Next Section Irony Previous Section Symbols, Allegory and Motifs Buy Study Guide How To Cite in MLA Format Lynch, Molly. Thus the various degrees of family bonds act as a metaphor for the various levels of superficiality and depth in human society at large. But this doesn’t go very deep-as Erik turns out to be not much of a star and his personality is sociopathic and cruel. The Fisher family is also united around Erik’s football stardom. It’s the appearance of wealth and sterile middle class perfection that hold the families together-though not very well. The poorer, working families of Tangerine are united by their poverty. With the help of his new teammates, Paul begins to discover what lies beneath the surface of his strange new hometown. They are not only devoted to the family business, but they also stand up for each other by physically taking revenge. The chaos is compounded by constant harassment from his football-star brother, and adjusting to life in Tangerine isn’t easy for Paul - until he joins the soccer team at his middle school. The Cruz family, and the people of Tangerine town in general, show strong loyalty to their families. There are different things that hold families together in Tangerine, some more superficial that others. As we see the families of Tangerine mistrust the families of Lake Windsor and as we see the Lake Windsor families discriminate against the Tangerine families, we see the ways that class difference divides people generally. The tensions between the two communities in Tangerine are a metaphor broader tensions between communities of different classes. While football is the actual source of violence and lies in the novel, soccer is the sport that brings people together. While football is an aggressive sport, often described in the novel for its violence and ugliness, soccer is described by Paul for its beauty and cohesion. This difference acts as a critical metaphor for the difference between two different spirits of competition and sports culture. There’s a clear difference in Tangerine between football and soccer. The official story is that he stared too long at a solar eclipse, but Paul. The novels protagonist, Paul Fisher, wears coke-bottle glasses due to an incident in his youth. His first published novel it won several awards and has become a widely used book for assigned reading in schools. it’s about seeing what lies beneath the surfaces. Tangerine is a 1997 young adult novel by Edward Bloor. Where else does a sinkhole swallow the local school, fire burn underground. But he’s not so blind that he can’t see there are some very unusual things about his family’s new home in Tangerine County, Florida. Vision, in Tangerine, is about more than just seeing surfaces. Edward Bloor, Danny De Vito (Introduction) Paul Fisher sees the world from behind glasses so thick he looks like a bug-eyed alien. But while he is deemed legally blind, Paul can see better than anyone else what is happening around him. Paul’s near-blindness is a central part of the story. In this way, the story can be seen as a metaphor for Paul's coming-of-age and loss of innocence. He also goes from not knowing how to speak the truth, to being freed from the lies of his family by bravely calling out Erik’s violence of what it is. Tangerine is a story that reflects a young boy’s development as he goes from being afraid of his evil brother to having no fear at all in the face of Erik’s threats.
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