Would you believe that you were visually impaired because you were stupid enough to stare at an eclipse for hours? In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor, Paul and his family move to Tangerine County, Florida to pursue the Erik Fisher football dream. Only, when they get there, the lies planted by Paul’s own family start to slowly leak out. Mrs. Fisher had the greatest impact on Paul because she didn’t tell him the truth about his vision, signed Paul up for an IEP and “lost” the same IEP. An important choice Mrs. Fisher made that affected Paul is signing Paul up for an IEP. Paul’s mom gave Paul an IEP because she wanted an all access pass tour of Paul’s new school. To get her wish, she said Paul was legally blind and was hoping to get a run through of the school before hand. When the principal heard that Paul was legally blind, she said that Paul was entitled for …show more content…
Fisher made both positive and negative choices that affected Paul. A negative choice Mrs. Fisher made was at the school, Mrs. Fisher signed an IEP form for Paul so she could get a tour of the school but didn't realise Paul would get kick off the soccer team which had a negative effect on him. To make it up to him, she made a positive choice by “losing” his IEP form so he could play for the Tangerine Middle War Eagles. The last negative choice Mrs. Fisher made was hiding the truth behind Paul's eyesight so he wouldn't forever hate his brother Erik. Mrs. Fisher meant well, but twice she negatively influenced Paul into hating himself and losing the privilege to play on the Lake Windsor Downs soccer team. If Paul's mom never made these choices, Paul could have played on the Lake Windsor Downs soccer team and the Tangerine Middle soccer team and Mrs. Fisher could've skipped the trouble of signing and “losing” an IEP form. If Paul knew the truth about Erik, he would have been in fear of Erik his whole life, it would extremely affect Paul's actions and his personality would be
A choice made by Erik affects Paul by causing his classmates and peers to view him as a freak because he has goggles and bad eyesight. This all incidentally happened because of Erik’s choices. This choice was made years and years ago by Erik and his friend, Vincent Castor, when they decided to spray paint Paul in the eyes. The reason
Paul’s parents prove to be threshold guardians when they favor Paul’s brother Erik, and hide how Paul really lost his eyesight. To start, Paul once, accused his father of favoring Erik, and Paul’s dad just makes an excuse for himself by telling Paul,”All I can say, in my own defense is that this was a critical season for Erik. College
Tangerine, by Edward Bloor, is a novel with many complicated relationships and characters that are able to be represented and explained by using the Geometric Character Analysis. The Geometric Character Analysis is a language arts strategy that helps readers and students express the characters from a story by using shapes, size, color, shading, and placement. In this display of the Geometric Character Analysis, the Tangerine characters Paul, Erik, and Dad will be used.
In conclusion, the choices made by Paul's parents in the novel Tangerine, by Edward Bloor, affected Paul in several ways. The decisions they made included moving to Tangerine County, being neglectful towards Paul, and being dishonest when it comes to the truth of Paul’s blindness. Although some of their decisions influenced him severely, at the end, Paul became stronger and
...es with contradictory messages about service, not being wholly dedicated to helping David and then realizing in the end that he is more crucial than Harvard. Katie struggled with deciding whether to please her parents and teacher by putting all her effort into getting into Harvard, or to put all her effort into pleasing herself by bringing David to America. Katie was finally able to come to the conclusion that getting into Harvard wasn’t as important as saving someone’s life. Even though it took Katie a few weeks to come to the understanding that helping others is more important than helping yourself in life, she gained a wonderful gift in the end. She gained the gift of a brighter day and the gift of a new brother.
When Denny’s late wife Eve dies, his whole world is changed. Trish and Maxwell - the evil Twins - plot against Denny by pulling him into a major court battle. As a result, Denny is forced to sacrifice major opportunities in order to win custody of his daughter, Zoë. “ “I appreciate your generous offer,” he [Denny] said. “But I’m afraid certain things prevent me from leaving this country – or even this state – at the moment. So I have to decline.” (Stein 276) Luca Pantoni – a man that worked at Ferrari – asked Denny if he wanted to move out to Italy with his family where he could test cars for a living. With the major court battle going on Denny had to politely refuse the offer. Knowing Denny’s personality it would have been difficult for him to decline such a great offer, but at that moment he had to think about his family first. Next to Eve, Zoë is the most important person in Denny’s life. The death of Eve was unexpected for both Denny and Zoë, but Denny could not let his sadness and frustration show...
The author Edward Bloor utilizes blindness to symbolize how Paul may be visually impaired but can see social injustice, while Erik and his parents’ can see but are blind to the emotional harm they inflict on Paul and others, and the townspeople are blind to their environment and social prejudice. He has been bullied most of his life for being visually impaired. Paul is used to being judged by others. The injury to his eyes supposedly occurred while looking at a solar eclipse, but there is more to this story.
During summer her and her friends went to a party that Melinda ended up calling the cops on, causing everyone at school to ignore and forget about her except one new girl named Heather. Throughout the book Melinda is in situations with “IT,” which is a senior named Andy evans, she founds her voice by standing up for herself. Laurie Halse Anderson develops the idea that a person must face their fear in order to find their voice. This can be seen in the development of the
The play “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry has many interesting characters. In my opinion, the most fascinating character is Ruth because of her many emotions and captivating personality. She goes through extreme emotions in the play such as happiness, sadness, anger, stress, and confusion. Ruth is very independent, firm, kind, witty, and loving.
“I always knew I wanted to be a teacher,” she stated. Her passion for helping children with special needs was developed at a later age. The reason why Chris decided to be a special education teacher was because of two twin boys in her grade who had special needs. Chris was only in kindergarten at the time, but she recalls that one of these boys did not get to go to school. The other boy, Jimmy, could come to school, but he would have to leave halfway through the school day. Chris was confused and upset about how Jimmy could not be at school and asked her mom about this. The reason why Jimmy and his brother were not at school was because there was no special education program. This moment, even though she was in kindergarten, shaped Chris’s plan for her
In the Play “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry there are two main character’s that many people debate upon to be the protagonist of the play. Those two characters are Mama and Walter. The story is about an African American family living in Chicago in the 1950’s. During this time period race was a large issue in that area. The family consists of three generations, Mama being the mother and grandmother has a lot of responsibilities as what I see her to be as the families anchor. The next generation is Walter his wife Ruth and his sister Beneatha. Walter and Ruth have a song Travis who is ten years old at the time of this play. Mama is the moral supporter of the family and believes that everything has a purpose and that things should be done by design. One of the main events in this play is the life insurance settlement check for ten thousand dollars that Mama receives. This being a large amount of money during that time period creates many arguments between the families about what to do with the money. Walter is the type of guy that believes his family shouldn’t settle like everyone else and believes that they shouldn’t be held back just because they are an African American family living in what is referred to as a “white man’s world”. I believe that Walter is the protagonist of the play for two main reasons, he isn’t a selfish man, he doesn’t feel the family should be limited because they are African American and he has distinct options or plans for the future of his family.
Everyone dreams of having the perfect life. For hundreds of years, America has remained the land of opportunities. The American Dream is simply what lured millions to start the lives in America. It’s theoretically the basis of American life. However, in post World War 2, the American Dream seemed to be only targeted to white males. The American Dream seemed unattainable for racial minorities. Not only was life hard for non-white Americans, women also had a difficult time fulfilling their dreams. White males reigned supreme while everyone else was left in the dark. A Raisin in the Sun does a stupendous job of painting a picture of what hardships and injustices non-whites and women faced in the segregated 1950’s. A raisin in the sun focuses on
The novel Tangerine, written by Edward Bloor, perfectly demonstrates how a character can change their ways and learn lessons. When the protagonist, Paul Fisher, was first introduced, he was a shy, quiet kid, who never tried to change his situation. He has a terrible relationship with his brother, Erik, and is literally terrified of him and what he will do to him. In the beginning of the book, he was moving from Houston, Texas to his new home in Tangerine, Florida. In his fresh start to life in Tangerine, he learns that he shouldn’t be scared, and that he needs to start standing up for himself and letting his voice, thoughts, and opinions be heard. Even though Paul starts off scared, afraid, intimidated, and full of self doubt, he learns that he needs to change his ways and attitude towards his life, and to take action to make things right.
“I saw him do it. I saw Arthur Bauer sneak up on Luis Cruz, like a coward, and hit him on the side of the head" In the book Tangerine, Paul Fisher is a young boy who had struggled with confidence. Throughout the story, Paul learned to be strong and stand up for himself. Even though Paul started off scared, he learned that he is powerful and can stand up to others.
In Alice Walker’s Meridian, she tells the story of the slave Louvinie who buried her tongue, that her white slave masters cut out, beneath a weak magnolia tree on a slave plantation. Walker’s character, Meridian follows suit by laying the decomposing body of five-year-old boy that drowned due to the city commissioner’s neglect, in front of a representative of the racist hierarchy. These stories follow a classic Alice Walker theme, “when they torture you too bad to talk plant a tree” (Torture). Meridian carries the body of the boy like flowers to a gravesite, and teaches us to use our experiences to invest in our future, as an opportunity to grow stronger.