Paul Fisher

Sometimes even a person with the smallest of roles can make a significant impact when it comes to telling a story. In the novel A lesson before dying one of the deputies at the jail, Paul Bonin, played a tiny role in a much bigger story than just of himself. To understand his impact readers must first understand what life was like in their tiny pre-civil war community that was very much segregated in the southern state of Louisiana. Paul was first introduced as a young deputy with brown hair and gray-blue eyes (70). Out of the two deputies and one sheriff at the jail Paul seemed to be the most decent deputy as the older, heavier chief deputy was portrayed as an unlikable, rude person whom still held prejudice against black people close to his heart and beliefs, as did most of the town, including the sheriff.

This affected Paul because Paul was friends with Luis and looked up to him like he was a role model for Paul.”I thought about Luis Cruz being lowered into this ground, never to come back up.” I felt the tears start to well up deep inside of me.”(pg 252). “ I feel like Luis is a part of me now . I feel like a different person.” Paul had cried for Luis knowing that he is gone affected him because Luis had changed his perspective on Tangerine and changed Paul. This also affected him because Tino, and Theresa knew. So they didn’t want him to come to his funeral knowing that Erik could come and ruin it for Paul and Luis’s family. Erik made this choice because he didn’t want anyone to know he had hit a little boy. And he didn’t want his true side to be seen in front of the football team and

What Paul is saying about the difference between his family and Luis’ family is that Luis’ family accepts the truth and that they don’t try to hide or try to maintain a facade of a perfect life. Paul’s family, however, lives behind lies and facades.

Luis went and asked a bunch of kids, “Which one of yo uis Ertick Fisher?” That choice would change PAuls life in a different way. This choice changed a lot of things in the whole novel. While Paul was hididng in the bleachers he saw things.

Paul experiences a growing of the first group, his friends. The motif of sight applies to Paul’s friends and family, along with himself. Luis Cruz, Paul’s soccer teammate and friend’s brother confronts Erik, Paul’s older brother, after he hit Tino, the teammate and friend, and

man army, the 55th Regiment of Colored Soldiers. For political reasons out of Washington, the homestead was eventually dismantled.

When asked to write a story about my family I chose the tale on how my dad and his family came to America in the 1970’s. Acee Jr. along with his younger brother and parents moved to America from Guyana, a country in South America. The reason for the move was to further Acee Sr.’s education in multiple subjects including Psychology and was possible due to the financial help the family received from the church Sr. was a minister at. The story tells of the transition the Chapman family had to make to adjust to the American Life. It also shows the struggles that challenged the family throughout their first couple of years in the States.

During the 1950s and 1960s, a number of important civil rights' activities occurred that helped position the Civil Rights movement for greater recognition. They also led either directly or indirectly the passage of key legislation. Following is an overview of the major legislation, Supreme Court cases, and activities that occurred in the Civil Rights movement at the time.

What if the reason that the Fisher family isn't your average family is because of Paul’s mom’s influence on Paul which can affect the entire family? Paul's mother’s choices and the consequences of these choices had affected Paul throughout the story in multiple, both positive, and negative ways. Some examples of this include, Paul's mom saying that he has bad eye problems, letting Paul go to Tangerine Middle School, and not punishing Erik for mistreating his brother.

Paul changed seriously that he finally told the police what happened to Luis and that Arthur and Erik were the cause of it. Paul’s went from scared and afraid of Erik to standing up to Erik,his “Goons”, and His terrible and Violent

with a fellow sailor. He was demoted and mandated to seek treatment. His past is the

As they investigated the lab, Autumn accidently tripped over a wire that triggered an alarm that released dangerous creatures from the ceiling. The twins tried to escape, but the exit door was locked. "I told you we shouldn't have stayed!" Autumn screamed.

Erik’s first choice was to hit Tino Cruz when Paul’s science group came to work on a school project. After Erik and Arthur came in the backyard, while their group was there Tino started to make fun of them. As Tino created more and more taunts, Erik grew with rage inside him. Eventually slashing Tino’s face with a blackjack, sending him into the air and landing on the grass. This action causes Paul’s friends to fear his brother and him, weakening their friendship.

Carl Fisher was born in Greensburg in Indiana and he was an American entrepreneur. He is known as “Mr Miami Beach”. He was often regarded at a key figure in the development of Miami Beach. He became a seemingly tireless pioneer and promoter of auto racing despite having severe astigmatism so he left school to support his family. He moved to Miami Beach permanently in 1928. The successful real estate development of the new resort in city of Miami Beach was involved by Fisher. The real estate was built on a largely unpopulated and uninhabited barrier island across Biscayne Bay (Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1950).

Paul Ekman was a man of psychological influence that continues to reflect in the world of psychology today. His ideas of basic emotions, such as happiness, surprise, fear, sadness, anger, and disgust combined with contempt have not only been investigated by him, but also the psychologists following in his footsteps (Ekman 1992).