Paul Fisher Character Analysis

Even Paul’s teammates on the Lake Windsor team were making fun of him. But all Paul did was put it behind him and pay attention to playing goalie. In addition, his own family let him down: “Honey you know how it is with your eyesight. You know you can’t see very well” (Bloor 4). Paul could see everything, he could see more than his parents ever noticed but no one believed him.

When he was little, his eyes were damaged by him looking at an eclipse so now he wears goggles. People think Paul has disabilities because when he moved to Lake Windsor Downs Middle School, his mom wanted a private tour, so she told them that Paul is blind, now he has an IEP. But, on page 11, it states, “step out front and take a look. And smell the air.”. This is proof that Paul isn’t blind and his mom knows he’s not blind.

There are many moments of character development for Paul in the novel Tangerine. Paul grows physically and mentally throughout

In conclusion, the choices made by the fisher family in Tangerine affected Paul greatly by making him feel fear, unimportant and gave him a low self

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

Randy Pausch. Who is he? What does he stand for? The day he gave the last lecture... His last lecture he only had months to live. He packed a lot of lessons into his lecture. The claims he gave that stood out were to be optimistic, to be determined, and to take risks.

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.

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.

“ ‘So you figured it would be better if I just hated myself?’ ” (265). This is important because he hates being blind, especially since he doesn’t know why he was blind. He’s not allowed on his school soccer team and his brother bullies him about it. She had good intentions, but now Paul has to go through the process of finding it out himself.

But when Paul is forced to leave Lake Windsor Middle School and go to Tangerine Middle School, he encounters a whole new way of life. The kids aren't as wealthy as the Lake Windsor kids, but Paul ends up fitting in better there than he did in his first school.

Jimmy knows too well the agonies of abandonment. First, when his mother, Cecilia, ran away with Richard to pursue a better lifestyle. Then, due to his father’s, Damacio Baca, alcoholisms and violent behavior; he also had to leave Jimmy behind. In spite of the drawbacks from abandonment to being a maximum security prisoner in Arizona State Prison, Jimmy preserver’s the darkness of prison by overcoming his illiteracy. However Cecilia and Damacio is not as fortunate as their child; Cecilia is shot by Richard after confronting him for a divorce and Damacio chokes to death after he is released from the detox center(Baca 263). Therefore the most significant event in this section of the memoir, A Place to Stand by Jimmy Santiago Baca is the death of Jimmy’s parents.

Many characters made careless choices in the book that affected Paul but Eric made the most. In the book Tangerine, Eric’s choices and the consequences of his choices affected the development of Paul in three ways. When Eric hit Tino and when Paul figured out that Eric was the reason he was blind. Paul is a boy who just moved from Texas to Florida. He moves to a place called Lake Windsor Downs. He goes to school at Lake Windsor Downs Middle School, but there was a tragedy at that school so he moved to Tangerine Middle School. He goes out for the Tangerine soccer team and makes it. Then horrible things start happening.

“So there I sat, Erik Fisher's younger brother, Eclipse Boy, visually impaired and totally incapable of following in his brother's footsteps.” Paul began as a boy who was unconfident, and always hidden by his brother shadow, but in the end became brave hero who saved classmates from a sinkhole and built up the courage to stand up to his horribly cruel brother. Paul Fisher changed into what seems like a completely different character, one transformed by incredible experiences and hardships. To conclude, in the novel Tangerine, by Edward Bloor, Paul moves to Florida a shy momma’s boy, but as he gains confidence, he learns to make his own choices and follow his gut.

Erik had pried open Paul’s eyes while Vincent Castor spray painted Paul’s eyes. Erik also sent a command of murder on one of Paul’s friends.And Erik had slapped Tino in the face nearly knocking him out. And finally Erik had made his own brother fear him by threatening and showing him his true side. In this essay you will read about how Erik’s choice’s affected Paul’s throughout his life living in Tangerine.

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