In the novel “Tangerine” Edward Bloor, Paul Fisher never has the confidence to stand up for himself and take action. Paul was on the bus going to his new school when an old memory came back to him. He remembered When one of Erik’s friends had said: “ Hey, Eclipse Boy, how many fingers am I holding up?”. Paul did not know who he was talking to, but then Paul realized that all the big kids were calling him Eclipse Boy. The reason Paul was being called Eclipse Boy was that Paul’s elder brother Erik told his friends that Paul wears coke bottle glasses because he had stared at the sun during the eclipse. The story puzzled Paul because he did not remember such thing. Instead of standing up for himself, and state that the story is untrue, Paul went right along with the story and even told it himself. …show more content…
Paul is having so much fun doing it that it becomes second nature to him.Paul was happy when Gino said that the coach wants him. Coach Walski calls Paul to the sidelines and said: “ I'm sorry to tell you this Paul, but you’re not eligible for the program.” Paul was confused so Coach Walski then stated that he has an IEP and that they can't put insurance on him so he cant play. Paul then yelled at the coach to let him play. This event helped paul change by showing that he can stand up for something that he really wanted which in this case is playing soccer. Paul was on his way back to class from Mr. Murrow’s office after being mistaken for a crime he did not commit. Then that's when Paul heard a whooshing sound and seen that the puddled water on the football field started to move toward the portable classrooms. Next came a cracking sound. Then every all the portable doors opened. Then the kids noticed something bad was happening and they were evacuating by pushing other kids to the floor. Paul thought it was an earthquake happening but Joey told him it was a
In short, Paul D becomes entirely separated from his previous emotions of closeness with her, once he begins to separate the “Sweet Home Sethe” and this new, post-incident Sethe. It is even more important that a main character such as Paul D outright acknowledges the change in Sethe. This makes the themes that emerge after the incident occurs even more
I’m reading Gym Candy. It is a book about football. This book is about a young boy named Mick is and his dad was a pro football running back. Mick would always talk about his dad and brag about how good he was and how he stopped because he blew out his knee. Well the truth came out and his dad wasn’t taking it seriously. Well now Mick is in high school and is on varsity as a starting running back. The team had just got a new coach and is weight training in the off- season. Well Mick is not progressing and is wanting to go to a different gym. Well his dad is sponsoring a gym called Popeye's and can get him a membership. So now mick has been going there and isn’t progressing and his trainer told him about gym candy, and now he is progressing.
Paul Fisher endures a great deal of obstacles in the novel Tangerine, to him being kicked off the soccer team because of an I.E.P paper his mom filled out and a underdog in his own family, due to his athletic brother who plays football, Erik Fisher; as well as having a shaky memory. However in spite of all of that, Paul does his absolute best to hold his head high, have self-confidence, and overcome these
Have you ever been affected by a sibling or met someone that has? Weather you have or not, you should know that there are many effects caused by having a sibling. Well in the book Tangerine By Edward Bloor, Paul is affected by his brother Erik on many more occasions than any sibling should be. In this book Eriks choices affect Paul by forcing him to look like a freak, become embarrassed, and feel like a loser.
The Palmetto players were bearfaced when it came to playing rough. The kids from Tangerine were used to being picked on by others in society and not being treated fairly. Paul was actually blinded when his brother spray painted his eyes. His parents lied to Paul his whole life.
“The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.” Joey Costello, the main character's best friend, he is an example of bad sportsmanship. This is because Joey thinks that if he doesn’t make an amazing first impression on the Tangerine Middle School's soccer team, then he would just quit the team altogether. He decides that he shouldn’t play at all if he is teased. He could just keep played and show them how well he played soccer. He didn’t even try to become friend with Victor and his buddies, he, instead, just played once and quit soccer all together, at every school!!! He still can be a good friend, he is to Paul. In the novel, Tangerine, characters (like Joey) demonstrate both good and bad sportsmanship on and
As a child Paul and Norman were very much the same, for they both seeked love from their father but, growing up Paul strayed from his fathers teaching. We see that in fly fishing; Paul leaves the four tempo technique, and creates a technique called shadow casting. Paul seeks attention, for example when he danced with the Native American girl all eyes were on them due to the provocative dancing or Native American. Paul loves being in the center of attention whenever; he came home he would often tell stories with both parents giving him full attention. Paul’s character was very boisterous and quick-tempered. Paul tended to start fights and cause a scene. Paul is not reserved, and he will quickly tell you how he feels. Paul is a very independent person, and he does not like to receive help; for example after the gambling scene Paul tries to dissuade Norman away from helping him. Paul is not one to follow other people’s example, but rather sets examples like fly fishing. Paul has an alcohol and gambling problem, and he knows, but he refuses help due to his pride. Paul was equally loved as a child, but he craved for attention as an adult because he did not know what to do with the love that was given to him. In the movie Paul started to really act out when Norman came home, and perhaps this was because he felt as if he was in Norman’s shadow. Norman was called the “professor” in the family because he went to college, but Paul never left Montana, and he could never achieve what Norman achieved perhaps that is why he acted so immaturely to receive
The next morning, Kat and Albert see Paul off on his train. He travels through the villages and cities, observing the scenery. When he arrives at his hometown, Paul is flooded with memories from his surroundings; he recognizes the landmarks of his home, such as the square watch-tower and the great mottled lime tree. He starts to feel like an outsider as if he didn’t belong in the civilized
For all of Paul’s life, he has been bullied by his brother Erik and hasn’t told anyone because he feared him. On page 263 and 264 of the book, Paul had a flashback “I remembered Erik’s fingers prying my eyelids open while Vincent Castor sprayed white paint into them.”. This illustrates
He begins to realize how he should not be afraid of everything all the time, and how he needs to start making his voice heard. Paul starts to accomplish this by helping students out of the broken classroom when the sinkhole forms in Lake Windsor Middle School. But, he still doubts himself. “I’m not saying I was a hero. All I did was slide around in mud and tried to pull people out. But I didn’t panic and run either.” This quote shows that Paul still doubts himself, but he knows that what he did was a good thing. As the story continues, Paul learns how he lost his vision. He now knows it wasn’t his fault, but his brothers. This realization was crucial for Paul to begin to gain confidence, and learn not to be so hard on
In the beginning of the story, Paul seems to be a typical teenage boy: in trouble for causing problems in the classroom. As the story progresses, the reader can infer that Paul is rather withdrawn. He would rather live in his fantasy world than face reality. Paul dreaded returning home after the Carnegie Hall performances. He loathed his "ugly sleeping chamber with the yellow walls," but most of all, he feared his father. This is the first sign that he has a troubled homelife. Next, the reader learns that Paul has no mother, and that his father holds a neighbor boy up to Paul as "a model" . The lack of affection that Paul received at home caused him to look elsewhere for the attention that he craved.
"Paul’s Case." Short Stories for Students. Ed. Kathleen Wilson. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale, 1997. 192-209. Short Stories for Students. Gale. Web. 21 Jan. 2010.
The teachers at the school do not understand Paul's behavior. They feel Paul is disrespectful and a nuisance, and they have given up on him. Unlike the teachers, the people at Carnegie Hall have not given up on Paul and see a future for him in the theater industry.
My struggles with soccer began early in my life. I was an average player, who had a drive to succeed and go far. Early in my soccer career I began to have difficulty breathing, and was struggling to run normally. I was then diagnosed with asthma. I was frustrated with the way I was playing, but decided I was not going to let the asthma control my life, or my dreams. As in The Pact, George, Rameck, and Sam tried not let the distractions of their home lives interfere with the drive to succeed in college, and fulfill their dreams. In George’s case, I think he struggled at home because he never had a male figure in his life. His parents divorced early in his life. When his mom remarried, it didn’t last long. George came home to find all of his step-fathers stuff gone. Rameck’s mother was involved in the drinking and smo...