Edward Bloor's Tangerine

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Tangerine by Edward Bloor is a truly incredible story that consists of secrets and a not-so-normal county where muck fires burn continuously, lightning storms occur daily and where sinkholes open up. Paul Fisher, the main protagonist, and his family move from Houston, Texas to Tangerine County, Florida, where things get weird for the Fisher family. Paul faces constant harassment from his brother Erik, the main antagonist, and his best friend, Arthur. His parents pay much attention towards Erik, even if they know the dark secret of what caused Paul to wear coke bottle glasses his whole life. Paul eventually finds out after facing stages of grief, struggles, attention and unhealthy relationships. In the novel, Tangerine, Edward Bloor creatively …show more content…
The scion from when Paul firsts visits the Tomas Cruz Nursery is a superb example of symbolism to represent memory and the past. Page 164 is when the scion is first mentioned, Luis explains to Paul’s group “At this spot, we cut a slit into the rough lemon tree, set a new type of bud inside, and close the slit up with tape. Now we have turned the tree into something else… The new bud that we grafted onto the rootstock is called a scion. The word scion means, like, a child or a descendant of the tree.” This quote is critical to the theme since it represents Paul coming from Houston, Texas to Tangerine County, Florida where he grows both physically and mentally. This quote can also mean that Paul coming from Lake Windsor Middle to Tangerine Middle, so that the old Paul which is now rooted into Tangerine will grow into a new Paul. The muck fire is another clever use of symbolism to represent memory and the past. On page 17 is where the muck fire is mentioned, Wayne, the fireman in training, tries to help Paul and his mom try to understand the situation “They’re burning all the time. Burning right there under the ground, all the time.” This is important because the muck fire represents Paul’s forgotten memory of what happened to his eyes burning at the back of his memory trying to
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