Erik Fisher The Fish Analysis

Erik and Paul's relationship isn’t a great one. The relationship is mostly bad it comes from Erik. Erik bullies his brother while his parents do nothing. “And I remembered Erik’s fingers prying my eyelids open while Vincent Castor sprayed white paint on them.” I The actions of

One decision that caused Paul to be less afraid of Erik is on pages 262-263. On these pages the author says, “He turned and threw the bat into the Land Cruiser. He got in, and Arthur got in, and they drove quickly away.” (Pg 262-263) This makes Paul less afraid of him because he was able to stand up to Erik and Arthur alone without getting hurt by either one of them. This also caused Paul not to be afraid of Erik because it proved to Paul that Erik wasn't so perfect and put together as he thought. Another reason why Paul is not afraid of Erik at the end of the book is on page 284. On page 284 the author states that, “I stood up straight and faced them all, like I had seen Luis do. “I saw- I heard Erik Fisher tell him to do it.”” (Pg. 284) This shows that Paul is less afraid of Erik because he was willing to expose Erik in front of everyone, and tell the complete truth without being afraid that Erik would hurt him in anyway. Erik Fisher causes Paul Fisher to be less afraid of him by losing control and not denying the truth about the bad things he had

Erik bullied Paul twenty four, seven. Paul became scared of Erik. Once, Erik pried Paul’s eyes open while Vincent Castor sprayed paint into them. Erik also attempted to hit Paul with a bat. Erik doesn’t know how to properly treat people. Paul reacts with strong emotion, he either gives a dramatic speech, or when he was younger, cry and run away to hide from the pain and embarrassment that he was dealing with. “I had the words all picked out but I couldn’t say them” (207 Bloor). Paul is to scared to get Erik in trouble.

The eclipse represents the veiled truth that his parents have kept from him; the whole book is about receiving flashbacks about his past. And these flashbacks are clues which help Paul figure out how his eyes got damaged. During an eclipse, the moon blocks the sun, just as Paul’s parents hid the ugly truth from him. On page 33, it states, “Erik was telling his friends this story. The reason for the coke-bottle glasses on my eyes was that I had stares at the sun, unprotected during that eclipse. The story puzzles me then and it puzzles me now. Puzzled or not, I went right along with the story.” Paul has

Domination In the book Tangerine, Erik ruins Paul’s life by constantly showing domination over his birth mate’s life. On page 233, Paul had a conversation with his dad about his soccer career that his father knows nothing about. Pauls is there muntiple pauls? asked his dad how many field goals Erik kicked that year and answered,“All right, your point is taken” (Bloor, 233).

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.

To begin with, Edward Bloor uses the technique flashback to convey the theme, growth. On page 263, the quote says, “I turned my head slowly back toward the wall, and I remembered something from long ago: A silver-gray wall.” From this quote, it shows a flashback Paul remembered. He remembers how he got blind. Another quote is on page 264, “They were ready to jump on me,no doubt about it. But I jumped first.” This quote shows that he confronts his parents. After a while, he confesses that he saw Erik and Arthur kill Luis. This shows that Paul, and people, can grow. Paul used to be afraid of Erik, and now, he is not. He

Another choice Mr.Fisher made was that he thought that Erik was the perfect little angel that Erik would never do anything to hurt a flea, this affected Paul because Paul knew things about Erik that his parents didn’t. “Let the truth set you free.” This quote was there when Mr.Fisher told the truth about what happened to Paul’s eyes. Mr.Fisher chose to get mad at Paul when Paul jumped on Couch Warner’s back at the senior night at Lake Windsor Downs High School this affected Paul by knowing that his parents were eager to know what was happening to their “poor baby boy”. After Mr.Fisher heard what Erik and his friend Arthur had done with those tented houses, Mr.Fisher was very unhappy that “soon to be NFL football player son” was a thief and killed Luis. Mr.Fisher didn’t know how to handle what was coming out of Mrs.Fisher’s

When Erik and his friend sprayed the paint and Paul’s eyes, His mom found Paul unconscious and took him to the hospital. Then chose to not tell Paul about what Erik did, because Paul could not remember since the flashback, his mom said ‘we didn’t want you to hate your brother!”, which made Paul angerer, resulting to him responding “And you thought that was right for me?!” This choice influenced Paul the most in my opinion because throughout the book Paul and Erik had a lot of drama around them and knowing that in the end of the book that Erik was the reason Paul is blind, really mad Paul

In the beginning of the book, when eating dinner, dad talks about the Erik Fisher Football Dream. Paul abnormally asks, “How long did it take dad to get to his favorite topic, the Erik Fisher Football Dream?” (11) The quote shows how dad doesn’t have a sight/thought for Paul, and only cares about Erik. Dad is unable to realize that he doesn’t support Paul, thus leaving Paul feeling unnoticed and unimportant. Of course, Paul is also feeling neglected by other members of the family, especially Erik. “I remembered Erik prying my eyes open while Vincent sprayed white paint into them” (263-4). The quote makes the reader realize that Erik doesn’t see Paul as a kind brother. Instead Erik sees Paul as a little pest who means nothing to him, thereby treating Paul with a non caring attitude. The examples both use sight as a factor that is missing. This can greatly interfere with the character’s understanding of each

As he experiences different events, Paul begins revealing more of himself in his eyes. At first, because of his eyesight, he sees himself in a very negative light, “I could stop trying to be what everyone else and and accept being a freak.”(76) Paul’s view in the beginning, like everyone else’s in this story, is clouded. His view of himself affects his confidence and how timid he acts. As the story continues, he sees everything in a new light, “I feel like Luis is part of me now. I feel like a different person.”(252) Seeing this brave and new self, Paul sees the the world as a much brighter, clearer place. His development gives him new courage to stand up to his biggest fears. All of these experiences gives Paul new light to what's around

Erik is telling everyone that Paul looked at the sun during that summer's eclipse, and that's why he has to wear super-thick glasses. He calls him Eclipse Boy. Poor, little Paul goes along with the story, because he can't actually remember what happened to his eyes. This relates to growth as Paul has increased his knowledge because now he knows that Eric was taunting him, and he is slowly achieving his goal, which is to find out why he has to wear his

Paul Fishers move was not a ride down a slide. It was a steep Mountain with many series of events that caused him to change as a person. from the start of the book, he believed that he was ignored by his father because he was more focused on Eric's football career. for this reason, it made Eric seem innocent in the most frequent situations (such as when he made fun of Mike’s death) and caused Paul to be afraid of him. Paul was consumed of fear, but was just hanging onto determination. With his soccer career, it kept him looking forwords instead of sideways and backwards. He would make friends that way, stay active, and keep busy. But with the cruel twist of his brother Eric, he controlled many series of events that was even to difficult to notice to the naked eye.

Dad claims that he was only trying to help solve the chaotic situation. “ We wanted to find a way to keep you from always hating your brother”. Paul gets very frustrated with his parents actions, but they do their best to explain it was for Paul’s own good. Paul gets angered that they didn’t punish Erik for his wrongdoings. Their conversation ends poorly with his parents sobbing and Paul stomping up to his room. This shows that because of Dad’s atrocious decision, Paul lost confidence in himself and would never trust his parents as easily

In Tangerine it states “But Erik didn't follow immediately. He stopped in the gateway and stared at me, unmoving until I dared return his gaze.” Before this Erik punch Tino so Paul was very infuriated but he couldn't express it because he was petrified. But later he can use this as evidence against his brother when he couldn't because he was to scared. Another time Erik made Paul angry was when Erik and Arthur killed Luis Cruz (pg 283) because Paul and Luis were friends so Paul ratted Erik and Arthur because he got to angry so he had to tell the truth so he could feel better and he wouldn't be as scared to tell the