Crusader

Have you ever had that moment in your life when the truth about something, ‘’set you free?’’ Well this book is all about that. The themes of ‘’Tangerine” by Edward Bloor is seeing and the truth. Paul faces many things in his life, which all revolves around those themes. The main character had a traumatic experience when he was young, so he completely blocked out the memory and forgot all about it. Little by little, Paul pieces his memory together. Ironically, Paul sees the truth about others, but he doesn’t know everything about himself. On page 4 of the book, Paul says, I can see everything. I can see things mom or dad can’t see. Or won’t.’’ Edward Bloor expresses the themes of seeing and truth in each part of the book. Edward Bloor uses word choice in part one to express the theme. In Part One, Paul makes the move from Houston, Texas to lake Windsor Downs, Florida. Paul has to make new friends, go to a new school, and get used to living in that area all over again. He goes through hardships like getting kicked off a soccer team, being treated differently because of his eyesight being pushed to the side because of Erik’s football accomplishments. His mom ruined his life with submitting an IEP which, somehow didn’t allow him to play soccer for Lake Windsor. Throughout the section, the author uses words related to eyesight. Why? To express the theme. Paul wears these goggles to help with his eyesight, which are also related to the themes. The author uses words like seeing…

Tangerine is a great book full of mystery, friendship, suspense, and drama. Paul Fisher is a middle schooler that is irritated of his brother, Erik Fisher, being perceived as a caring older brother that is talented at playing football. Paul is the only person that knows the truth about his brother: Erik Fisher is a monstrous, dastardly, and heartless human being. When Paul and his family moved to Tangerine, Florida, he got a fresh start and a second chance at being socially accepted at school.…

Many believe the crusaders of the First Crusade set out to claim land, gold, or wealth, and for some this is true. However, for others this is not the case. Bohemond of Taranto set out on crusade for pious and not opportunistic reason. He led his men throughout the battles they encountered and they made him their leader for his leadership abilities; he actually led the whole crusading mission. He set the example by willingly devoting his allegiance to Alexius I Comenus, who he had a strained and…

Eric is described as cold, crazy, crole. In the text it tells you a lot of things he did to his brother in other. It gives you a lot of background information about Eric. this will be about the Eric in how he affected other around him. It will also give you a clear understanding of what type Eric is. In Edward Bloor’s novel Tangerine,Eric choices affect paul by making him understand that he did not need to be affair any more. Eric’s choice to kill Luis that Paul was getting close to…

Have all the choices you have made been all your own, for only yourself. Or were some, if not all impacted by others? How did those choices affect you and your life? Choices made by numerous characters in the book, Tangerine, impacted Paul in an abundant of different ways. “How did I actually become blind?” Paul had been asking himself and his family this since he was a mere 5 years old, he would always asked his parents how he got blind. Erik made multiple choices in the book. All…

Peter the Hermit, when he lead 20,000 commoners from Cologne, Germany towards the “Holy Land”. The crusaders traveled through the Rhine Valley and arriving at Speyer where they slaughtered almost every Jew. This was the first major slaughtering of the Jews by the Crusaders. They continue along their route and come across Semin and Belgrade. They conquer and sack these cities forcing Byzantine forces to retreat towards Nish. The crusaders follow the forces towards Nish and meet with them there.…

Motivations of the Crusaders The crusades were a holy conquest primarily taken up in the hands of Europeans, at the request of a pious individual. They represent an incredibly prominent era of world history. An era of political conflicts, both internal and external. However, very often the motivations for the different groups active in these conflicts are ignored, or manifest in an oversimplification of the truth. The first crusade, which was initiated by Pope Urban II in response to the…

Urban II for help to fight against the Seljuq Turks. The Seljuq Turks had previously taken all of Asia Minor from him. At the council of Clermont, Pope Urban II confronted a decently sized crowd and promoted the idea of everyone going over to recover Palestine by assisting the Greeks defeat the Muslims. The response was incredible. Several thousands of warriors decided to fight alongside of many other warriors chasing after the same goal. The crusaders were mainly fairly wealthy men who owned…

However, the motivating factors of the Pope were different to the factors, which motivated the crusaders. The tasks of the first crusade were “twofold”. Firstly, the freedom of fellow Christians, and secondly, the freeing of the Holy Land and Jerusalem, the "Mecca" of the Christian church. These aims encouraged a sense of religious passion in the early crusaders. Crusaders were certainly motivated by the benefits of church indulgence and protection, but perhaps, even at this early stage,…

In Crusaders and Pragmatists, Stoessinger mainly compares and contrasts two schools of thought in American foreign policy: the crusader and the pragmatist. Stoessinger defines a crusader as someone “whose hallmark is a missionary zeal to make the world better, but often manages to leave it in worse shape than before” due to their undying belief in their ideas while a pragmatist “refuses to get locked into a losing policy, changing directions without inflicting damage to his self-esteem” and is…