The somber voice, “Please, may we have a moment of peace and silence for our fellow student, the death of Mike Costello.” Coach Warner states. Everyone in the room is crying their eyes out, the sorrow and sympathy for the Costello family. Except, for two people, who were in the locker room with whimsical smirks, upon the sudden death of a fellow student. Bursting with laughter over a fatality. Erik Fisher, and Author Bauer, cracking up in the locker room, as if they were dying themselves, except only with laughter. But, when they come back out, into the real world, into the moment of silence. They for some reason, were pretending to be somber, pretending to care, but why. Why would someone ever laugh over a death, how could someone laugh over …show more content…
There are times when Erik shows up out of nowhere and will just annoy you, and bully you and won't care how you feel about it. For example it states that “Erik always annoys his brother, Paul”. For instance one time Erik opened up Paul's eyes just so he could get spray painted. He straight up meant for Paul too get upset and even worse hurt. While Erik disregards others feelings, there is Paul. On the other hand, Paul values human life. For example there was a time when Paul tries to make Joey feel better by reassuring him that everything will be okay with Mike after Erik put him down about it. Furthermore, throughout the story Erik has done some pretty sick things too just put others down, while Paul picks them right back up to make them feel better. Im sure you agree, that Erik will always disregard others feeling, which means Paul’s heroicness will always make him seem …show more content…
Imagine this, a child not much older than you, murdering someone. Yes, this has happened and this person just happens to be Erik Fisher. In the novel it states that Erik Fisher was involved of the murder of Luis Cruz. While one may be thinking, “What” or “murder?!”, another could be thinking well maybe there's a reason. But it says later on in the novel there is a reason, and the reason is that he is just one sick minded villain. While Erik is a murderer, there is a bright side, Paul. Paul throughout the story actually saved people, he would sacrifice his life for anyone. For instance, a sinkhole appears in the story right by the school, and innocent people who are in Paul's class, are sinking, and could be getting killed. But Paul Fisher, jumps into the hole and saves many lives. Why, one may ask, well because he is a hero. Unlike Erik, Paul rescues multiple innocent lives, and Erik just kills human
Your Silver Spoon Will Be the Death of You Meghan Daum’s Variation of Grief exemplifies how different people take advantage of their different lifestyles. Daum’s view of her friend, Brian Peterson, suggests that his privilege and lack of importance for time hindered him from maturing. His family was not large, according to Daum,”The Peterson family unit was a tiny thing—mom, dad, kid. There were no other siblings, only a handful of relatives.” Brian’s parents gave him everything he wanted.
Around the same section, Erik says the name “Castor” which triggers a memory Paul had blocked for a long time, the truth behind his visual impairment and that Erik was at fault for it. This led to Paul accepting it was not his fault and he finally stopped blaming himself for it. In conclusion, Paul started off as a wimpy, fearful kid who ended up finding a lot about himself and turned out a strong, independent young man. He had an incredible arch of character development throughout the entire novel, with changes in himself and the outside of him.
Erik is very rude, disrespectful, dissolute, sneaky, and egocentric, versus his brother being very kind and caring to others. Erik’s actions of evil traits are ongoing, but definitely more pronounced by his actions after Mike Costello’s death. “I carried my bags of groceries on into the kitchen and set them down. Then I heard a strange sound. It was the sound of voices in the backyard.
The first big choice that Erik made that affected Paul was when he hit Tino in the face.(205) “Immediately, faster than I thought he could, faster than Tino thought he could, Erik lashed out, smashing the back of his hand across Tino’s face, smashing him so hard that Tino spun halfway around in the air and landed on the grass. Erik did this because Tino made fun of him and he got angry. This affected Paul because he didn't do anything, it made him feel small. Paul says, “ I just stared back at her, paralyzed with fear, while the scene rolled on.”(204) This shows that Paul knew Erik was going to do something bad, he did nothing.
And I remembered Erik’s fingers prying my eyes open.” In this example, Erik doesn’t care if what he does hurts Paul. He’s going to do it anyways. Erik hurts Paul to keep himself safe and not his brother. Which shows he only cares about himself.
He will probably never set foot again. But mom would never understand that. For Joey, our house may as well be covered with canvas and bound by ropes, because it’s filled with poison.” (Bloor 145) Erik’s choice has obviously made some impact on Paul’s friendship with
In The Catcher in the Rye, it is observed that the novel is about grief. There are 5 stages of grief: denial, anger, depression, bargaining, and finally acceptance. The Catcher in the Rye shows how Holden goes through the grieving process. By the end of the novel it shows how Holden has reached closure or a way to let go.
The Purpose of Psychopaths in “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” In the short story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find,” a family of six meets their demise on the side of the road in Georgia after a gang of convicts lead by The Misfit brutally murders each member of the family. The story starts off in an upbeat tone and sets up a seemingly happy plot about a family going on vacation to Florida. However, the grandmother does not listen to her son about taking her cat on the trip and her disobedience ultimately leads to all of their deaths. The author changes the tone of the story at the end when the family gets into a wreck and faces a gruesome death by a crazed armed killer on the loose (O’Connor#).
The most important way Erik impacts Paul is he causes Paul’s life to become full of constant fear and anxiety. This is proven by Bloor when his character Paul states, “I have always been afraid of Erik” (42). Paul has been afraid of Erik his entire life, as Bloor indicates by this quote. The quote also gives the reason why Paul tries to avoid Erik, and sets up the
The canvas of his mind was never blank. The pictures of murdered children, and even his own sisters, haunted him. The memories were so vivid that he could not erase them. He is Samuel Willenberg. The author, Aron Heller, views Samuel Willenberg as a wounded survivor who devoted his life to keeping the memories of the Holocaust alive by sharing his various accomplishments as well as heartaches, and using elaborate quotes heard by thousands, if not millions, of people.
And I remembered Erik's fingers prying my eyelids open while Vincent Castor sprayed white paint into them. They left me screaming and rolling around on the floor of the garage. Mom came out and tried to drag me over to the hose to rinse out my eyes, but I bought like a wildcat. She managed to push me into the backseat of the car and drive me to the hospital.” The two quotes reveal how choices made by his family were majors factors in Paul’s life and were good and bad.
(page 12) This infers that Paul is scared of Erik. In conclusion, Paul doesn’t want Erik to hurt him, so he stays in his room all day avoiding Erik. Erik calls Paul Eclipse Boy because Paul believe he lost his eye
While waiting for Nathan in the other room, Erik heard the murder happen. He was shocked and did not have time to react or stop it. After the murder, Erik and a friend Brett helped Nathan clean up the crime scene. Now what got Erik life in prison, was the “confession” of Brett. Claiming that Erik also helped with the murder, he was then arrested on murder charges also.
But Paul had a reason to think that Erik might try to kill him. At the end of the novel though Paul stood up to Erik and told the truth to his parent’s the police and everyone else that Erik killed Luis
This passage proves how selfless Paul is and how he is the complete opposite of his malicious brother Erik, who wouldn’t hesitate to run and save his own life. Paul is always the one to stay behind and help because he is a strong moraled person. Paul 's neighborhood and school settings contribute to the novels’ motif of natural disasters, for lightning strikes and sinkholes are a constant threat. Case in point, daily lightning strikes