Erik Fisher Football Dream

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Questions to Think About - The following questions should be answered in your journals. The purpose of these questions is to help you understand the meaning of what you are reading. Read the questions before you begin to read and think about them while you are reading. Paul has not written in his journal for four weeks. Why hasn’t he written and what has happened during that time? Paul hasn’t written in a long time because he’s been busy with soccer games, football games, school, and cross-curricular projects. During that time, his father is now firmly in command as the Director of Civil Engineering for Tangerine County, and his mother now the head of the Architectural Committee, a block captain for the Neighborhood Watch patrol, and mostly like to be the successor to Mr. Costello as president of the Homeowners’ Association. His brother, Erik, has now become a local hero as the placekicker for Lake Windsor High Seagulls. (Bloor 168-169 ) What is happening with the Erik Fisher Football Dream? The Erik Fisher Football Dream is slowly developing. He has gotten recognition from the Tangerine Times and since Mr. Donnelly is connected to two other football guys from Florida, he grew even more famous. There may be more of a chance that he will be able to play for a major university. (Bloor 169) (Bloor 176-177) What does Paul …show more content…

reality by showing the War Eagle’s first impressions based on the what they’ve seen. The scenery they saw was something that could be compared to Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous and the golden gates were beautiful to them. To outsiders, Lake Windsor Middle School may appear to be a beautiful school district. However, to someone like Paul who used to attend the school, he knows that it’s all a facade and that everything is not what it seems to be. Underneath the face of the beautiful school district, there lay problems such as overcrowding and schedule changes due to the

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