Tangerine Sportsmanship Quotes

In the book Tangerine, sportsmanship is shown in many ways. For instance, in the text, it states "I hadn't played or even thought about playing anything but goalie for the past two years." But I heard myself saying "Yes ma'am". This represents the theme of sportsmanship because Paul was asked to play a position that was not in his comfort knowing that all he played was goalie for the past 2 years but he still said yes. Another evidence of the theme of sportsmanship is shown in the book Tangerine by a character named Victor. I know this because the text states” No way! I'm not going to any emergency room. I got a game to play”. This supports that sportsmanship is shown in Tangerine because it tells the reader that Victor got hurt but still wanted to play and support his teammates which is good sportsmanship.

You got brothers to back you up. Nobody gonna mess with you, not anywhere, not anytime. Do you know what I sayin” This shows sportsmanship because it shows like the brotherhood and how they show sportsmanship by having each other back outside and in the game of soccer. Another fact/evidence I got to support sportsmanship in Tangerine is when the text states” With the help of his new teammates, Paul discovers what lies beneath the surface of his strange new hometown. In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor, sportsmanship is shown in good ways and bad ways, some ways Tangerine shows bad sportsmanship is when. In the book, the character Erick is a little selfish and is not about teamwork, too serious and worrying about how he looks in the soccer game. As stated in the text when it says” Erick can't laugh this off. Erick can't leave this humiliation behind him. Someone has to pay for this”. This shows bad sportsmanship since the character Erick is being selfish and serious all the