Introductory paragraph: Erik Fischer is an all star football player that makes poor choices that influence other people. Erick’s choices not only affect his life they also affect his family's life, especially his brother Paul's.Erik's choice to hit Tino, tell Arthur to hit Luis,and his choice to spray spray-paint in Paul's eyes all significantly affect Paul. Body paragraph #1: The first choice Erik made that affects Paul was when Erik hit Tino.Erik chose to hit Tino because Tino was making fun of Erik, which made Erik angry.This choice affects Paul because it made the people on the soccer team not want to hang out with Paul anymore and it made Paul feel useless because he did not stick up for Tino even though he knew Eric would do something bad.Paul said,”I just stared back at him paralyzed with fear”(page 205).Also …show more content…
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The choice that Erik mad that affects Paul the most is when Paul realises that Erik made him visually impaired.Paul said,”and I remember Erik's fingers prying my eyelids open while vincent sprayed white spray paint into them”(page 263),Erik did this because he thought Paul told on themr.This affects Paul because after he found out the real reason he is visually impaired in his flashback,he felt better knowing the truth.After Paul screamed at his parents for keeping this from him he said,”I am alright,I am more than alright,finally”(page
Paul knows that Erik is bad, but chooses not to mention the fact for that reason. When Paul and Mrs. Fisher are touring Lake Windsor MS, he disagrees with the fact that his mother registered him as ‘’legally blind’’. He quietly moves along gritting his teeth as he is labelled blind. Although he wears thick glasses, he is not completely blind.
Have you ever heard of an elder brother damaging his younger brother’s eyes that makes him partially blind? Have you ever heard of a high school student who beats young students because they made fun of him? Have you ever heard of an elder brother who kept his younger so afraid that they didn't even talk while sharing the same house? In the realistic fictional novel, Tangerine written by Edward Bloor, Bloor states that Erik made Paul partially blind, Erik hurt characters in the book that were the most significant to Paul, and Erik also kept Paul afraid of himself.
Jeremy Fink has a big fear of change. This shows that he doesn’t really like to try new things and he is not really a risk taker. Jeremy, a 12 year old, has been living without his father for five years now and that has been tough on him. That is one of the reasons he doesn’t like change, because the biggest change he can remember is living without his father. Another example is Jeremy’s food choice.
He tried to kill me.’” This quote was from the flashback on pages 2 and 3. “ And I remember Erik’s fingers prying my eyelids open while Vincent Castor sprayed white paint into them.” This quote was from the flashback on pages 263 and 264. The flashbacks mean that Paul has a dysfunctional relationship with his family.
There are mentions of incidents involving Paul and his major temper early on, as well as an internal dialogue vaguely hinting that Paul does not seem to care for the majority of individuals, but it is revealed further on that Paul wears a façade of emotion in order to mask that apathy. When directly challenged and angered, Paul truly believes that he is above any person in his way. During the chapter where Paul is beating Serge with a pan, he pauses only when, “Michel was standing in the doorway. He wasn’t looking at his uncle on the floor, but me. ‘Michel,’ I said.
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.
Paul seems to be afraid of Erik, which is reasonable given the things that he has put Paul through. For example, Paul is a constant punching bag for Erik, as he mocks him and feels superior towards him; Erik being the older sibling and thus has more freedom. The story also gives hints that Erik has something to do with Paul's lack of peripheral sight. However, despite that Paul is afraid of Erik, is doesn't mean that Paul isn't willing to indirectly go against him. He has seen many heinous things that Erik has done, like punching Tino and mocking Mike Costello, so he seems to be waiting for the right time to strike.
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.
When Paul was young, Erik and a friend of his put spray paint in Paul’s eyes, which left Paul a visually impaired person for the rest of his life. “And I remembered Erik’s fingers prying my eyelids open while Vincent Castor sprayed white paint into them. ”(Bloor 263) Erik accused Paul of telling on the teachers and getting Castor in trouble.
“Erik. He tried to kill me,” (Bloor 3). This event ended up causing Paul not to be trusted by his parents because Erik was sitting in the dining room doing homework. Erik lied to Paul making him believe that he was partially blinded by looking at an eclipse for so long but Paul knew that was fake. “I remember Erik‘s fingers prying my eyelids
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
I’m afraid Arthur now too.” Paul has a low self-esteem. He is weak and does not think that he can stand up for himself. “I can see things that Mom and Dad can’t. Or won’t.”
The book Tangerine is a novel written by Edward Bloor, the main conflict in this story is about a main character, a kid named Paul, is coming to an understanding of his dark past. The genre of this book is a realistic fiction. Motif is a …. The motif in this story is sight. In this novel even though Paul is visually impaired, he can “see” things that others can't or won't see.
Since many people look down upon Paul, he notices facts and clues society does not, however, he fears saying something, in which causes his friend to end up dying Within the story, Paul lives in his own bubble, disconnected from the world and society, so he knows what others do not. It is as if Paul lives in the sun and knowledge of the world, baring that burden while others in society live in darkness with a slight sliver of light from the moon, believing they know the world to its full extent when in reality they are blind and in the dark. This affects Paul since he possesses ideas from another point of view that others have no clue about. This is important because without the knowledge that Paul posses, he would be like his none the wiser parents, which
The effect of his choice made Tino not forgive him, but also forgive him at the same time. Tino had mixed feeling about Paul’s choice. Fortunately, Tino didn’t tell the other guys and Paul didn’t get in trouble with the other guys on the team. So for this last choice, the outcome was that Tino hadn’t told on him for ratting on the other guys including with himself, and the only emotion that was expressed was mixed