Tangerine Essay T. Epenesa 1.15.16 P.d 1 Who was Paul Fisher? Paul Fisher was a small weak wimpy little 7th grader at least that’s what we thought, but through out this story that little wimp gets more interesting. Paul Fisher has a sinful teenage brother, who always is making terrible choices. Paul Fisher has a mom that cares a lot about him and the other hand his dad doesn't really pay attention to him. He's always about the “Erik Fisher Football Dream.” “He had something pulled over his face, some kind of ski mask, and he was holding a long metal baseball bat in both hands, like a murder weapon. Then he brought it forward in a mighty swing, right at my head.” Erik makes terrible choices that some of those choices affect Paul majorly. Obviously they don't get along that well because Paul had a flashback about Erik, and that flashback wasn't a good one. “ He had something pulled over his face, some kind of ski mask, and he was holding a long metal baseball bat in both hands, like a murder weapon. Then he brought it forward in a mighty swing, right at my head. Paul never really got help from Erik., Erik was always causing trouble to Paul when Mike Costello died Paul got confused by Erik and …show more content…
Erik made a robbery, he stole a “rolex watch” that was 900$, but they got it back, and “pearls, antique, 500$, but they did not get it back.. On December, 3, Mrs Fisher had a meeting about what Erik and Arthur had did together. The robbery. Mrs Fisher shared what she has saw at the meeting. Mrs Fisher open the book and started talking, “On November 22, I made a shocking discovery. While out at our storage bin, searching for boxes of winter, I found a gym bag that did not belong there. When I opened this gym bag, I found a U.S Army gas mask, a pair of rubber gloves , and a plastic supermarket bag fillied with diamond earings, watches, gold rings, and many other types of precious
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
“‘I gotta tell you, you’re comin’ in here with the wrong attitude’” (151). In these quotes, Paul is noticing that Joey is changing and that the death of his brother changed how Joey sees things. By Joey’s comments, it affects Paul and hurts his feeling by the darkening words as he talks to Paul. Also, Gino, one of Paul’s friends at Tangerine Middle, recognizes Paul for his bravery during the sinkhole and the unfairness of Coach Walski decision. “ Someone snatched my glasses away from me, right out of my hands. It was a big guy, with a towel, and he proceeded to wipe them clean. He said, “Mars, my man! Good work out there.” … “They should have bent the rules for you, Mars. They bent the rules for the other guys, lots of them, so
In the beginning of Tangerine, Paul Fisher is afraid of Erik. Paul thought that Erik was the man in the van that tried to kill him. Erik would push Paul around. Paul would keep quiet about the harsh things that Erik would do to him, because he was afraid that Erik would hurt him.
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
Everyone has a mentor. Most people look up to their parents, a friend or sibling, but in Paul's case it was a tangerine farmer who was also the brother of his friend; his mentor was Luis Cruz. In the novel Tangerine, Luis Cruz represents the mythological archetype of the mentor by keeping Paul motivated, staying positive, and giving advice while acting as Paul's conscience. The first way Luis fulfills the mentorship figure for Paul is the way he motivates Paul. For instance, Luis was talking to Paul while “fighting the freeze” within their conversation, Luis says, “you seem kinda scared Erik and Arthur Bauer.you shouldn't be they're punks” (Bloor 229).
Karla was totally in love with Paul and would do anything to make him happy. Paul and Karla engaged in very forceful sexual intercourse as this would keep Paul satisfied. He once asked Karla what she would think if he was a rapist and she said that she would think that it was cool… Paul was impressed and he started to rape women. He developed a pattern of grabbing women when they were getting off of the bus, r...
When Paul and his comrades have to experience Kemmerich's suffering death, they all knew that Kemmerich will pass away, yet they still told him that it was going to be okay and that he will get to go back home and meet his family. In that part of the chapter, Paul really shows a lot of support towards Kemmerich, and it shows how good of a friend Paul is. Sadly, they were right about Kemmerich’s death, but Paul they still tried to make him
Shelton Pryor was Paul’s best friend; he was more outgoing than Paul. He didn’t care what the consequences of his actions would he just wanted to have fun. Shelton was upset because of the facts that nobody cared about the school. He had the idea that if they got a student to run for president things would change.Paul Abrams is a conniving teenager who causes trouble when he is around his best friend Sheldon. Since he was the new kid, he acted shy and quiet until he made some friends.
As previously stated, in the beginning of the book, Paul was super quiet, shy, and lonely. In fact, his only friend was his mom. Paul never tried to change anything, and never made his voice heard. He had terrible self esteem - mainly because he felt it was his fault he was blind, and had to
They said, “We wanted to find a way to keep you from always hating your brother.” Erik is a bully and blind to appropriate social behavior. Erik thinks he has discretion over everyone else. He is a star kicker for the High School football team, and hopes to play in college and then professional ball. He jokes about a football teammate being killed by lightning.
Paul believes that everyone around him is beneath him. He is convinced that he is superior to everyone else in his school and in his neighborhood. He is even condescending to his teachers, and shows an appalling amount of contempt for them, of which they are very aware.
Paul's father is a single parent trying to raise his children in a respectable neighborhood. He is a hard worker and trying to set a good example for his son. His father puts pressure on Paul by constantly referring to a neighbor, whom he feels is a perfect model for his son to follow.
...onas which cause him to overlap his personas making him overlap his names with his different personas. Paul who has now lost control feels powerless and obediently listens to Ousia about going to the police serving his time and then coming out of prison to live a happy life with her and Flan.
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.
The husband is able to provide for his family with a position in an office, logically his intellect is not in question; his emotional stability has defiantly been affected. Therefore, this brings the author to rely on the husband’s perspective to divulge the fundamental components of the story using a third-person narration. For a year the husband thought that his wife had been kidnapped, yet he never checked her person effects to see if anything was missing. Only because the mother needed additional spices did the husband check for the jewelry that he advised that the wife stash in the top cabinet in case there was an intruder (1995, p. 587). Once the missing jeweler was discovered the husband knew that the wife then abandoned not only him, but also their the young son.