Paul's Blindness In Tangerine

It only takes only one person to change the way you think about yourself. The novel “Tangerine” by Edward Bloor is about a boy(Paul) who can't stand up to his fears. This changes throughout the book. Every choice has a consequence, and all of the characters made Big and small choices. Paul's brother Erik’s choices affected Paul in a positive way, but the consequences of his choices were not.

Has anyone ever told you “The truth will set you free” have you told the truth after that? Well in most all cases that is the truth, in the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor the main character Paul is able to see the truth but he does not say anything about it. Untill a very tragic event happened his own brother killed a person and Paul knew that but did not say anything about it. The person that died was Luis a person that Paul knew very well. Erik Paul’s brother was a famous football star.

In the novel, Tangerine by Edward Bloor, Erik is characterized as a psychopath. Erik is callous to the people around him. On page 113, it says “Erik carrying all of him football gear, swiped at Arthur with his helmet and said ‘Hey check it out it’s Mohawk Man’s brother.’” This shows that Erik doesn’t care about anyone feelings. He doesn’t care so he makes fun of Joey's dead brother. In the story, Erik is also very selfish. On page 263 it says “I could hear my voice crying, ‘I didn’t tell! I didn’t tell!’ 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.

Does Paul Fisher change throughout the book? Tangerine by Edward Bloor is a book about the protagonist Paul, and how he goes through change. In the novel, Paul is shy and soft-spoken, but as his confidence builds he learns to speak boldly for what he stands for.

It’s clear to see that Erik Fisher is a cold blooded, heartless person, but what are some of the affects that his actions have on Paul? Paul Fisher has hidden in dark covered by Erik shadow. And the whole time everyone thinks of Erik as the perfect child, when in reality he is very far from it. He is just a big bully and jerk to anyone that dares to stand in his way of his deceiving plans. Eriks choices impact Paul majorly by, making him legally blind, lowering his self esteem, and killing his best friend.

“I am strong, because I’ve been weak” In the book Tangerine by Edward Bloor, the Fishers move from Texas to Florida because Mr. Fisher gets a new job. Paul is told that he became blind by staring into an eclipse for too long, but later learned that it was his brother’s fault. Even though Paul starts off with a low self-esteem, he learns that he is strong, and can do whatever he puts his mind to.

“I remember the fear in his eyes. I know that fear. It’s my fear” (Bloor, 76). Edward Bloor’s novel, Tangerine, is about how Paul’s life has become a personal horror show, thanks to his older brother, Erik. The twisted antagonist upsets Paul by causing him to live in constant fear, making his friends start to exclude him, and hurt his confidence so he won’t stand up for himself.

Have you ever wondered how an older brother feels about the younger one? For example, in Tangerine, a novel by Edward Bloor, the main character Paul, had feared his older brother, Erik, for his entire life. In the book, Erik is described as a selfish character that didn’t care for Paul in the very least. Just the opposite, Erik often likes to make choices that would make Paul feel bad. Erik’s choices have caused Paul to be blind, made him think himself as a coward, and weakened the friendships between Paul and Joey.

Imagine moving away from home, changing schools, and having a family that won’t even give attention when needed. Paul goes through all of this, and he is left to make decisions that will change his life forever. Three choices Paul goes through are, changing schools, tattling on Tangerine Middle School soccer players, and informing the police about Arthur and Erik’s wrong doings. In the novel, Tangerine by Edward Bloor, Paul moves from Houston Texas to Tangerine Florida, and the first five months are filled with decisions and chaos. The choices made by Paul, and the consequences of those choices, affect the development of his character.

Erik Fisher’s choices affected Paul in many ways. First of all, Erik is a High school jock who just because he’s older, thinks he can push Paul around. When Paul was getting ready to leave to Florida he had a bad flashback about his brother. The flashback shows Erik in a black truck chasing Paul on his bike. Paul knew it was Erik because he was the only person who hated him the most. “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 theme of the poem is never giving up and it portrays Mr. Fisher being resilient about the “Erik Fisher Football Dream.” Mr Fisher in this poem is seen to be as the “man in the shadows” as he is always lurking behind Erik trying to make his dream come true. The tone of this poem is obsession and almost mysterious. Throughout the piece it is conveyed with words such as “pointless vision the man would not let go of” and “determined to make the delusion exist.” This provides the tone of obsession with the connotation of the words. This particular theme was chosen because we thought it would be more of a challenge writing about a different kind of resilience. In this particular poem the resilience shown by the father of Paul Fisher is more of a infatuation and it was almost

There are many horrific villains in movies. Some examples are Farquaad from Shrek, The Stepsisters from Cinderella, and the Evil Queen from Snow White. These characters are all cruel and disrespectful people who want to disturb others’ lives. Thankfully, other people in the world remind us that there are good people in life that are not all bad. Some examples are Woody from Toy Story, Luke Skywalker from Star Wars, and Ariel from The Little Mermaid. A great amount of movies and Tv shows connect to other books like Tangerine by Edward Bloor. The hero is Paul Fisher and the villain is Erik Fisher. Many villains exist Erik is one of them. Erik is selfish, atrocious, and completely deceitful character that makes him one of the

Paul learned a lot from Tangerine and not a lot from Lake Windsor Middle, but combine them and he learned that they both may be different but one is rich, and one is poor. He comes in both he knows, he can see more than his own family, more than joey, more than Tangerine, more than Lake Windsor Middle, and more than the adults. So I do agree he is not blind, he can see more, than if he was

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.

In the story “Tangerine” by Edward Bloor, Paul is characterized as an observant and introverted character who has the gift of knowing who a person really is. Even though Paul’s parents choose to be the ignorant people they are, they really don’t believe what Paul sees since they think that he’s visually impaired. According to page 63 of “Tangerine”, “You told them I’m handicapped! You told them I’m visually impaired!” Paul’s parents had told his teachers that h was visually impaired and now Coach Walski kicked Paul off the team for just that reason. On page 4 of “Tangerine” it states, “But I can see. I can see everything. I can see things that Mom and Dad can’t. Or won’t.” This just leads back to Paul being very observant and being able to