As they leave Lake Windsor, they pass the tree that has been planted for Mike Costello. Paul notices that it looks strong and healthy enough, but it’s still supported by stakes. The citrus trees remind Paul of Luis, and he rolls down the car window to drink in the scent—”the scent of a golden dawn” (3.16.

As they leave, they find the police, led to the house by Joey, waiting outside to arrest Erik and Arthur for the murder of Luis. Paul tells the police what he saw instead of covering for his brother, and Arthur is arrested while Erik is placed under house Arrest.

In Edward Bloor’s novel Tangerine, Luis Cruz is killed by a blow to the head from a blackjack wielded by Erik Fisher’s friend, Arthur Bauer.

A central theme of the book Tangerine is that keeping the truth a secret is damaging.

When Arthur and Erik are with Mr. Donnelly they smell like bug spray. This foreshadows that Arthur and Erik could have been the ones robbing the houses, and that’s why they smell so badly of bug spray.

Tangerine represents new projects, happiness, contentment, energy, motivation, lies, betrays and relationships. Dreaming of gifting a basket of tangerines to someone indicates your love for that person. However, if you gift him rotten tangerines, it means that you are jealous of his success in your waking life.

Oranges: Golden fruits such as oranges and tangerines are considered to be lucky according to Chinese tradition. Tangerines represent wealth while oranges are known to bring good luck.

Tangerine: = Clarity, Focus, Abundance, wealth, Prosperity, business success!

His glasses symbolize his ability to see the truth better than most people. They also remind us of the event that gave him this insight into the behavior of those around him.

Erik and Vincent spray-painted Paul’s eyes because they believed that Paul was the one who got Vincent into trouble. While Erik held Paul’s eyelids open, Vincent sprayed white paint into them. This horrifying incident left Paul screaming in pain on the garage floor.

Paul lost his eyesight when his brother and a friend sprayed paint into his eyes. The real story is that his brother held him down while his friend Vincent sprayed paint into his eyes out of revenge, claiming that Paul got him into trouble.

Erik

12 years old

Q. What triggered Paul’s flashback about what really happened to his eyes? Arthur hitting Luis with the blackjack. His brother punching Tino.

But the turning point in his life was the day he tortured Paul, his little kindergartener brother, by holding his eyelids open while his sidekick sprayed white spray paint into them.

Erik is pure evil. He is the bane of Paul’s existence—if there were no Erik, there would be no conflict. He takes almost all their parents’ attention and pride, he drives away Paul’s friends, and he’s hurt Paul physically and emotionally.

Erik decided to make fun of Paul by, saying that he is blind now because he looked up at he eclipse without protection. This is an impact on Paul because now he believes that is true even though he doesn’t remember. It also impacts him because he is always thinking back to that day.

Paul Fisher is the main character and narrator in Edward Bloor’s novel Tangerine. He is legally blind and wears very thick glasses. He has no peripheral vision. He believes that he was blinded by looking into an eclipse of the sun.

Joey Costello says “Mike always felt better when he got his shoes off,” to Paul. Joey was so determined to take Mike’s shoes off because Mike always took his shoes off when he returned from school or football practice. It was a comfortable tradition for the entire family.

What doesn’t Erik do that most people his age do? He doesn’t look for a college to go to.