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. …show more content…
Then, as if in a response to his prediction, Mike falls out of the picture, letting way to Arthur: ¨Here’s how: because Mike Costello didn’t fit into the Erik Fisher football dream … Mike would never, could never, have been sitting out there with Erick and laughing at such a thing.
Now mike is dead. But the Dream lives on¨ (Bloor 52). Arthur now has a permanent place with Erik, and this is where he wants to be, whether he made it happen or not. In additionly, Arthur carries through Erikś plans and makes Erik much more involed and helps him do things he would not do alone: ¨Erik [...] said, ´We may have a situation here, bauer.´ Arthur reached luis, turned, and whipped the blackjack around with a loud whack against the side of Luisś head. [...] Erik walked quickly past Luis. He explained, for the benefit of his group, ´Arthur takes care of my light work´¨ (Bloor 211). Luis in a week dies from that injury that technically Arthur made, but he would not have done it without Erik being there. This put stress on Paulś life and caused a long chain of events to
occur. Furthermore, they not only did unintentional murder but purposely stole from homes in Paulś neighborhood: ¨´Arthur used the gas mask to enter the tented homes. Then he stole items from those homes while Erik kept watch outside´¨ (Bloor 280). This resulted in both of them getting caught by the police, relieving Paul of having his brother being a murderer of one of his friends and a theif. In fact, Paul compared Arthur to Castor, someone who almost blinded Paul with Erikś help: ¨´Vincent Castor? [...] Arthur Bauer of this day´¨ (Bloor). This is saying that basically Arthur affected Paulś life in a bad way just as much as someone who practically blinded him, but without Arthur there to help Erik, and him not being replaced by anyone, would he have had that flashback, revealing to him that he was not the one to blame for his bad sight. So in the end, Erik would not have been caught if he had not done those things, which would not have happened if Arthur had not been there to back him up. In reality Erik is a coward and though, Paul would not have remembered his blindness without Arthur.
Before going to Alaska, Chris McCandless had failed to communicate with his family while on his journey; I believe this was Chris’s biggest mistake. Chris spent time with people in different parts of the nation while hitchhiking, most of them whom figured out that McCandless kept a part of him “hidden”. In chapter three, it was stated that Chris stayed with a man named Wayne Westerberg in South Dakota. Although Westerberg was not seen too often throughout the story, nevertheless he was an important character. Introducing himself as Alex, McCandless was in Westerberg’s company for quite some time: sometimes for a few days, other times for several weeks. Westerberg first realized the truth about Chris when he discovered his tax papers, which stated that “McCandless’s real name was Chris, not Alex.” Wayne further on claims that it was obvious that “something wasn’t right between him and his family” (Krakauer 18). Further in the book, Westerberg concluded with the fact that Chris had not spoken to his family “for all that time, treating them like dirt” (Krakauer 64). Westerberg concluded with the fact that during the time he spent with Chris, McCandless neither mentioned his
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
A choice made by Erik affects Paul by causing his classmates and peers to view him as a freak because he has goggles and bad eyesight. This all incidentally happened because of Erik’s choices. This choice was made years and years ago by Erik and his friend, Vincent Castor, when they decided to spray paint Paul in the eyes. The reason
“The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his” (Moore, 2011). This quote perfectly describes the book The Other Wes Moore. This book was a story about two people who have the same name and grew up in similar environments, but had very different lives. The author of the book, Mr. Moore, became successful and was given the opportunity to receive “one of the most prestigious academic awards for students in the world” (Moore, 2011). On the other side of the spectrum, the other Wes Moore “will spend every day until his death behind bars for an armed robbery that left a police officer and a father of five dead” (Moore, 2011). Mr. Moore decided to contact the
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‘I saw you kill Luis Cruz.’.” This definitely proves that Erik Fisher is a maniac! Whereas, Paul is sane and talks his problems out with words, not with grim actions. An example from the novel of Paul being sane, is when he found out he was getting kicked off the Lake Windsor soccer team. CRAZILY, he freaked out a little, he didn’t take it too extreme.
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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.
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follow complex plot lines and character development. The process of synthesizing and sense-making, Johnson maintains, provide an effective “brain workout” for the viewer. Johnson believes that so-called “quality entertainment” such as The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Frasier, spoon-fed audiences by delivering carefully constructed material that challenged viewers to do little more than watch and laugh (Johnson 280). Johnson believes this sort of programming is no more mentally stimulating that Monday Night Football. Along with plotlines that are more complex, today's program, Johnson insists, includes more fast-paced dialogue requiring viewers to think. The dialogue is not reduced to provide what Johnson calls “flashing arrows,” inserted to cue
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