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Parents around the world push their kids to be the best they can be and achieve academic and athletic perfection. This does not help the kid achieve it just puts a lot of stress and pressure on them to succeed. In Edward Bloor's Tangerine the main character’s brother Erik suffers from high expectations and pressure to succeed. ¨More than ever before, competitive youth sports are built around elite athletes -- the kids who play one sport all year round, have been playing since a very young age and are on multiple club teams. They are typically considered the best players. ¨(http://www.gladiatorguards.com/_blog/our-blog/post/youth-sports-how-parental-pressures-affect-young-athletes/) In the book Erik had only ever played football and is very …show more content…
good at football. Erik if then considered one of the best and his dad expects him to get into a top college. These high expectations can lead to a lot of stress to live up to the high expectations.
This stress can lead to many different things including obesity, heart disease, asthma, etc. Stress can also lead to aggression. First you have to understand what stress, stress is not just in your head. Stress is a response to a situation. When you get stressed your body responds by an increase in blood pressure, pulse rises, breath faster, and your bloodstream is then filled with hormones including cortisol and adrenaline. Researchers did an experiment on rats to test how they would react in a stressful situation. According to http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/DyeHard/story?id=158266 “the level of corticosterone soared upward in their bloodstreams. That's the major hormone produced by bodies -- both rats and humans -- to help us get through stressful …show more content…
situations. What happened next was very revealing. The rats became very aggressive, even attacking other rats that had been drugged to the point that they were almost lifeless. That, in turn, stimulated the attacking rats to produce more of the hormone, thus plunging them into a hopeless cycle of stress and violence.” These finding show that there is a connection between stress and violence. This explains why a peaceful person can turn violent if they are under stress. In the book Tangerine Erik is under a lot of stress so he resorts to carrying a round a blackjack and hanging around a very bad person. The stress might not be the only reason why Erik resorted to violence, other people in the book had an influence on him to including Paul, Arthur, and dad. Erik’s dad in the book has had a big influence on Erik’s development. He is constantly pushing for a scholarship and cares only how Erik does in football. He often ignores Erik’s faults like his grades and attitude. Erik’s dad is blinded by football and does not see the character his son really is. “And I remembered Erik’s fingers prying my eyelids open while Vincent Castor sprayed white paint ino them.” (Bloor 265) This was when Paul was only five years old, Erik must have around twelve years old. around twelve years old. This shows that Erik has been this way for years and his parents either do not know or choose to ignore. They then go applaud Erik for his football talent and pay the most attention to Erik. Then Erik gets this image that the world is focused on him. “I thought to myself, OK here we are. How long did it take dad to get to his favorite topic, the Erik Fisher Football Dream? I’d heard it all before. Too many times.” (Bloor 11) Since Erik starts to get this illusion from his dad he starts to develop Narcissism. Narcissism is a mental illness where you are self absorbed and are usually demanding and manipulative. Erik is manipulative with everyone and this shows with his “friend” Arthur Bauer. Arthur is Erik’s sidekick. He follows him and around and does Erik’s dirty work. For example when Erik commanded Arthur to hit Luis with the blackjack. Arthur obeyed and he ended up in jail just because of Erik had instructed him to. Paul is generally a quiet person and keeps to himself. Erik has Paul living in fear because he believes that his glasses were his fault because he looked into the solar eclipse. This leads Erik to think that he can get away with many things because Paul is too scared to speak up.Paul is another reason why Erik started turning violent. “ Could he have seen it? Could he have seen what Erik did.”(Bloor 206) This was Paul thinking to himself after Erik punched Tino so hard he spun around in a circle. Instead of telling someone he keeps to himself and just hopes that dad had seen it. This shows that Erik has a certain impact on because he is not directly threatening Paul but he feels threatened all the same. Paul also affects Erik by allowing himself to always get pushed around. Erik starts to think that he can push everybody around and get away with it. Eventually if you mess with the wrong people they will start fighting back. “ Tino brought his right leg up around in a vicious karate kick that doubled Erik over and filled the gym with a sickening Hooo! sound from his emptying lungs.” (Bloor 258) Tino was close to the person that Erik had instructed his sidekick to kill, Luis was his name. This shows that Erik developed something mentally that he could treat everyone as trash and get away with it. I believe that Paul had a lot to do with this. This leads back to what I was trying to prove that Erik had developed Narcissism. He is constantly acting like he is superior to everybody and throws people away like they do not matter. He does not care about other people feelings and takes advantage of everyone and everything. Arthur was another reason behind Erik’s development as a person.
Arthur was Erik’s sidekick in the book. Arthur would follow Erik everywhere and do his dirty work or just copy everything he says. I believe Arthur was just in it for the glory to make his parents proud. Erik was the star kicker on the football team so if he held the ball for Erik then he would appear in the newspaper with his name. “ Arthur has never even gotten into a game. Now he’ll be out there when the crowd is roaring,and the cameras flashing, and the game is on the line.” (Bloor 41) This shows that Arthur and Paul really do not care much for each other, but they both gain something from their “friendship.” Erik gets a servant to do his dirty work and Arthur gets fame in the papers. Erik and Arthur go on to doing several crimes including murder, breaking in, stealing, and throwing punches. Erik starts to get away with more and more he starts to believe that he can get away with anything. Arthur goes along with anything that Erik says or does no matter how bad it is. This leads Erik to believe that his actions are justified and will continue doing these crimes. “ Arthur reached Luis, turned, and whipped the blackjack around with a loud whack against the side of Luis’s head.” (Bloor 210) Erik had instructed Arthur to hit Luis with the blackjack and Arthur followed through. This shows the control that Erik has over Arthur and proves that he will do things for Erik even if it might land him in jail. Also
proves that Arthur is like Erik’s servant and does his dirty work for him.
Everyone everywhere has experienced stress with something they have dealt with in life. Whether it is school, paying bills, managing a busy schedule or work, stress affects everyone. Although everyone experiences stress, many people don’t actually know what stress is. Stress is the physical response of the body to harmful situations that threaten someone’s well being. When someone says “stress”, the word is automatically associated with a negative effect on people but small doses of stress can benefit a person, if used to correctly. Everyone’s stress level is different and the amount of stress that can be handled varies from person to person but a stress overload will not benefit anyone. “When you feel threatened, a chemical reaction occurs in your body to allow you to act in a way to prevent injury” (“Stress Management Health Center”). The chemical that is released when stressed is known as cortisol, also known a stress hormone. “Cortisol is like a long-term form of adrenaline, produced in the adrenal gland when the body is under pressure” (“The Effects of Stress on Your Reproductive Health and Fertility”). Adrenaline is also released to send the body into, what is known as, emergency action (“Stress Symptoms, Signs and Causes”). This emergency action speeds up reactions preformed by the body and the mind. This is a way of protecting the body. While in emergency action, this stress caused by threatening situations can save your life. In emergency situations, you are given “extra strength to defend yourself, for example, or spurring you to slam on your brakes to avoid a car accident” (“Stress Management Health Center”). Signs of being in this emergency action are a racing heart, blood pressure rises, quickening of breath and tigh...
In the process of hurting Luis, Arthur hit him too hard with a blackjack and ended up killing him. Erik never gets in trouble for what he has done to Paul and finally gets it when the police come to arrest Arthur for killing Luis. Erik shows no respect to his family because he was the first born, the “golden child” and abuses his power to never get in trouble.
My evidence is on page 211 it states, “Arthur reached Luis, turned, and whipped the blackjack around with a loud whack against the side of Luis’s head. Luis’s arms shot up to cover his head but he staggered to the right and fell on one knee. Arthur stuck the blackjack into his gym bag and continued walking, as if nothing happened”. I did not like that Arthur had to use violence for something bad that they caused. This impacted Paul because it gave him the choice to tell or not to tell about Erik’s violence. The evidence that supports this is on page 246 it states “should I come right out and say, actually mom he wasn’t killed by a tree branch he was killed by Arthur Bauer on orders of Erik”. Even though someone else’s choice makes it more challenging for us, we can still do the right
Erik tells Arthur, his ball holder and sidekick goon, to punch Tino’s big brother Luis, and hit him on the head with a “blackjack” club. Luis then dies of an aneurysm about a week later. Erik is blind to how his actions affect others. He is not able to take accountability for what he does to other people. He is not accountable for the harm he has caused Paul, Luis, or anyone else.
In the article, “Get Off That Couch and Play”, it states, “Students learn important life skills such as how to accept criticism, how to handle oneself under the pressure of competition, how to work hard toward a goal, how to win and lose graciously” (“Get Off That Couch and Play” 1). In sports, teens can learn how to accept criticism from their coaches, athletes have to learn that they do not do everything right and at some point they will get corrected by a coach and have to learn how to deal with that and accept it. Also, during middle school sports children learn how to handle themselves under pressure. A teammate may be pressuring them to work harder, or to score a goal and an athlete needs to learn how to stay calm while the pressure is riding on them. Furthermore, working hard towards a goal is taught throughout middle school sports because setting a goal you want to achieve is important to how you perform while competing.
Arthur very largely affected Paulś life. He, from the very start was very involved with Erik. First off, he was destined to be the holder for Erik: ¨I can predict his future. Arthur is about to get his big break, his chance to be somebody at lake windsor High. Let’s face it, Arthur Bauer is not mike costello. [...] This is his shot at the big time he will somehow, with Erik’s help, beat out mike costello for the job of holder on place kicks. [...] He has found himself a place in the Erik Fisher Football Dream, and he will do anything to stay there. I’ve always been afraid of Erik. Now I get to be afraid of Erik and Arthur¨ (Bloor 41). Paul had always been afraid of what Erik had done and now he had a safe guy, someone to back him up in everything.
Stress has various effects on the body, both psychological and physiological. Stress can have positive effects on the body and can be beneficial, but frequent stress will eventually cause negative effects on the body.
Stress means different things to different people and stress effects people in different ways. Some people think stress is something that happens to them such as an injury or a promotion and others think that stress is what happens to our mind, body and behaviors in response to an event. While stress does involve events and how one responds to them these are not the critical factors, but our thoughts about the situation in which we are involved are the critical factors. Essentially, stress exists whenever homeostasis is disturbed or cannot be maintained (Stress and the Social System Course Guide, 2013). Homeostasis refers to the body's ability to keep the internal chemical and physical environments constant. As your body begins to react to stress several changes occur. These changes include increased heart rate, blood pressure and secretion of stimulatory hormones. Ones body prepares itself in stressful situations to either stand ground and fight or to flee from the situation. Walter Cannon called this stressful reaction the fight-or-flight response (Greenberg, 2012).
Stress is the "wear and tear" our bodies experience as we adjust to our continually changing surroundings. It has physical and emotional effects on us and can make good or bad feelings. As a good influence, stress can help motivate us to do something, or help us through the day. As a bad influence, it can result in feelings of distrust, rejection, anger, and depression (overall, make you feel really crappy), which in turn can lead to health problems such as headaches, upset stomachs, rashes, insomnia, ulcers, high blood pressure, heart disease, and strokes. With the death of a loved one, the birth of a child, a job promotion (or demotion), or a new relationship, we experience stress as we change our lives to cater to this. In so adjusting to different circumstances, stress will help or hurt us depending on how we react to it.
With more and more children participating in some sort of organized sport than ever before, there is a constant concern regarding the pressures kids are brought into to excel. Emotionally over-involved parents often think that it is their responsibility to persuade, push, or support the children's fantasies or sporting objectives, even if the kids themselves do not share the same aspirations as his/her parents. Part of growing up is learning what interests you the most. It's how one becomes familiar with who they really are and what they enjoy doing in life. Unfortunately, for many young children, his/her parents seem to take his/her own lives into their own hands. Most parents want their kids to grow up to be "superstars", make it big after the college scenario, and perhaps go on to play professionally or succeed in the Olympics. We all know that there are the few that make it professionally, and having your parent paint a picture for you as you're barely going into grade school is unethical. Yet for the unfortunate, these kids are helpless to the pressure that is put on them at such a young age. Take Todd Marinovich, for example. For the child's entire life he was exercised, fed, schooled, and drilled with his fathers' one g...
"Stress is a natural physical and mental reaction to both good and bad experiences which can be beneficial to your health and safety." (8 Ways Stress Is More Dangerous Than You Think) Everyone 's body responds to stress by releasing hormones, also, you brain receives more oxygen. Stress starts to occur when we become worried about a task or responsibilities we face. Major stress is called chronic stress. It can cause symptoms that can affect your health in a larger way. Some people may say that they succeed more under stress, but sadly, that’s rarely the case. Research has shown that "stress makes a person more likely to make mistakes" (Stress Symptoms, Signs, & Causes). For most people, stress is extremely normal for them that they don 't see it as anything but ordinary. However, stress can motivate someone while under pressure and even get you through a tough or dangerous
A parent putting his/her child in sports gives the child something to do and keeps them fit. Parents also put their child in a sport hoping that he/she will get success out of it “Eager to nurture the next A-Rod or Michelle Kwan, parents enroll their 5- or 6-year-olds in a competitive sports league or program” (Stenson). While not all parents are pushing for future Olympians, the fight for a sports college scholarship is competitive and parents may feel that their child will have a better chance of gaining one if he/she starts competitive sports early. Parents push their children to succeed, and children—not wanting to disappoint their parents—push themselves, sometimes harder than they should. If done right, pushing a child into sports can have a positive effect on the child’s interaction with other children while teaching them commitment and healthy competition.
Stress is defined in the dictionary as “state of mental tension and worry caused by problems in your life”. Everyone encounters stress in their life caused by many different variables in life and we all cope with in different ways. The way one copes with the stress is how it can affect our body. Some take to working out, eating healthy, take breaks from what is stressing you out and getting plenty of sleep which are good ways to cope with it. Some take to other coping mechanisms that are not very great for the body. Some examples are stress eating, abuse of drugs and alcohol, bottling up the stress, and depression. These bad methods can cause serious damage to one’s health on the body.
The majority of young boys and girls that are into sports have certain athletes as role models. These young players are emulating everything their favorite player does, from training regimen to nutrition. They set specific goals based on what they see. The fact that the goals they have set up are not naturally achievable could be really discouraging to the person. When they realize that their favorite player is enhanced, certainly it sends a bad message, the message that in most cases is “if you want to be an exceptional player, you must take this and this.”
Stress is the combination of psychological, physiological, and behavioral reactions that people have in response to events that threaten or challenge them. Stress can be good or bad. Sometimes, stress is helpful, providing people with the extra energy or alertness they need. Stress could give a runner the edge he or she needs to persevere in a marathon, for example. This good kind of stress is called eustress. Unfortunately, stress is often not helpful and can even be harmful when not managed effectively. Stress could make a salesperson buckle under the pressure while trying to make a sales pitch at an important business meeting, for example. Moreover, stress can increase the risk of developing health problems, such as cardiovascular disease and anxiety disorders. This bad kind of stress is called distress, the kind of stress that people usually are referring to when they use the word stress.