriptive words and/or adjectives in his choice(s) of figurative language when he writes, “There was no breeze.

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Erik’s father was so into the “Erik fisher football dream” that he did not realize that Erik is the reason that Paul is halfway blind. Erik thought that Paul told on his friend and he got in trouble “ You’re going to have to pay for telling on Castor. You told who sprayed paint on the wall, and Castor got into trouble. Castor doesn’t like getting into trouble….. And I remember Erik’s fingers prying my eyelids open while Vincent Castor sprayed white paint into them.”

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Imagine moving away from home, changing schools, and having a family that won’t even give attention when needed. Paul goes through all of this, and he is left to make decisions that will change his life forever. Three choices Paul goes through are, changing schools, tattling on Tangerine Middle School soccer players, and informing the police about Arthur and Erik’s wrong doings. In the novel, Tangerine by Edward Bloor, Paul moves from Houston Texas to Tangerine Florida, and the first five months are filled with decisions and chaos. The choices made by Paul, and the consequences of those choices, affect the development of his character.

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Throughout the entire novel, the author’s use of literary devices is very clear. These literary devices, specifically similes and personification, help the reader get a better idea of the exact sounds and feelings which will allow them to know what it feels like to be there in that moment. “ I stood there, trying to think of a comeback, when suddenly, I heard a whooshing sound, like the sound you get when you open a vacuum-sealed can of peanuts. Then the brown water that had puddled up all over the field began to move. It began to run toward the back portables, like someone pulled the plug out of a giant bathtub.

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