The Motifs Of Sight In Edward Bloor's Tangerine

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If you have 20/20 vision can you see better than people who don't have 20/20 vision? You might think so but In the novel Tangerine, Edward Bloor Paul is visually impaired but he can see his brother Erik bad behavior even though his parents can not. In the novel the author uses the motif of sight to show that sight is not only with your eyes.
Paul can see his brother bad behavior even though his parents can not. Paul sees Erik his brother talking to his friend happily about a dead team mate but his parents don't notice he says “did you see the side of his head he got mohawked” (52). Paul can see that Erik has bad behavior, but his mom can't Paul says “because Erik is a psycho mom.”(209).Paul's parents don't see erik hitting Tino but paul