Choices That Affect Paul's Life

Tangerine Essay By Samantha Zazado. The novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor is a realistic fiction. It's about a boy named Paul who faces challenges, fears, and consequences. Paul’s family moved to Florida and had to meet new people, and Paul needed to find a way to make the soccer team.

In Edward Bloor’s novel Tangerine, how did one character’s choices and the consequences of these choices affect the development of the main character? The choices of the brother, Erik, affected Paul in many ways, most of which in a hasty manner. He was a terrible rotten brother to Paul, but not alone, he had some help from his friends. Erik tortured Paul and his friends the whole book, was a part in killing Luis Cruz, and he almost blinded Paul.

For example, when Paul and his family talk amongst themselves after just moving in, Paul's father immediately brings up his plans for Erik's future and Paul thinks, "How long did it take for Dad to get to his favorite topic, the Erik Fisher Football Dream?" (Bloor 11) Paul's father's life revolves around Erik's success in football so much that it's always his topic of choice to talk about. He has created a trap in which Erik's only defining trait is his skills in football. Paul's father has also left Erik as nothing but a shell, forcing Erik to only one choice, to be good at football. In addition, when Paul's grandparents confront his parents on their decision to not get Erik help, they state, "We did tell you so. Erik did need help. He needed a doctor." (Bloor 287) Instead, they don’t try to work with him. They don't accept his nature, and they try to continuously make him something he's not,

As Paul knows, Erik is a troubled teenager with issues that everyone seems to ignore. While Erik thinks he can get away with anything, he commits crimes such as threatening Luis, stealing valuable possessions from the town, and he is involved with why Paul has a declined vision. As Erik continues with these felonies, karma comes back to him. On page 240 the author wrote, “The Houston schools, and any other non contenders for the national title are gone. They have no place in the Erik Fisher Football Dream.” This shows that Erik’s new “criminal life” is starting to ruin his success. Erik’s football career was his life, and it seems that it is finally coming to an

Erik Fisher, Paul's older brother, is the main antagonist and has made a lot of choices that has affected Paul's life in some way. But the biggest choices that had the biggest effect on Paul is the part where Paul's project group has a meeting over at Paul's house. As the meeting goes on, Erik and Arthur Bauer, a henchman of Erik, shows up and Erik punches Tino, one of Paul's friend, in the face. The reason why Erik has decided to make this choice is because Tino was making a joke out of him. This effected Paul because his friends and paul started to

Some very bad decisions on Erik’s part have shaped Paul into the person he is. On pg. 263-264, the book says “I remembered Erik’s fingers prying my eyelids open while Vincent Castor sprayed white paint into them” This event changed the course of Paul’s life in a colossal way. If Erik hadn’t done this, Paul would never have been forced to play soccer at all, he could have played football like Erik even. Paul wouldn't have had to move schools to play soccer and he wouldn't have had to be goalie. This was a make-or-break decision on Erik’s part because it changed Paul’s life forever. For all we know,

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His brother Erik is believed to be the mild polite young man who had a bright future ahead of him if he continues to work hard at football. However, underneath the exterior, there lies something sinister. Underneath it all, Erik is actually a cruel, cold-hearted person who cares only about fulfilling his personal agenda; to make the Erik Fisher Football Dream a reality happen. He laughs and mocks other people’s pain, even at his fellow teammate Mike Costello who died tragically after being struck by lightning.

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On page 205, Paul states, “Erik lashed out, smashing the back of his hand across Tino’s face.” This quote marks the point in the book where the reader sees Erik’s true side. Now, because Erik is becoming more and more evil as the story goes on. But, whenever Erik does something bad, Paul's friendships take take a turn for the worse. To add, on page 211, the author say, “‘Arthur reached Luis, turned, and whipped the blackjack around with a loud crack...Erik walker quickly past Luis...Arthur takes care of my light work.’” This quote shows the further damage that has been done to Paul’s relationship with the Cruz

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