Brothers, they're supposed to be part time enemies part time bestfriends that you can trust and tell all your secrets to. But Paul Fisher’s Brother is probably a full time demonic demon. Erik Fisher (Paul’s Brother) has tormented Paul since he was 5 years old and has been Paul’s worst nightmare. But although Erik is a complete waste of human flesh, He does teach Paul one imperative lesson. In Edward Bloor’s Tangerine, Erik Fisher has mostly been an enemy to Paul but he does give Paul a statement to live by.
His favorite hobby is soccer. He has an older brother named Erik that is a big trouble maker, and he is extremely mean to Paul. As Paul struggles with a bad relationship with his older brother, he feels powerless, but soon he has to stand up for what is right, and he begins to take charge of this situation. “It was Erik.” I was saying “Erik.
Paul Fisher is a boy whose eyes are covered by goggles for Paul's supposedly bad eye sight by the solar eclipse. Paul’s brother, Erik, is part of this story and Paul knows it. I believe there is a bigger secret about Paul’s eyesight and how he lost it. Erik has a lot to do about Paul’s confidence and His choices affect Paul because Erik and his “friends” were a bad influence to Paul and his friends. Erik makes his choice of “friends”.
Fisher also made choices that impacted his whole family. Like his wife, he has been easy on Erik too. After, Erik and his friend spray paint Paul’s eyes, Mr.Fisher chooses to forget about the incident and move on. He also chose to not tell Paul the truth about his eyes because he didn’t want Paul to fear his older brother. Doing this really doesn’t help Paul because he is already terrified of his brother.
On page 205, the book shows Paul thoughts by saying, “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.” As a result of Tino taunting Erik about the “banana-peel-flip”, purposefully provoking Erik because of his comment of “‘...I think it’s great that these farm-labor kids get to spend a day away from the fields.’” (page 204), Erik had hit Tino’s face . By doing this, Erik had caused a rift Paul and his friends. Paul also struggled with whether or not to tell his parents about what happened, and he wonders why he can’t tell them about the actions of
This quote from the text is clarifying how Paul told Sergeant Rojas everything he saw and heard from Erik and Arthur. He told Sergeant Rojas about the incident that involved Erik and Arthur killing Luis with a spine-chilling blackjack. Sergeant Rojas brought Arthur to jail, and told Erik to stay in the house so if he was to come back, Erik will be in the house. Revealing Erik and Arthur’s secrets with Sergeant Rojas lifts a weight off of Paul’s shoulders, and finally puts an end to the Erik Fisher Football Dream. To conclude, The decisions Paul had to make not only affected him, but it also affected his friends, family, and enemies.
Erik hurts, mutilates, and disgusts Paul all through a series of poor choices that influenced Paul. In the beginning of the story, Erik disgusted Paul in many ways. For example, Erik chose to make fun of a dead person and a former teammate: “I looked through the patio doors and saw Erik and Arthur. They were laughing, I stepped closer to the
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.
Erik did not stop Castor, but rather helped him. If Erik had been a good brother, this wouldn’t have happened. Erik also made Paul view himself as a coward. Throughout the book,
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
Erik’s father was so into the “Erik fisher football dream” that he did not realize that Erik is the reason that Paul is halfway blind. Erik thought that Paul told on his friend and he got in trouble “ You’re going to have to pay for telling on Castor. You told who sprayed paint on the wall, and Castor got into trouble. Castor doesn’t like getting into trouble….. And I remember Erik’s fingers prying my eyelids open while Vincent Castor sprayed white paint into them.”
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
