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Tree Symbolism In Tangerine By Edward Bloor

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In the book Tangerine by Edward Bloor This moment represents is, paul finley seeing dad actually doing something with him and for him instead of mom. The way I found that is when mom said “paul we’ve been talking about it and we’ve decided that your father will take you to St. Anthony’s today. ”. The deeper meaning behind the “It looked healthy enough, strong enough. But it was bound in a criss cross of metal stakes. Dad added those stakes are temporary until it can stand on its one” can mean that mom and dad will help paul grow as he gets older. The tree represents paul. The stakes represents mom and dad helping paul stand and grow. The other symbol is when paul thought to himself “mike costello has his one tree, and that’s good. But

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