What is the main setting in tangerine?
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Asked by: Jim Villalobos
Tangerine is set in fictional Tangerine County, Florida. The time is around 1997, when the book was written.
What is the primary theme of Tangerine?
A central theme of the book Tangerine is that keeping the truth a secret is damaging.
What location does the movie open and final conflict take place in Tangerine?
Actually, the story starts out at Paul Fisher’s old house in Houston, TX, right as the Fisher fam is moving out. But everything else happens in Tangerine Country—except Paul’s flashbacks, which always take him back in time to their old house in Huntsville.
Who is Paul’s crush in Tangerine?
Kerri Gardner
Kerri Gardner
She starts out as Paul’s guide, but then they go through a series of little missed encounters: she talks to him at Mike’s funeral, but then hangs out with another guy at the carnival. Paul is bummed about that, but when her friend Cara calls him to see if he likes her, he’s psyched.
What is the main conflict in Tangerine?
The book Tangerine is a novel written by Edward Bloor, the main conflict in this story is about a main character, a kid named Paul, is coming to an understanding of his dark past.
Who killed Luis in Tangerine?
Luis goes to Erik’s football practice to confront him about this, but Erik distracts him while signaling his friend Arthur to strike Luis from behind using a blackjack. This is witnessed by Paul, and Luis is found dead six days later from an aneurysm.
What grade is Erik in Tangerine?
seventh grade
The protagonist, is twelve years old and in seventh grade. He is considered to be legally blind. He plays soccer, mostly as goalie.
What is the climax in Tangerine?
The climax is when Erik beats up Tino. Luis finds Erik. Erik tells Arthur to hit him with a night stick(or blackjack) and that ends up killing him.
What is the resolution in Tangerine?
Resolution. The resolution of Tangerine is that in the end Paul and Erik’s parents finally found out about Erik and all of the bad things that he does. This makes Paul happy when their mother finds one of Erik’s gym bags full of gas masks and valuables that he and Arthur stole.
What is the exposition of the story Tangerine?
A giant sinkhole swallows half of Paul’s school, so he’s sent to the “tougher” public school nearby, where he has to make new friends all over again. His brother Erik starts complicating things for him in that department, too, by bullying his buds, old and new.
