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Paul was about to start school at Lake Windsor Middle School and Mrs. Fisher tapped in on her ‘overprotective mother’ side. In the book Tangerine, Edward Bloor writes, “ ‘Mom, you ruined my life at Lake Windsor Middle when you turned in that IEP,’ ” (94). This shows that Paul really was miserable without the ability to play soccer. He was so sad that, when his Coach told him about the insurance problem, Paul sat down on the field and cried. It actually says in the book that when he had the opportunity to start over at Tangerine Middle, he thought that, “...the heavens had opened up for me…” (94). This is important because Paul would have been able to play soccer at Lake Windsor, and he would have, at the very beginning, been happy. This choice, though, had good effects in many ways. One is that he ended up going to Tangerine, which is where he ended up playing

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

There are small altercations that the screenplay that the director makes in the plot. In New York, Paul meets a student in the hotel. In the text, he meets him in the evening or at nighttime. The movie shows this taking place during the day. This, however, is a minor detail and did not effect the running of the story. In Cather's version, the reader is presented with two sisters of Paul's. These are hardly mentioned in the movie. The book also illustrates Paul pushing his teacher while in the movie he is more aggressive. The movie also has an over voicing of Paul's father as he is sneaking back into his

To begin with, Bloor uses flashback to convey the theme of growth by giving the reader a look into Paul’s past, and then letting them regard the contrast between Paul before and Paul near the end of the book. For instance, on page 168, Paul describes his flashback, “ Suddenly I felt the hot breath of a predator on my neck. I screamed in terror. Erik laughed and ran over to Mom and Dad. He had snuck up on me from behind, from somewhere back around ten o’clock.” On page 261, Paul describes his encounter with his brother and Arthur, “ I understood that I was supposed to be terrified by this spectacle - these two demonic creatures on this dark, lonely road. But for once in my life, I wasn’t.” After what Erik and Castor did to Paul’s eyes, he was permanently scarred and terrified of his brother. During Paul’s time in Tangerine, he learns from his friends that he has brothers to back him up, and on page 229, Paul’s conversation with Luis, ““I’m just telling you this so you’ll know. You seem kinda scared of Erik and Arthur Bauer.” “Yeah. I am. Who wouldn’t be?” Luis answered simply, “I wouldn’t be. They’re punks.” He pointed one ropelike finger at me. “And you shouldn’t be, either.”” tells Paul that Erik and Arthur are only

Coming to Tangerine Middle was “quite the ride” for Paul. Paul was able to see how the Tangerine students are really like to compare to the dirty image that they have on them. First of all, transferring to this school has made Paul develop confidence in himself to speak the truth, which builds up a strong relationship with his teammates. Yet Paul still can’t get over his main fear, Erik. Although it may look like Paul grew an enormous amount, mentally in the novel, he still has a long way to go in order to face Erik. At the end of Part 2, Edward Bloor expresses Paul’s growth, emotionally in a strong way.

Edward Bloor made Paul seem like that quiet and more to himself kind of kid but he’s actually the one who sees what’s going on around him and everyone else. On page 64 it says, “I said to myself, There goes another one of your koi, Mr.Costello”. This texts shows that Paul is actually seeing the truth of the osprey taking their community fish but the homeowners are assuming that people are taking the fish and selling them. But instead of not telling anyone about the osprey and the koi fish he just sits back and doesn’t say anything. In the beginning Paul is invisible to everybody and nobody listens to him because he’s that “blind” kid that people ignore at first.

Although Paul does not allow the accident to take over his life, he does change because of it. The accident leaves Paul to be a lot more cautious and more worry-some. Despite his cautious personality, he finds himself trying new things and taking risks because of Finnie. "...Without Finnie Walsh, I

At the beginning of the novel, Paul is very isolated.For instance, on page 12, Paul writes, “Dad said sure thing you’re at the top of the stairs Erik's at the other end and you have two guest room in between you. This shows how Paul is not only physically isolated but also metaphorically for his emotions. On page 11,Paul is isolated by not participating in the Erik fisher football dream like the rest of his family. This shows Paul is even isolated from his family.

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

The other characters make choices that leads Paul to change. For an example, Erik and Arthur commit crimes, which results to Paul standing up to them. Even though Paul starts of weak and self-conscious he learns to build confidence and become stronger. “They were laughing. I stepped closer to the doors and I could hear Erik saying, ‘Did you see his hair?

I held my hands out, as he had done, and said, ‘I’m not afraid of you Erik. come on.’ ” Another quote on page two hundred and fifty-nine is, “All I remember is Mom shouting ‘Paul!’ as I took off, flying through the air. I landed hard on Coach Warner’s back and held on tight, riding his neck and shoulders.” In both quotes, Paul did one thing in common, which is overcoming a fear. In the first quote, Paul overcame his fear by standing up to Erik who he usually feared. In the second quote, Paul overcame his fear by helping his friends out, regardless if he got in trouble. Characterization goes with the book because throughout the novel, Paul has been afraid of many things but he is trying to overcome those fears. In addition, Paul’s characteristics have overcame many fears that he has

In the beginning, Paul is mostly a ‘momma’s boy’, for example, on page 25, when Paul fisher’s mom introduces him to the school, she says, “We are hoping to see exactly where Paul will be going next week. He has problems

In Paul's true reality he has a lack of interest in school. His disinterest in school stems from the alienation and isolation he has in

In the first few paragraphs, Paul's teachers describe him as “offensive” and are even intimidated by the boy. The teachers describe him as “accustomed to lying” (3) and disorderly. Despite the negative views the teachers have for Paul, I am interested to know why he acts this way and what his personality is around something he loves. He reminds me a lot of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, so I do not want to label him “disinterested in school” just yet. Because he is similar to Tom and Huck, I want to learn more about him and his point of view, and whether or not he has a sense of adventure.

Paul is 13,when the story started he was at a detention camp because he got into a lot of fight protecting his little sister Natalie. Natalie was a special needs child and was picked on at school.