Confidence In Edward Bloor's Tangerine

And though Paul is surrounded with Erik’s trouble and evil, Paul received strength through it as well.

Paul's has just moved to Gate a prestigious school at which his mother works at. Coming out of a troubling divorce his mother packs up pal and moves. A few weeks after he moved to town he started becoming friends with Charlie. People's differing views towards Charlie leaves Paul at a stuck point with many people in his life. For example Binky, Paul's best friend for a while took him in, hung out with him, and made him feel like a friend.

A person etched in history once said,”It only takes a second to make a choice, yet the choice made in that second, can have consequences that last for a lifetime.” In Tangerine by Edward Bloor, the reader learns that every choice you make has impacting consequences. The main character, Paul, struggles to remember his not-so-perfect past and the reason for impaired vision. Along the way, Paul has to confront his fear of his older brother, Erik, whose choices have impacted Paul for his entire life. Through Erik’s choices and the consequences of his choices, Paul is neglected, bullied, misunderstood, and feels loss, but learns to speak up.

From the beginning of the novel there has always been an odd vibe coming from Paul Fisher's brother, Erik Fisher. In many eyes Paul is caring, open-minded, and respectful, but Erik is the exact opposite, being more self-centered, sneaky, and egotistical. Eriks actions of being sneaking can be constant, but more seen when Paul wakes up in the middle of the night.

One of the cruelest things Erik did in the book was damage Paul’s eyesight. Because of what Erik did, it ruined Paul’s child/teen hood. He couldn’t play on the Lake Windsor soccer team, he got called mean names, and he was seen as “handicapped” by people including his mom. This just shows how much of a sick person Erik is. Erik may be cruel, but Paul is very compassionate. He enjoys helping people. In the story, Paul helped Luis Cruz with his tangerine business. Even though Paul didn’t have to, he chose to fight the freeze and try to save the tangerines with Luis and his family. Paul may have gotten sick and had problems during the freeze, but he fought through it to be with his friends. Based on that, you know that Paul is a true

“Stop letting people walk all over you. You 're not a sidewalk.” This is a quote that applies to the life of Paul Fisher. Paul Fisher is a 13-year-old character played in the novel, Tangerine by Edward Bloor. Paul, who moved from Texas to Tangerine County located in Florida was disabled. His disability of being legally blind has been the shadow of his life. Paul has an older brother named Erik Fisher, a mother named Mrs. Fisher, and a father Mr. Fisher. Erik is the star kicker for Tangerine High School. All of Paul’s life, Erik had been the fearful, scary older brother to Paul. In Edward Bloor’s novel Tangerine, Paul’s brother Erik, has a negative impact on Paul throughout the novel, but will his fear for Erik change throughout the novel?

When Paul was five-years-old, Erik and an old friend, Vincent, held Paul’s eyes opened and sprayed them with white paint. Erik chose to do this because he had thought that Paul told on him and Vincent for spray painting the walls. Although everyone else in the family knew, Paul did not find out until seven years later. “We wanted to find a way to keep you from always hating your brother” (Bloor 265). This comment was made by Paul’s dad, when Paul confronted his parents about the situation. Because of this decision Erik made, Paul lost his eyesight and his parent’s trust all in one

In the novel, Tangerine, by Edward Bloor, Paul and Erik don't really get along. Paul has many flashbacks on thing that Erik did to him and they aren't good flashbacks either. Eriks choices affected Paul greatly. The choices that Erik made that affected Paul were Erik calling Paul “Eclipse boy”, Luis’s death, and when Erik put spray paint in Paul’s eyes. All of the choices had a brutal outcome that affected Paul.

He confronts his family about how he got his bottle cap glasses and how the wrath of Erik played a role in it all. In the text it states, “‘Let me ask you one thing, mom. When you got home from the hospital that day, did you see the white paint on Erik’s hands’ ‘Yes’ ‘Did you know what happened’ ‘Yes’” (265). This means that Paul’s parents knew what happened to his eyes but did not tell him so he did not hate his brother.

Have you ever wondered how stressed out a person can be? Thats Paul he deals with a lot in this book. He has his mind everywhere and no one understands him, he doesn't understand people. In Edwards Bloors novel Tangerine, Paul's choices and the consequences of his choices affected the development of him because he wasn't able to fit in with his peers or understand what was wrong with the people in his community. This essay will be about how Paul’s life is good,bad,and different.

It was his anger about Luis’ death that enabled Paul to make this confession. When the cops came to arrest Arthur for being linked to the death of Luis, “[Paul] stood up straight and faced them all, like [he] had seen Luis do. ‘I saw-I heard Erik Fisher tell him to do it’”(276). The guilt inside Paul over Luis’ death quickly turned into anger when Arthur’s father tried to convince the cops that Arthur was innocent. Paul gained this courage because of the presence of the many adults and officers who were around, making sure that Erik could not get revenge on Paul. The book implied that Erik was going to jail when the officer said “You keep this young man in the house-not in the neighborhood, not in the yard-in the house. I may call or come back at any time and I expect him to be here”(276). When Paul confessed, he changed his entire life, because his parents would no longer act as if Erik were the standard that Paul had to meet. This also helped Paul prove to his parents that Erik was a terrible person deep down and not destined for greatness the way his parents thought. Paul was brave for standing up to Erik in front of his family and the police. Most importantly, Paul exposed Erik for what he really was-a cold-hearted person who didn’t deserve all the attention that he received for being a great football

With this choice having been made, Paul’s friendships are damaged. The instance in which Erik hits Tino is on page 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.” The effect of this act of violence is that Paul’s friends begin to associate Paul with Erik together being on similar terms. Presumably on the premise that they are brothers and Paul did nothing to stop Erik. In order to mend his relationship with his friends (Particularly Tino), Paul learns how to improve his friendships by helping each other and gaining one another’s

In the literature, topic author often has selfish characters. In the short story, The Lamp at Noon by Sinclair Ross introduces the problems happens in most of the families. In the short story, Paul is a character who does not listen to his wife. He lives with his own perspectives. The only thing he cares about is his land.

In this essay, Paul’s decisions will be analyzed and the consequences of them will be too. “Just let me go to tangerine middle. Do you understand? I wouldn’t be the waterboy there. I’d be the goalie.

“Why couldn't I tell my own parents about Erik? What was wrong with me? What was wrong with all of us?” Edward Bloor was trying to explain that you might be scared by telling the truth because you never know if someone will ever believe you. The main character, Paul, wants his parents to believe him because from past experiences his parents didn’t believe that Paul was actually telling the truth.