Erik Fisher Choices And Consequences

During this project, my class and I learned many examples of choices and consequences made by people throughout every day life. One specific character in the book, Erik Fisher, made choices that not only affected himself, but everyone around him negatively. Fortunately enough, as bad as these choices were; they did cause a few good outcomes. 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

fulfilled. So the point is, we all have choices, and we make the choice to accept people or situations or to not accept people or situations.” In the book, Tangerine, by Edward Bloor, Paul Fisher discovers his true potential when he and his family move to Florida. Additionally, Erik Fisher’s (Paul’s brother) choices and consequences greatly affect Paul’s development as a valuable person. Erik’s choices are seen as disgusting, sly, and evil through the eyes of Paul Fisher himself and are not only frightening

The choices that Erik made throughout his life never came without consequences, many of his choices, whether they were choices directed to him or not, affected Paul. Paul illustrates this idea by saying, “When we moved to Houston, when Erik was eleven, he realized that football was the star attraction,”(Bloor 29) This is talking about the “birth” of the “Erik Fisher Football Dream”; Erik use to play soccer and was successful at it, but he realized that football was the place to be if he wanted attention

yourself. You have to make your own choices and live every agonizing day with the consequences of those choices.” -Max Brooks. Tangerine by Edward Bloor is about a visual impaired kid named Paul whose family moves to Tangerine, Florida. During the book he is on a journey to find out what really caused his impaired eyes. During his search he is faced with a muck fires, sinkholes, a new school, and worst of all his older brother Erik. One day Paul witnessed Erik tell Arthur to hit Luis which killed

is the sum of all your choices.” said Albert Camus. Choices have consequences that will always affect your life and making choices is just a part of human nature. There is one book that showcases choices perfectly and how they affect the main character’s life. This book is called Tangerine, and it shows how choices and events can change people or places by showing us choices that affected its main character, Paul Fisher. This essay will show you just how much people’s choices and events affected his

A choice that Paul and his family made was too ……. In Edward Bloor’s novel, Tangerine, Paul’s choices and the consequences affected his life because he made choices that helped him both screw up and then fix, his life. In Edward Bloor’s novel, Tangerine, Erik’s choices and the consequences affected Paul’s life because Erik made illegal and violent choices that made Paul feel ashamed and frightened. Eventually, Paul had to stand up for himself and for others. Move from lake Windsor to

Erik Fisher, Paul Fisher's brother, made a number of displeasurable choices throughout his young life. Those decisions affected Paul in great, yet horrible ways. Here are three of the many. One choice made by Erik Fisher was a decision to spray paint five year old Paul’s eyes. The text reads, “I remembered Erik’s fingers 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.” This shows Eriks decision to

faces three major consequences in his life that will affect him in the future. Paul is a seventh grade boy, who moves to Tangerine County, Florida, and loves to play soccer. His family believes he has an issue with his eyesight, but Paul thinks otherwise. Paul choices lead to a variety of consequences, good and bad. Moving schools, sticking up to his brother before he murders him, and telling the truth are just some of the situations. Paul’s choices and the consequences of the choices, affects the development

from a muck fire that will never go away. In the book, Tangerine by Edward Bloor, the main character, Paul Fisher, faces many choices that affect him in positive and negative ways. Paul is a young boy that has the struggle of moving from Houston, Texas to Tangerine, Florida. This can be a hard change for anybody. Paul makes many decisions that affect himself. First, he tells the police on Erik for being involved with the death of Luis Cruz, two he choses to go to Tangerine Middle school because he

the character Paul Fisher changes a lot throughout his seventh grade year. As Paul struggles with his vision he is very nervous , unhappy, and is very uneasy. He is a weak pushover that allows his brother, Erik to mercilessly bully him. But soon to come he turned into a confident, nice, and smart person. These changes were primarily motivated by moving to Tangerine Middle School that allows him to grow and understand more. “So there I sat on that yellow school bus- Erik Fisher’s younger brother