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Conflict In Tangerine

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The book Tangerine is a novel written by Edward Bloor, the main conflict in this story is about a main character, a kid named Paul, is coming to an understanding of his dark past. The genre of this book is a realistic fiction. Motif is a …. The motif in this story is sight. In this novel even though Paul is visually impaired, he can “see” things that others can't or won't see. Throughout this story the characters see and can't see figuratively and literally. Each character come to a gradual understanding of each other and see each truth that is uncovered. In this story each character does and doesn't see or understand each other such as his friends, his family, and also himself. First of all, in this story His friends play a big role. One important friend was Victor. Victor was a player on the soccer team at Tangerine middle. At first he just Paul by his impaired eyes before he got on the field. “You? You think you can play on my team? What do you think this is, Lake Windsor …show more content…

Throughout the story Paul doesn't understand himself sometimes. Like in the beginning in the first School Lake Windsor Middle School ,he doesn't understand why he needs a guide to be his “eyes” for the day. “All right ,Paul this is Kerri Gardner one of our school volunteers. Kerri will act as your eyes, until you've learned your way around campus”(38). Go is confused why she needs a guide for the day. He knows that he sees perfectly just because he has insert eyes people think he needs a guide. Also he sees things his parents don't. He sees that Erik is an awful person and his parents choose not to see. “Eric was as phony as he needed to be he ask them questions about Lakes Windsor high's student government …”(22) This means the Erik is an awful person and it shows that he sees what his parents don't want to. That Eric is a phony and he truly is cruel. So this story is all about things being seen or not seen figuratively. It uncovers gradually the secrets and the

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