Literary Devices In Edward Bloor's Tangerine

“It’s time to start telling the truth, little brother. Do you understand what I’m saying?”(269). The truth, something that takes many people to reveal in a person. In the story Tangerine, by: Edward Bloor, The truth takes a family and set of friends to help Erik Fisher, Arthur Bauer, and Paul Fisher to reveal the truth about themselves and each other, like shapes. Shapes reveal each other’s flaws and imperfections. Each of these characters has to reveal the truth about each other to create the main plot of this story. In the novel, Tangerine, by: Edward Bloor shows how the truth is a hard pill to swallow sometimes, but sometime the answer might be a 50 yard field goal away.

Part 1 is about the Fisher’s first experiences in Lake Windsor. In chapter 1 Paul and his mom drive from Houston to their new home in Tangerine. When Paul wakes up the first morning he smells smoke and his mom calls the fire department who tell them it’s just the muck fire. Later that day Paul and his mom tour Lake Windsor Middle School and Mrs. Fisher signs Paul up for an IEP because he is legally blind. When they are leaving one of Erik’s football practices they see a few soccer players and Paul meets Joey. Later that week Paul tries out for the soccer and is confident he will be the first string goalie. On Tuesday, September 5 Erik and Arthur tell Paul and Mrs. Fisher that Mike Costello was struck by lightning at football practice and

There are many ways an author can convey the message of any story. Elements such as the Plot, Conflict, Character/Characterization, Setting, Symbolism, Narration, and Imagery are used in these ways. For example, in the In the story "Harrison Bergeron", the author Kurt Vonnegut uses the characterization, and the conflict to communicate the message to the reader that Uniformity and strict laws lead to a loss of personal freedom and individuality.

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.

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.

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.

First off, Connell uses foreshadowing to create suspense by using appalling words to map out the near future, and by using dialogue. The author uses dreadful words like “dark” and “cannibal” to foreshadow the daunting future. For example, when Whitney brings up the topic about Ship-Trap island and how “[s]ailors have a curious dread of the place” (Connell 1), the reader suddenly experiences a sinking feeling set in as they can already assume

Lamb to the Slaughter is an action packed short story about a wife who is let down by her husband and proceeds to kill him as an act of revenge. Obviously much more happens in this story consisting of humour, action, mystery and irony. Roald Dahl is a master of writing short stories in ways that attract readers, draw them into what is happening through using literary elements and universal themes to make the story relatable to the readers. In this story the main literary elements were foreshadowing, situation and dramatic irony, imagery and symbolism which really drew me in and kept me attached to the story. Literary elements are what make a story powerful and attracts readers to continue reading in the story and in this story they highlight the universal theme of Revenge and Betrayal. This essay will explain those literary elements, how they allow

Wayne Dyer once said, “The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don 't know anything about.” In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, ignorance is a common theme portrayed throughout the novel. It sets the impression of how all of the characters feel due to a society that has outlawed books. Guy Montag is a firefighter, whose job is to burn the books. Yet, he often steals them without the chief firefighter, or anyone else knowing. This is until the day he meets Clarisse, who looks at the world in a different way than anyone else. Then, shortly after, he has to burn down a house full of books and burn the woman inside also because she refuses to leave. This causes Montag to realize that books should not be burned and have great significance in the world. He then shows his wife the abundance of books that he has collected from his job, and his wife, Mildred, becomes concerned. This later causes her to make up lies to cover the fact that Montag is breaking the law of owning books. The ignorance shown in the novel is greatly illustrated on page ninety-five, due to the encounter of the

Throughout “Incarnations of Burned Children”, David Foster Wallace uses symbolism, diction and syntax to foreshadow the story’s ending. The subtlety of Wallace’s symbolism is not revealed until the baby’s life concludes. There are two major items that resemble a bigger meaning in the story. For example,the author constantly mentions a hanging door which symbolizes the child’s fate. The Daddy constantly tries to fix the door as well as his son’s fate. When the door is hanging half off its hinges, it resembles the parallel between life and death. This comparison is evident when the child is rushed to the ER and doesn't make it, and the author says, “the hinge gave”. Wallace uses the door multiple times throughout the story to foreshadow the death of the baby. The bird is mentioned as another symbol and represents nature as a whole. The author tries to explain that no matter what’s going on in someone’s personal life, nature and the world around them will continue. In the story the bird saw everything that was going on, it, “appeared to observe the door”, but the bird didn’t do anything about it. Instead, it continued its daily life as if nothing happened.

The poem I chose to analyze is We Wear the Mask, written by Paul Lawrence Dunbar in 1896. Its theme is about hiding our true feelings and emotions, and lying about who we are. When looking at Dunbar’s life history, and the political context at the time, we understand that he efficiently uses this theme in order to talk about how black people have to hide how they feel about their social status and the treatment they receive from white people. He conveys the theme to the audience thanks to a clever word choice. Indeed, he talks about “grin” and “smile”, using facial expressions as a description of the mask (Dunbar, lines 1 & 4). We realize he’s talking about the mask, and not the real emotions of the person, thanks to a contrast between negative

Tangerine, a book that changed my life. A story so frenetic, so emotional, so inspirational that it made me fall in love with literature. My surreal connection with the book ensnared me to the beauty of writing and the impact that literature could have on someone. Now I don’t see books as writing, but as stories of real lives, as mysterious that need to be solved, as inspirations that need to learned from. Despite my imperfections, Tangerine made me believe in myself and face the reality with dreams to be

In the book Tangerine, By Edward Bloor, an important choice paul made was when he chose to change schools and go to Tangerine Middle School.

Every narrative consists of both fabula and szujet. Fabula represents the chronological order of events as well as the necessary plot points. In comparison, szujet is the narrator’s method of delivering the story as well as the addition of supplemental elements to the plot. Fabula and szujet are also a part of the space time continuum in the world of any narrative. How long the narrator takes to tell the reader about events is known as szujet time. This essay will focus on the omniscient narrator in “The Halifax Explosion 1917” by MacLennan and their ability to shift the narrative perspective and jump through space and time (szujet time) throughout the story. The way the narrative is being delivered is very different before and after the explosion.

This quote is taken after Ashley reunites with her mother, and is promised that she will live with her mother again. From this quote, the reader gets a better understanding of the conflict of the story and symbolism is used to convey to the reader the conflict of the story. From the beginning of the story, readers are unsure of the conflict of the story and Ashley’s motives. However, from this quote readers get a better understanding of the conflict, which is the separation between Ashley and her mother. Readers have had the awareness that the conflict Ashley is going through is the absence of her mother, but from this quote readers are sure that the separation between Ashley and her mother is the conflict. Readers get a better understanding of the conflict with the literary tool, symbolism to convey to the reader the conflict.