Bloor Street Essays

  • Changes In Tangerine

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    Annijah Collins Mrs. Evanowski ELA- Core 2 27 January 2017 Adapting to new Changes In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor, the main character, Paul Fisher, who is being overshadowed by his older brother Erik’s football career makes many decisions that change him as a character. Throughout the novel Paul uncovers many secrets that he has been lied to about for his whole life. He also faces many decisions. For example, when Paul tries out for a soccer team, when Paul told on the Tangerine Middle

  • Paul Fisher Character Analysis Of Tangerine

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    EA Assignment Have you heard of the book called Tangerine, and a character name Paul Fisher and he makes choices? If not, this is the article for you. Paul Fisher has made many choices throughout the course of the book, and some of these choices are highly recognized.. Paul Fisher had moved from Houston to a small country called Tangerine. Let's start with the first choice. When Paul had first arrived at his new school, he had chosen not to use a guide because he could see perfectly

  • Direct Characterization Of Paul In Tangerine

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    This is a realistic fiction novel written by Edward Bloor named Tangerine. This novel is about the main character Paul Fisher uncovering the truth, revealing the dark secrets his family kept from him, and growing in his understanding of his friends, family, and himself. The motif of sight is paul and although he his partially blind, he can see the dark secrets his family kept from him and also can't see thing in all of his friends, family,and himself. Through the motif of sight, Paul and has a strong

  • Tangerine Book Fire Analysis

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    extinguish the fires, they install water wells and sprinklers. However, it submerges the area in water and becomes a breeding ground for harmful mosquito species causing “two children [to die] in Tangerine last year after they were bitten by mosquitoes” (Bloor 158). At the beginning, the muck fire was more of a nuisance than a problem, but with the Homeowners’ Association’s involvement, it escalated to a problem that led to the death of two children. Arguably, Paul should’ve just left the situation with

  • Theme Of Honesty In Tangerine

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    Every piece of literature has a theme from Novels to poems and even songs. In the novel Tangerine, by Edward Bloor, Paul fisher has been scared of his older brother Erik for his whole life, too scared to speak up for himself. He also has been living a lie that his family told him about how he became visually impaired. His parents thought that they were protecting him from the truth. Throughout this novel Paul Fisher learns the importance of honesty and standing up for himself. The song “Fight Song”

  • Essay On Tangerine

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    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. First of all, Paul decides

  • Examples Of Erik's Choices In Tangerine

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    Brody Mango Mr.Federinko ELA period 4 12 april 2023 Tangerine Analysis Essay in a game depending on the choice you make affects the game. Like when you roll a dice it changes the game. Like how a player’s choices can affect a game. Erik’s choices can affect Paul’s development. In Edward Bloor’s novel Tangerine, Erik’s choices affect the development of Paul. Examples of Erik’s choices affect the development of Paul are, bullying paul on page 3, bullies paul, friend Tino, and making paul blind. Erik’s

  • Paul Fisher In Edward Bloor's Tangerine

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    Do you ever wonder how it feels like to have a life where you have an IEP, a brother going to prison, and two parents who never figure what’s going on? Guess who lives this life, Paul Fisher.In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor, Paul faces many difficult obstacles in his life, whether it’s telling the police about his brother, getting kicked off the soccer team,and choosing to go to the Tangerine Middle School.Paul and the consequences of those choices, affected the development of his character

  • Fisher In The Tangerine Essay

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    Erik Fisher: Most Influential Tangerine is a story by Edward Bloor about a 7th grader named Paul. Paul moved to Florida, with his family that consisted of his mom, Mrs, Fisher, his dad, Mr. Fisher, and Paul’s brother Erik, where he experienced a whole new style of life. Paul went through many changes and choices that caused him to develop into who is he was at the end. In the novel, the concept of choice is woven throughout the text. Characters show that whatever choice they make impacts other

  • Theme Of Sight In Tangerine

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    The realistic fiction novel Tangerine, written by Edward Bloor, follows the tale of a dysfunctional family and the dark secrets that they are slowly discovering within themselves. The author uses the motif -a repeated theme or idea in the story- of sight to further the story and in doing so, gives the character better understanding of each other and the truth. Through the motif of sight, Paul -the main character in the novel- has a growing understanding of his friends, family, and himself. The first

  • Paul In Tangerine

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    Tangerine, a novel written by Edward Bloor is about a visually impaired boy named Paul Fisher.Paul and his family move from Houston, Texas to Tangerine,Florida. This realistic fiction novel shows you Paul Fisher's everyday life through the eyes of Paul Fisher himself. Consequently Paul was visually impaired at a very young age sadly losing his peripheral vision. Paul never remembered how he lost most of his vision but his parents and family had told him that he starred at a solar eclipse

  • Mallam Sile Character Analysis

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    In the short story Mallam Sile, the protagonist with the same name owns a tea shop on Zongo Street where many young children steal and harass him. He’s a pushover, not known to be the most physically appealing character. Because of this trait, people in the village exhibit a sharp disliking towards him. Eventually, he leaves his shop to visit his hometown. On his journey, he met his new wife Abeeba. Mallam Sile and Abeeba return to the shop, however, Abeeba is displeased. The young children of the

  • Art Of Respect

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    The Art of Respect You are walking down the street on a warm, sunny day. You pass a homeless man wearing all of his belongings. He is holding up a sign that reads “Anything helps.” You are about to pass him without making eye contact. “Good day!” He says. You turn your head and see him smiling. You stumble back. “Umm.. Good day?” You reply. He asks how you are and sets his cardboard sign down. “I.. I am good, you?” “Good! It sure is a beautiful day out isn’t it?” He replies. You nod and smile

  • Fairytales In Oscar Wilde's The Picture Of Dorian Gray

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    Although The Picture of Dorian Gray is considered to be a short novel , it contains some commonly found elements in a fairy tale. In the following essay I am going to present the similitudes that Wilde’s novel shares with fairy tales and give my opinion on whether the novel can be considered a prolonged fairy tale or not. One thing that needs to be taken into consideration is the fact that in this novel not all the elaments of a fairy tale are present. For example , in Oscar Wilde’s novel the time

  • The Late Decalogue Analysis

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    Inverted values for Victorian society in the Clough’s Latest Decalogue “The Latest Decalogue” (1862) by Arthur John Clough is an indirect criticism of the Victorian society, a satire, in which the values promoted are inverted, in order to emphasize the religious and social unrest. The context is also relevant in understanding the poem; this means that the Victorian Age was influenced by the revolutions, which came up with new ideas, new values such as freedom, social mobility, industrial and social

  • Disaster In Amanda Ripley's The Unthinkable

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    Disaster strikes when we least expect it and when we’re the least prepared. Life or death situations that leave us wondering “why?”. My own brush with death still puzzles me to this day; why was everything so slow? The car ride was slick in the dead of winter. The winding road looked wet from the previous rain storm, but instead was covered with a thin layer of black ice. The old ford lurched off the road and climbed a hill adjacent to the road, only to roll back down and land roof first into the

  • Whose Favorite Cartoon: The Mouse Queen

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    1. Whose favorite cartoon is The Mouse Queen? ANSWER: Deja 2. What did the girl who just moved next to Nikki’s house do that lead Deja to decide they won’t invite her to their club? ANSWER: She rolled her eyes at them. 3. What are Nikki and Deja going to be when they’ll grow up? ANSWER: Deja is going to be a decorator and Nikki is going to be a newspaper reporter

  • Personal Narrative: My First Day Of Middle School

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    First Day of Middle School I was trudging to school on a crisp summer day. I had lazily wriggled myself out of bed about a half an hour ago. It was my first day of school at Sartell Middle School and I was shaking in my shoes I was so nervous. I was a 7th grader and had just switched schools to Sartell. My previous school was much smaller than Sartell was. I had no idea what to expect, all I knew was that I better not forget my locker combination and had better remember where my Student Advisory

  • The Benefits Of Volunteering

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    Those who volunteer will more than likely do so to give back to their community and the citizens in a positive manner, or they want to be able to help those who are less fortunate. Volunteering provides many benefits to the people who are served; however, many do not realize that volunteering can also provide benefits to the volunteers themselves. The actions of volunteering benefit the mental health, physical health, and social interactions of the volunteers. Although most people volunteer to give

  • Ray Bradbury The Pedestrian Analysis

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    amusing. Mr.Mead talks about how the streets are so quiet he says, The street was silent and long and empty, with only his shadow moving like the shadow of a hawk in midcountry. If he closed his eyes and stood very still, frozen, he could imagine himself upon the center of a plain, a wintry, windless Arizona desert with no house in a thousand miles, and only dry river beds, the streets, for company. Mr. Mead is proving that technology has taking over and how h the streets are an example of the