Folk Hero & Funny Guy

Paul was an easy-going, go-with-the-flow kind of guy, who had a passion for living life on the wild side. The Big Blackfoot ultimately shaped Paul into the man he became throughout the story. His passion for fly fishing and his dream to become a professional kept him close to the heart of his hometown, --. Ultimately Paul’s decisions throughout his life; drinking, gambling, and staying in trouble, ended up killing him, but The Big Blackfoot River was his legacy.

When Paul finds out that he was being tracked down, he uses what is left of the stolen money to escape into the countryside where he finds an overpass and ends up jumping in front of a train to end his life.

The acting and singing was well done. Especially the singing, which was catchy and groovy.

When Paul first moves to Tangerine, he is outcast, but as his confidence buildS, he learns to be a leader. He changed from being a shy kid to a brave boy who stands up for what he believes. As Paul struggles with relationship, he feel like a victim, but soon he learns confidence and he begins to stand up to his family.

He realizes just like his father and his mother he is using drug and alcohol to cope with his pain is slowly killing them. Paul still didn’t know if he wants to live or die so he flirts with the idea of death, but he stops himself at the last second.

At the beginning of the book, Paul is an outcast, “Hey, Eclipse Boy,” and is never noticed, except by a few people, “Unfortunately, nobody… paid much attention to me.” At first, Paul is a person no one really notices or cares about him, not even his own Dad. Almost Everyone is more focused on his evil older brother, Erik. Paul is also almost always cowardice, “I’m

Paul shows his true self to not just his closest friends, but to everyone and to top it all off, Paul is a kind, hard-working team player. He may seem like a "blind little geek" who "can't see ten feet in front of [him]" on the outside, but on the inside he really is a shining star (262). During the sinkhole, "[Paul and Joey] pulled and grabbed at kids as they made their way to the top," showing that he was brave enough to help everyone (82). After the sinkhole incident, Paul transferred to Tangerine Middle School and "[he would] play backup to Shandra Thomas and be happy about it" (103). This shows how flexible Paul can be, which is why the cool, blue colored blob relates to him.

This all ties back to how Paul finds out about his friends’ true personalities and furthers his understanding about

‘Right. Tryouts are at four. You need a ride home?’ ‘Nah, I’ll catch a ride with Mike,’( 34). This explains how generous Paul is.

Michael Scott was the manager of Dunder-Mifflin, a paper company in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The employees in the office would describe him as inappropriate and childlike. He once said, “I guess the atmosphere that I've tried to create here is that I'm a friend first and a boss second, and probably an entertainer third.” Some of my favorite things about Michael are his sense of humor and frankness.

the love and care he unknowingly needs. Paul takes on roles that disguise his own traits and turns him into what he believes to be a person nobody can say no to. When he takes on these roles, he

After being forced to leave his job as an usher at Carnegie Hall Paul gets a job working at Denny and Carson's office firm. He gets the money to go to New York City by taking the money he was supposed to deposit in the bank from Denny and Carson's deposit and pockets it. Paul arrives in New York and lives the luxurious life by buying fancy clothes and checking into a nice hotel. After eight days in New York his fun runs out when he discovers in the Pittsburgh papers that his father had reimbursed the firm and was coming to get him. "Paul had just come in to dress for dinner; he sank into a chair, weak to the knees, and clasped his head in his hands. It was worse than jail, even; the tepid waters of Cordelia Street were to close over him finally and forever" (Cather 11). After succeeding

A lifelong dream of Paul occurs when he makes the trip to New York City. The trip to New York City gives Paul the opportunity to live the life he always dreamed of. After being forced to leave his job as an usher at Carnegie Hall Paul gets a job working at Denny and Carson’s office firm. He gets the money to go to New York City by taking the money

Paul finally escaped the hostile world he lived in, but his money-bought romance did not last long. When he discovers that his theft has been made known in the new papers, and all the stolen money has ran out, he knew he had to go back to his real life. After a week of having the glamorized life he was longing for, Paul refused to go back to face the reality that he left behind in Pittsburgh. Paul knew he couldn’t go on forever in the City with no money in his pockets so he decided to give up on his own life. While going to get on his train that would bring him back to reality, Paul stepped out in front of it and killed himself.

Everyday heroes are people that do little things to benefit other people or the community. We think that Mrs.Edmundson and Mrs.Hicks, the counselors at our school, are great examples of an everyday hero. Mrs.Edmundson created the Reach Team which is a program that allows kids in middle school the opportunity to Reach out to their community and interact with other people of varying ages. After Mrs.Edmundson created this amazing program Mrs.Hicks volunteered her time to help develop and make the Team better.