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The Truth Shall Set You Free In Tangerine By Edward Bloor

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The Erik fish dream is demolished by his own brother “Paul”, by telling the truth. In the novel Tangerine. Edward Bloor expresses the message, “The truth shall set you free“ in the novel of tangerine. The message of Tangerine, “The truth shall set you free” I believe that; that message he wrote it because Edward is trying to say that telling the truth will make you have freedom in your life and to not have fear or even hate and lies in your life. Also that Edward Bloor writes Paul telling the truth on page 269-285, it states that Paul is facing his fear of Erik and Paul is telling the truth for the first time in history and Paul is actually talking to his dad and mom. And for On page 269, Antoine Thomas tells Paul, “The truth shall set you

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