Are you kind to your siblings? Are they kind to you? The same scenario happens in Edward Bloor’s Tangerine. A boy named Paul had problems with his eyesight, but when the family moved to Tangerine, Paul starts to see all the problems happening. Although,his brother, Erik, is in the Football Dream, he doesn’t have a connection between them. The book uses a motif of brotherhood to show that older siblings can sometimes get dangerous younger siblings, and possibly to other people.
Older siblings become aggravated with their younger siblings. Erik threatens and makes-fun-of Paul. When Paul was standing near the bus stop, Erik approached him with people around him and said “Hey Eclipse Boy, how many fingers am I holding up!” (p. 53). Erik knew how
