Tangerine Paul's Change Quotes

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Paul’s Change
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” -Mahatma Gandhi. In the novel Tangerine, by Edward Bloor, Paul changes in many ways. Throughout the book he struggles with so many things from Erik to his visual disabilities. Paul feels he needs to make a change just like everyone else, how will he do it? As Paul struggles with his confidence, he doesn't feel important, but soon he learns that he can make a change, and begins to build himself up.

Paul, in the beginning, is a fragile, shaky person who always needs someone by his side. “I burst through the front door, crying, hysterically.” When he always is laughed at, made fun of, and never does anything about it, sometimes he doesn’t even realize it. He doesn’t stand up for himself and doesn’t appear very confident at all. “I turned, startled to find someone was standing right behind me.” In addition, Paul, when someone says something that he doesn’t like, never stands
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Furthermore, He learns to fight for what he wants and what he believes. In the quotes, he disputes with his parents because he wants to go to Tangerine Middle School for the next semester, because of the sinkhole, instead of Lake Windsor Middle School because he wants a new start . Moreover, Paul and Joey Costello also save many students from the dangerous sinkhole. “We pulled and grabbed kids as they made their way up the slippery incline to the top.” Instead of running away and leaving the students, Paul knows he has to be brave and help the portables stuck in the thick mud. Ultimately, Paul makes a change, he is the leader who pulls out the grounded kids. In this novel, Paul changes the way he thinks, acts, and reacts. He becomes a more confident, courageous, and bold person who can change the world. In conclusion, Paul learns that his fear from the beginning can be no more in his life so he chooses to be positive and