How Does Edward Bloor Use Flashbacks In Tangerine

Have you ever made a choice before? Chances are you have, and the people in the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor are no exception. The novel is about Paul Fisher, a kid with thick glasses, and the adventures he has in his new home in Tangerine florida. Even though Paul himself makes many choices, today were focusing on the choices made by his mother(Mrs.Fisher) and how they affect Paul. Mrs.Fisher often makes major choices that will affect Paul immensely, without Pauls consent or opinion.

She uses imagery when talking about when she used to Elijah’s empty chair at the table and how she would wish to be gone wherever he was than being at home. The imagery shown in this quote connects to the theme by showing that there was no type of love nor affection shown to Ruth by her father he only wanted what he wanted and didn’t care about how others felt even if it tormented them. The author uses imagery again to prove the theme by saying, “When we’d get back to the beach, Mameh would ask, “Are you getting better at swimming?” and I’d say, “Yes, Mameh, “ and he’d be standing there glaring at me. God, I was scared of him. (42)” This presents how controlling tateh was by using imagery the author shows how he was standing near glaring at Ruth, this allows for the readers to imagine Ruth’s father just standing there after what he just did and for us to see how scary it must have been for her. The imagery used helps prove the theme by showing how Tateh would do anything for his own self greed even when it hurt his own daughter Ruth, he didn’t really care about his kids at all along as he got what he wanted, that’s all that mattered to him.

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple,” says Oscar Wilde. The book Tangerine by Edward Bloor shows the conflict between brothers Erik and Paul. Paul knows how dangerous Erik is, but he decides to hide behind a lie instead of coming out with the truth. The choices Erik makes influences Paul and finally gives him the courage to stand up for himself and let the truth prevail.

One thing after another happens with Erik, and Paul finally confronts him. Paul is going through a very intense day, so when Erik shows up, “I was supposed to be terrified by this spectacle-these two demonic creatures on this dark, lonely road. But for once in my life, I wasn’t.” (261) Paul somehow gathers up the courage to stand up to Erik. He is finally starting to overcome his fears.

Tangerine by Edward Bloor is a realistic fiction novel about seeing the truth. The symbol of sight is often used in this novel. The motif of sight is used to explain what a character does and does not understand. Through the motif of sight, Paul the main character of the novel has a growing understanding of his friends, family, and himself.

One way authors plant fear in your brain is by transforming something we already know and love into something frightening. One example of this is in the short story “Windigo” by Louise Erdrich. Over the course of the story, the windigo takes an innocent little kid and turns them into a monster. The author introduces an inculpable child, even calling them “little one”. She then takes the kid and transforms them into a monster, a windigo. Following that, she even goes so far as to bring the child home. Home. As a monster. To haunt her own village. It says, “...I carried you home,” and that is when the fear she planted at the beginning really starts to take root. This transformation is a great illustration of an author transforming something you know and love, in

Imagery is used tons throughout the book. Jonathan Edwards uses a lot of imagery to get his point across and to make it as vivid as possible to almost be seen and imagined by the readers . His attitude towards sinners is that you have to stop sinning and repent from your sins or you're going to burn in hell. Edwards tries to scare them by

These techniques include using personification, visual imagery and the use of a anaphora. Firstly, Jackson presents the audience personifications in this text. The personification in “You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it/ You try to freeze as horror looks you tight between the eyes” (Line 3/4) shows the non human characteristics of horror and terror. This relates to how nightmares can be a part of reality which brings frightened feelings, because it shows how terror can get the audience, and it confirms how it can be real since the girl is screaming but terror is getting her. The diction of “horror looks you tight between the eyes” shows the audience the terrifying scenes how it is really occurring, which bring the audience a feeling of fright. Also, the use of visual imagery plays a big part in conveying the spooky images to the audience. There are various visual imageries in this text. Jackson shows the audience how “Night creatures call and the dead start to walk in their masquerade/ There’s no escapin’ the jaws of the alien this time” (Line 19/20) visualizes the scary night creatures walking to the girl and that she has no space to escape. This implies that Jackson is frightening the girl by proving the horrific scenes. The diction of “There’s no escapin’” shows a casual register to show the audience how this song is shown scary and casually. The theme of the reality of having horrific scene is demonstrated by this visual imagery, putting an image to the audience’s mind the reality of what is happening to the girl. Finally, the use of anaphora in “You hear the door slam and realize there’s nowhere left to run/ You feel the cold hand and wonder if you’ll ever see the sun” (Line 10/11) portrays how the girl is locked in horror and she has no freedom.

Imagery is one of the components that were used by Edwards to make his story more persuasive. As the short story begins, the first sentence was an example of imagery. Edwards wrote when men are on God’s hands and they could fall to hell. “…natural men are held in the hands of God, over the pit of hell…” Knowing that you might fall into hell at any moment should scare you. God decided to save you until he wants to let you fall into an eternity of burning

One decision that caused Paul to be less afraid of Erik is on pages 262-263. On these pages the author says, “He turned and threw the bat into the Land Cruiser. He got in, and Arthur got in, and they drove quickly away.” (Pg 262-263) This makes Paul less afraid of him because he was able to stand up to Erik and Arthur alone without getting hurt by either one of them. This also caused Paul not to be afraid of Erik because it proved to Paul that Erik wasn't so perfect and put together as he thought. Another reason why Paul is not afraid of Erik at the end of the book is on page 284. On page 284 the author states that, “I stood up straight and faced them all, like I had seen Luis do. “I saw- I heard Erik Fisher tell him to do it.”” (Pg. 284) This shows that Paul is less afraid of Erik because he was willing to expose Erik in front of everyone, and tell the complete truth without being afraid that Erik would hurt him in anyway. Erik Fisher causes Paul Fisher to be less afraid of him by losing control and not denying the truth about the bad things he had

By using pathos, he creates an appeal to the reader from many different aspects. Fear is one emotion he tries to get at. When he

They all set up the fact that some sort of fearful event is going to take place soon.

The author uses imagery to interest the reader in her story that may seem mundane without the imagery. An example of this happening is when Jeannette is going to her new school in Welch it was her first day and the teacher picks on her because she did not have to give the school her records to her not having them as that is happening a tall girl stabs her out of nowhere“I felt something sharp and painful between my shoulder blades and turned around. The tall black girl with the almond eyes was sitting at the desk behind me.

Edgar Allan Poe creates an atmosphere of fear and dread in his story “The Tell-Tale Heart” through the setting and the narrator. He creates these feelings through the setting, from the fact that it happens at night. Darkness creates an eerie feeling, because you cannot see what could be right next to you. Poe writes about this when he says, “His room was as black as a pitch with the thick darkness…” (Poe 304). From this one can conclude that the darkness is so thick in the room you can almost feel it. The darkness has secrets only the daring would want to know. Another way the setting creates fear is the fact that it’s in the old man’s bedroom. You are vulnerable there at its one of the places you would least expect someone to be. This is shown when Poe writes, “…and the

Another example of imagery in the story is when the author used it to describe Emily when she ask for poison to the druggist.“still a slight woman, though thinner than usual, with cold, haughty black eyes in a face the flesh of which was strained across the temples and about the eyes ockets as you imagine a lighthouse-keepers face ought to look”. The author makes emphasis in Emily’s face and eyes meaning that she is lost in her own world and foreshadows that Emily would use the poison for something wrong.