Tangerine Paul Character Analysis

To start off with, Erik makes the choice to switch from soccer to football. As a result, Paul’s Dad pays more attention to Erik and less

First, a choice made by Paul is when he gave his statement to the police about what he witnessed. He stated, “I saw him do it. I saw Arthur Bauer sneak up on Luiz Cruz like a coward and hit him on the side of the head. Luiz didn’t even see it coming.” This choice helped him develop because he felt as though ever since he met Luiz that he was special and meant something to him, so he needed to tell what actually happened at the high school. The decision was made because Paul belatedly found his voice and was going to speak up for once. The choice plays a major role in the Fisher family considering what will most likely

and Mrs. Fisher. Case in point, Paul finds his voice and stands-up to his brother, Erik, and Erik’s friend, Arthur. “ I stepped forward…. Erik. Come on”(261). Furthermore, a second altercation happens when Paul confronts his parents about his eyesight. “I exploded… Am I that idiot”(264). This evidence reveals the beginning of the resolution because throughout the whole novel, the main character, Paul Fisher, has been quiet and shy about his internal ideas, or thoughts. Paul finally gets enough courage to stand- up to his brother and

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

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.

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.

Not only does Luis Cruz’s choices substantially affect Paul’s development in Tangerine, but he impacts Paul’s personality and choices too. To explain, one of the countless choices Luis chooses is to talk to Erik about punching his younger brother: “Erik and his group had gathered up their gear and were preparing to leave. Luis stood in their path, like the brave sheriff of a town full of cowards” (Bloor 211). When Luis decides to stand up to Erik, Paul is influenced to be undaunted by his elder brother. Continuing, Luis also improves Paul’s life by showing him his family’s tangerine nursery: “He said, ‘Look around you. This is a nursery’” (Bloor 164). As Paul journeys through the nursery, he becomes passionate about the trees and loves the

Paul Fisher just moved from Big League texas to small League Tangerine, Florida. In his new town tangerine, he comes across many struggles because others around him choose to not tell him the truth. In the book Tangerine, by Edward Bloor, sometimes Eric and Mrs. Fisher can be helpful, most of the major events in Paul's life have been instigated by someone else's choice such as, Eric putting spray paint into Paul's eyes, Mrs. Fisher assigning Paul an IEP form, and Erik deciding to punch Tino in the face.

She turned to him and said, ‘You’re Mike’s brother, aren’t you?’ He said, ‘Yeah’.... Then he pointed at me and said, ‘And this is Erik’s brother.’”. This excerpt might seem small, but it also shows Paul’s adaptability as well. It shows that he’s also somewhat accepted in Lake Windsor Downs, since Joey, one of the popular kids at school, is walking him around and being his friend. He’s also well known in the school if only because of his brother Erik Fisher, who’s the best kicker on the football team and is also known as ‘Mr. Generosity’ since he gave out jewelry that he stole from people. This means Paul is also adapted well to society in the upper echelons of it, in the rich kid school where people are wealthy and there isn’t really any diversity. It just shows how Paul is accepted in the rich kid school, as well as the poor kid school, which is much more tough and harder on people than Lake Windsor

Have you ever had someone's choices affect your life? In the story “Tangerine”, many choices affected how Paul developed. At the beginning of the story, Paul was afraid of life. He had to deal with a new school, new area, and his brother, Erik Fisher. The choices made by Erik hurt him and many others.

In the book Tangerine, most of all of the choices Paul makes are because of characters’ actions. The choices are made by Erik, Paul’s brother. Erik repeatedly hurts paul figuratively and literally and won’t stop until he gets what he wants. Erik’s choices affect Paul because they impact his life, self concept, and relationships.

Imagine your Mom telling everyone that you can’t see because you are visually impaired but you actually can see, or signing you up for an Individual Education Plan (IEP) and your Dad only paying attention to your older brother the “next football star.” Imagine getting kicked off of a sport that you really love because your Mom got you kicked off. Imagine going through natural disasters like lightning strikes, muck fires, and sinkholes, all of these dilemmas that occur in the novel Tangerine, they revolve around the protagonist Paul Fisher’s life written by Edward Bloor. Ever since the beginning of the novel, readers can understand different character traits between the protagonist Paul Fisher and his brother Erik Fisher.

The realistic fiction young adult novel, Tangerine, which is written by Edward Bloor, takes the reader through Paul’s 7th-grade year and demonstrates Paul’s problems with his family, friends and himself and how he resolves them. Bloor employs the motif of sight, a repeated element such as an image symbol or a theme in the story, to Pauls development as a person as he finds truths buried under the many lies. Through the motif of sight, Paul the lead in the story experiences a growing understanding of his friends, family and himself. To begin with, in the story Paul experiences a growing understanding of his true friends and his so-called friends. At first, Joey and Gino treat Paul as an outcast and do not see his true value as a soccer player

(Bloor 265) Here Paul clearly states how Mr.Fisher’s lying caused paul to have strong hatred towards himself. Mr.Fisher’s actions throughout Paul’s life are extremely selfish. Mr.Fisher’s actions caused Paul to have low self esteem appearance wise, and hate his brother even

After rescuing students from the sinkhole, Paul responds to his actions with, “I’m still afraid of Erik... But today I wasn’t a coward, and that counts for something”(Bloor 86). Paul’s thoughts convey the idea that although he faced this horrible natural disaster nothing is more frightening than Erik to him. This fear, in the end, leads to confidence. When Paul musters up the courage to confront his fearsome brother, Paul is pondering his actions and what will be of him after.