Literary Techniques In Tangerine

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Tangerine is a book about action, trust, favoritism, and secrets. The main character is a boy named Paul Fisher. Paul is a middle schooler in Tangerine County, Florida, and has a older brother named Erik Fisher. Paul has a hard time remembering what caused him to be legally blind. He is tired of everyone thinking that his brother Eric, is a kind, innocent gentlemen, and not the mean bully he actually is. In the novel, Tangerine , Edward Bloor uses exemplary motif and characterization to convey the theme of overcoming fear. To begin with, the author uses the literary device, motif, To show the theme of overcoming fear. A quote that demonstrates this is stated on page 204, “I just stared back at her, paralyzed with fear, while the scene rolled