Sportsmanship In Edward Bloor's Tangerine

In conclusion characters, in the novel ,Tangerine, characters demonstrate both good and sportsmanship on and off the playing field. Edward Bloor ,Tangerine’s author is telling us that

Tragic things happen so superb things can come, it depends on a person’s perspective. In Edward Bloor’s novel, Tangerine, there are many decisions Paul, the main character makes that damage him literally, but lead to his development, such as his move to Tangerine Middle School and tackling the principal. Despite all the tragic conditions around Paul, moving to Tangerine Middle School becomes a marvelous thing for him.

Everyone has had someone block them from gaining success. The person writing this has, and so have the readers. But, everyone has had a mentor, or a role model, once in their life. A mentor, in literature, is a mythological archetype. In Edward Bloor’s novel, Tangerine, Antoine Thomas and Luis Cruz fit as the mythological archetype of the mentor.

By contrasting a player’s ardent exuberance for basketball with his xxx disappointment in the poem “American Hero,” Essex Hemphill reveals the athlete’s conflict between his enthusiasm for the game and his resentment toward his superficial fans. For instance, the author emphasizes the player’s fervent frame of mind, “[having] nothing to lose... / I let the tension go. / Shoot for the net. / I slam it through...” (Hemphill 1, 8-9, 11-12). Hemphill illustrates the competitor’s energetic passion for basketball by describing his game-winning skills and slick athleticism. In contrast, the poet depicts the player’s resentfulness toward the cheering mass as he muses “I scored / thirty-two points this game / and they love me for it” (13-15). Despite

The novel begins with preseason football in the heat of a Texas summer. The players and coaches practice over 4 hours a day in 100-degree weather. The media is affecting every player pushing for a state championship and college scouts at every practice. The boys who gave completely of themselves for their sport are unique personalities. From dedicated quarterback Mike Winchell to Harvard-bound Brian Chavez to the inscrutable Ivory Christian, the team was full of young men who were singular human beings, each one bringing something special and indefinable to their group. And that's just scratching the very surface.The book recounts the tragic story of Boobie Miles, team’s star running back who had been highly recruited by all of the major programs. He is expected to attend and earn a scholarship to a large state college. The community

Tangerine, by Edward Bloor, is a young adult fiction novel about the unfortunate events and dark secrets of Paul and his family, which ultimately reveal that the truth may hurt but must be found no matter the difficulty.. Tangerine revolves around the motif of sight and it shows how the use of sight partially or fully can be beneficial or harmful. Through the motif of sight, Paul, the main character in the novel, experiences a growing understanding of his friends, family, and himself.

The sentence “This place is weirder than it looks,” is especially true when it come to the novel Tangerine, written by Edward Bloor. Throughout his whole life, Paul Fisher, a supposedly blind middle schooler, has been living in his cruel brother, Erik’s, shadow. Until a transition from Texas to Florida gives Paul a fresh start at a new school. It will unveil shocking secrets that changes everyone in Tangerine county”s lives forever. As Paul strives to live as a normal without an IEP, incidents begin to occur around him that are too perfect for his brother’s life to be just accidents. In Tangerine, Edward Bloor exquisitely uses foreshadowing and motif to convey the theme of identity and conquering fear.

Everyone has been misunderstood at one time or another. It’s part of the human life. Difference. Difference is what brings us together. Paul Fisher is different. In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor, the protagonist, Paul Fisher, is legally blind. Misunderstood his whole life. While he legally cannot see, he can see what others can’t. Or won’t. This has plagued Paul’s life and throws a shadow over his memory. His memory is holding Paul back. He has been told his whole life that he became blind from staring at a solar eclipse for an hour. But he can’t remember it. Paul and his family are now moving to Florida to start a new life. Paul’s zombies are following, waiting to come out of the shadows and finally reveal what they’ve been hiding from Paul. As Paul struggles with the secrets in his family and changing schools, he feels intimidated and misunderstood, but he soon learns that he’s been a coward all his life, but there’s nothing to be afraid of, and he begins to stand up for himself and

On page 338 “Lennon...out,” Farrey is speaking with Kevin Lennon a representative at the NCAA, who shares with him that when he was speaking with his daughter gymnastics coach, to try and lessen the 20 hours a week time commitment, in order for their family to have more time together, their coach was not amicable and replied either “you’re all in or all out.” This was a very surprising especially since his daughter was in fourth grade and the reason for the decrease in the time commitment was plausible. This shows that our outlook on youth athletics is somewhat flawed if children's families no longer take precedence over sports. On page 338 “His...abuse,” Farrey uses situational irony to emphasize the idea that parents competitiveness and actions towards officials are so abrasive that not even adult referees want to face that. Farrey claims the source of this behavior from parents, stems from the $1.5 billion dollars that is at stake in terms of scholarship money. To me this shows that we need to change how valuable parents of especially young children, view the importance of college scholarships. It can be assumed that parents are suppose to one’s encouraging fair play and fun in sports but in many cases they are the one's taking that away. On page 345, Farrey says that the benefit of travel teams for kids is to eliminate future competition. This reveals the mindset that we as a society have adopted, which has a very individualistic and non inclusive. Farrey used this to show how youth athletics is depriving children the right to play sports, especially if they are eliminated in grades as low as middle school. This contrasts the idea that athletics is a human right because it implies that not everyone will make it, only the

Odessa’s small size makes it complicated for people to lead lives separate from football. Most everyone can say that they have taken part in the football phenomenon, the Permian Panthers. Jim Lewallen may not be a parent, but football is what he lives for. Being a retiree, Lewallen has been long removed from the highschool scene and yet he still relies on football as a pastime. He takes satisfaction in the players accomplishments as if they are his own children. It is what he looks forward to and what keeps his life interesting and prides himself in knowing all the plays. While anxiously awaiting the beginning of the season Jim explains to Bissinger, “That football is just something that keeps me going’. You know the kids’ moves, you know ‘em personally. It’s just like your own kids”(41). The indirect characterization of Lewallen in this scene leaves us to infer what he is like on a deeper level, leading the reader to conclude that Permian football is the focal point of Lewallen’s life. It presents him as protective, almost fatherly. The intensity he feels is proven when readers are informed that the players are like his

Sports are a large part of America’s culture as well as Odessa’s. In Friday Night Lights, the players spend their entire lives training to be successful because sports are all they have to look forward to. During the final game of the season to make it to state, Ronnie Beavers told his team, “This is the last minute of your life” (326). Beavers quote shows the importance of the moment. If Permian does not win the game, they have nothing to look forward to in their future. This semi-final game is “much more than a game” for Permian. What Beaver is saying is ridiculous, the Permian players act like Football will determine their future. By following the players and the town, Bissinger is able to show readers how important sports are in Odessa. Bissinger notes how it was “obvious” that the students of Permian hold the town on their shoulders (XIV). By following the story of the American small town, including many personal anecdotes, Bissinger shows the effect that sports have in Odessa. Friday Night Lights supports Lapham’s claim that games represent much more than a game. It is not merely a game but a way of life. Permian players eat, breathe, and live football. Their lives are centralized around one thing: Football. Bissinger describes the town when he states, “If you went to their homes, you might find black toilet seats, or black seat cushions, or black phone book covers, or black paper plates, or black clocks, or black felt on their pool tables” (39). Bissinger throughout the book displays how the town revolves around sports. Everything that Odessa does is centered around the football team. The players train everyday to work to improving their record and that is all that matters to

Sports are a significant part of society and spectators enjoy particular events regardless of the type. However, there are many players who develop special working and social relationships with whom they are participating regardless of the type of sport. The relationship and how people interact with one another can be the determination of how successful a team can be. The particular film based on a true story that I chose is titled When the Game Stands Tall. This film consists of a high performing football team of De La Salle High School in the state of California. Jim Caviezel portrays the head coach (Bob Ladouceur) as a man with such vision and passion that goes beyond the fundamental principles of coaching the game of football. The football team had won 151 games without being defeated which is the highest winning record a team has had in the game of football. The film shows the internal struggles of the players in their lives as people, and how they perform on the field. It also shows the external tragic difficulties that they face while they attend and play for De Le Salle High School. In the movie, the head coach helps the students/players by not only coaching them but also showing them how to live a flourishing life by committing to endure difficult life situations and the way to overcome them. He helps teach the principles of brotherhood and companionship with the team that they build. In the movie, the head coach and the staff had taught the players

The film “Coach Carter” demonstrates many great examples of good communication between coach and athlete. I will point out a few examples of good communication from the film and I will explain why the examples I discuss demonstrate characteristics of effective communication. I will use a few excerpts out of the communication chapter of our text book, Chapter 11. I will use these excerpts from Chapter 11 of our text book to explain why the examples/quotes from the film, that I have pointed out, demonstrate good communication skills. The film “Coach Carter” is a great film about a high school basketball team that is located in a bad area of town. The

This novel develops characters that engage in sex, to teachers cheating so their high school football players can continue to participate on the football field. Many people have a major affect on football and society in this novel. One of the major characters was Boobie Myles. Boobie was supposed to be the star athlete on the Permian football team. In the beginning, Boobie was arrogant to his teammates and wasn’t a good team leader. All Boobie cared about was winning and getting to the next level of football to satisfy his athletic needs. When Boobie is injured, he realizes he took football for granted and would do anything to play again. The team needs Boobie and Boobie needs the team. Coach Gaines realizes Boobie was seriously hurt and gives an inspiring pep talk to the team about how the players need to put their heart in the game and how lucky they are to be playing for Odessa.

This holds very controversial ideals; for that you would have to be very opened minded too. It points out the everyday flaws that our society takes as normal. As when the author was watching a Football game he noticed a specific play where a player failed to catch the ball it fell on the ground, to which he rolled over, picking the ball up claiming that it was in his hands the whole time. Now the referee was not in a good position to tell if he did. Instead of the player telling the ref that they did not have it the whole time they continued on lying. This is what a “good team player” is. Lying to get an advantage over others no matter what the consequences were. Even if it meant getting kicked off the team if caught. This passage was the