Erik Fisher Choices And Consequences

This choice also released a large weight off of Paul’s shoulders, and answered one of the biggest questions of the book: What really happened to Paul Fisher’s eyes? When Eric was younger and had an accomplice named Vincent Castor, they had teamed up and spray painted Paul's eyes. They did this because they thought that Paul had been the one who told on Vincent for spray painting a wall in their old neighborhood. Paul felt very relieved and better after realizing the truth behind his impaired vision, but he had also been furious that it’d happened all because of his crazy brother. The next morning he had felt obligated to confront his parents about the whole

Paul’s eyes were not actually damaged from an eclipse. Erik is responsible for damaging his eyes by having his friend Vincent spray paint into them. His parents were lying to him for years. Seeing the Truth “The Erik Fisher Football Dream” People don’t know the background of Erik. Erik is a killer, a thief, and a bully.

Do relatives or friends choose poor choices? In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor, character choices affect the main character, Paul Fisher. He is a visually impaired student who attended two middle schools in Tangerine County, Florida. He was influenced by other people around him. In fact, Erik, his brother, impacted Paul’s life largely by his choices. Erik’s choices affected Paul in many ways.

He said to his parents, “let me ask you one thing, mom. When you got home from the hospital that day did you see the white paint on Eric’s hands?” Then she said yes, and he got told that they did know the reason of being blind was from the paint that Eric had sprayed into his eyes. Paul was furious and he will now forever pay for what Eric has done to him. Paul then developed and had the courage to tell everyone that Eric was the one to kill Luis and steal all of the things from the houses.

A choice made by Erik Fisher affected Paul by Making him blind. “...I remembered Erik’s fingers prying my eyelids open while Vincent Castor sprayed white paint into them’’, Page 264 . Erik chose to do this because he thought that Paul snitched on Vincent and Erik, so they gave him “payback”. Paul was told that he looked at a solar eclipse which made him blind but was later revealed to him that it was Erik and his Goon’s Fault, which enraged him.

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

Erik made a terrible choice to help Vincent Castor with spray painting Paul eyes. Erik did this because Paul told on Castor for what he did with the white paint “Castor had sprayed something on that gray wall” (Bloor 263). This shows that Paul is remembering what Vincent sprayed on the gray wall with white spray paint. “I turned around around and saw Vincent Castor. He was holding a can of spray paint.

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

Paul’s emerging awareness about how his personal history continue to affect his relationships with his friends, teammates, family, and school. Erik earns revenge for Vincent, his sidekick, by, “... prying my eyelids open while Vincent Castor sprayed white paint into them. They left me screaming and rolling around on the floor of the garage” (Bloor 263-264). As a consequence of this choice, Erik’s selfishness is shown to imply that he has no emotion for Paul. This decision affected Paul’s life by making him almost blind, causing him to obtain an Individualized Education Program form, kicked off the Lake Windsor soccer team, and receiving mocking comments because of his ¨coke-bottle¨ glasses. In essence, Paul is influenced by Erik and infuriated that his life has been a lie, ‘‘Am I such a stupid idiot fool that I stared at a solar eclipse for an hour and blinded myself? Is that who I am? Am I that idiot?’’ (Bloor 264). Paul is full of rising anger and has never considered that Erik actually was the cause of his bad sight. Paul’s glasses play a recurring role of demonstrating the inability to see the truth because sometimes, he notices things that others do not. Throughout the story, Paul is trying to find the truth of what actually caused his poor eyesight, relying on his visions to find his own identity to be part of the Tangerine society. Overall, Paul’s entire life

First of all, Erik’s decision to tell his friend, Vincent Castor, to spray paint into Paul’s eyes affects Paul by making him “legally blind.” Paul “remembered Erik’s fingers prying my eyelids open while Vincent Castor sprayed white paint into them.” (Bloor, 263-264) After Vincent got caught spray painting a public wall, Erik was certain it was Paul that ratted him out, so he decided to punish him. Since Paul is “legally blind” without his glasses, this makes it hard for him to be involved in extracurricular activities such as soccer. It also changed how people viewed him because a lot of people thought he was disabled. If Erik hadn’t decided to spray paint Paul’s eyes, Paul wouldn’t be legally blind, and he would have been able to join the Lake Windsor soccer team.

When Paul was a small boy, around the age five, Erik and his friend, Vincent Castor, blinded Paul with silver spray paint. The boys were angry that Paul had gotten Vincent in trouble with his family and took it to extreme measures to punish him. While Erik held the struggling Paul down, Vincent sprayed Paul in the eyes with spray paint, so Paul couldn't "tattle for something he didn't see."

“ Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you.” -John C. Maxwell. This quote relates to the novel Tangerine because of the numerous amount of choices the characters have to make. Like Erik for example, he doesn’t make good choices and as long as he isn’t getting hurt he, doesn’t care who he hurts. This affects his character and makes him seem heartless. Paul’s parents also make choices that affect Paul such as paying more attention to Erik and being so engulfed in Erik’s sport that they don’t ask about Paul's sports and life. The choices made by the Fisher family cause Paul to fear his brother, have low self-esteem and make him feel as though he is alone.

Over the years, many social scientists have offered a number of theories to explain personality trait and development. But while this debate continues, one aspect of personality development continues to engender a great deal of controversy: personality pathology. This area of concentration seems to have garnered more attention in recent years, as experts scramble to offer explanations and analysis for what appears to be a general decline in the moral fabric of American society, fueled by what appears to be a general coarsening of civility among certain segments of our population. Are more people simply being born with personality disorders that ultimately lead them down this path? Not so according to the basic principles of the

The choice made by Erik that affects Paul, was the choice for Erik to force Arthur to hit Luis on his head with blackjack, killing him. This made Paul angry and breathless. According to the text, “I looked at the blond deputy. The weapon that he [Arthur], used

Antwone Fisher in my opinion is probably the most impactful movie I have ever seen. People may say, “ What a good movie” but I say “what a good man”.