What Are The Choices Paul Made In Tangerine

Later on, Erik makes the choice to order Arthur to hit Luis in the head with a blackjack. Because of Erik’s choice, Paul feels guilty about not speaking up about Luis’s death.On page 284 Paul says,”’The weapon that he used to kill Luis Cruz was a blackjack. I saw-I heard Erik Fisher tell him to do it.’” When Luis dies, Paul is too scared of Erik to tell the truth about Luis’s death. He eventually overcomes his fear and speaks up about Luis’s death. Paul looked up to Luis as a role model. If Erik hadn’t made that choice, Paul never would’ve learned to speak

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

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

After a fight Paul takes part in at Lake Windsor High, he runs to his neighborhood. Unfortunately, he is cornered by Erik and Arthur, who attempt to intimidate him. Paul narrates, “I understood that I was supposed to be terrified by this spectacle… But for once in my life, I wasn't. I stepped forward and faced them, just as I had seen Luis do… ‘I'm not afraid of you, Erik. Come on’” (Bloor 260-261). Since Erik chooses to confront Paul, Paul finally does not run away or get worried about what the outcome would be if he talked back to Erik and finds the courage to fight him off. He realizes that his opponent is just a punk trying to ruin his life, and drag him into his careless problems. Furthermore, as Paul faces Erik, he recognizes his same procedure full of pitiful remarks and, "When they finally spoke, it wasn't terrifying, it was lame… Erik stared at me with growing fury, with growing hatred, moving the bat in a tight circle” (Bloor 261, 252). Erik conveys his choice to frighten Paul, making Paul see that Erik was not as terrifying as Paul made him up to be. Paul perceives how terrifying Erik’s true self actually is, as a result of Erik’s choice to confront

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.

Paul has constructed more self confidence to speak the truth compared to his antecedent self. When Paul first meets Tino, Victor and Hernando, on page 108 he states “My stomach started to knot again.” This reveals that Paul is obviously terrified of them because he's the reason for their suspension. In Paul’s mind, if he tells the truth they will tear him apart in millions of pieces, which makes Paul refuse to speak the truth. Later, Paul finally had the courage to admit that he was the one who ratted them out, however Tino reacted surprisingly calm about it. Paul realizes that they are actually really great people, once you get to know them. After Paul took the truth off of his chest, their relationship

This made Paul feel embarrassed, because Tino hadn’t done anything to deserve being hit and Paul was ashamed of his brother for hurting his friend. According to the text, “Immediately, faster than I thought he could, faster than Tino thought he could, Erik lashed out, smashing him so hard that Tino spun halfway around in the air and landed on the grass…. I tried to get Tino to come inside, but he wouldn’t. He wouldn’t talk to me, or even look at me…. What could I have done? What should I have done.” [Page 205-207]. This passage explains that this choice Erik made. Tino embarrassed Erik, teasing him about him falling on this butt in the mud at a football, so Erik, punched Tino in his ear, making it bleed. This affected Paul because the interaction made his friendship with Tino awkward. Tino thinks that Paul is like his brother even though he isn't. Also Paul feels embarrassed because he didn’t back up Tino and because he didn’t warn him of what could happen at his

During part two Paul has already developed from an event that really shows heroism. According to the Tangerine “When we got to Tangerine MIddle, the bus doors opened, and the War Eagles got out to

Afterward, Paul reveals to the police that Erik and Arthur were involved in the death of Luis Cruz. On page 211 of Tangerine it states, “Arthur reached Luis, turned, and whipped the blackjack around with a loud whack against the side of Luis’s head.” Paul’s close friend Luis was smacked across the head with a blackjack by Erik and this caused Luis to have an aneurysm. Luis was smacked on the head because Erik had hit Tino, Luis’ brother in the face with a blackjack, so Luis got involved, and confronted Erik and Arthur. Paul is devastated because the aneurysm sadly caused Luis’ death. Luis was very helpful to Paul and seeing him dead made Paul despondent. Also pages 244-245 states, “Luis Cruz is dead...I raised my hand and got Ms. Polland’s attention. I said, “I gotta go. I’m sick again.” Luis’ death made Paul sick to his stomach because first, they were close friends because he was kind of like an older brother to Paul. Also, Paul knows that Arthur and Erik are involved in the

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.

First, Paul invited some friends including Tino to his house to work on their project. Once they were done they played soccer outside. After a while, Eric and his friend Arthur came back to the house where they found Paul and his friends playing. Tino went up to Eric after he had insulted him, and said, “A funny guy, yeah. I see you on the TV, and I laugh all the time.” (205) He also says, “Yeah. I really like that thing you do, Funny Guy, when you pretend

Paul refuses to accept his older brothers aid and moreover refuses to even listen to what his brother has to say. In order to make his brother listen Norman will be forced to confront his brother, something that he is not willing to do. Norman and Paul have never fought physically. They are equally good at street fighting and do not want to have to figure out who would win as this would cause their relationship to be destroyed. Norman ultimately allows and

Paul's father had abused him emotionally, and probably physically, throughout Paul's life. He did so much to Paul's flagging self-image that he had to boast to others to make himself feel big, when he felt tiny inside. When he finally achieved that "bigness" that he always wanted, the glamour of "the good life," his father found him out and took that away from him, or rather, made Paul give it up. This made Paul feel even smaller and made him feel that he would be better off dead. So Paul decided to make his life "better off" and

One choice that impacted paul was that his dad was never there to talk to him, instead he talked to Erik about how great he is doing at football, and the big Erik Fisher dream. This makes Paul feel unloved because Mr.Fisher always bragged about Erik and how he is such a great athlete but never even mentioned Paul. If Mr.Fisher went to one of Paul’s soccer games and watched how good Paul really was than he might feel better about himself because

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.