Deciding not to stick up for Joey when Victor and Tino were picking on him was the significant choice that Paul made in Part 2. One of the reasons why Paul made this choice is because, Paul didn't think that Victor and Tino picking on Joey was that big of a deal. “‘ So what was that supposed to be? Some kind of initiation or something?’ ‘Yeah. Yeah, don't take it so seriously.That’s just Victor,’” (pg.142) This shows that Paul was telling Joey not to worry about Victor picking on him because, he didn't think it was a big deal. Obviously, Paul figured it was the first and only time that Victor and Tino would make fun of Joey so, Paul’s advice was to shake it off. Another reason why Paul made this decision is because, Paul did not want to get on Tino and Victor’s bad side. “‘Hey, Fisher Man, why’s this boy always following you around?’ I glanced at Joey. He was looking straight ahead. ‘I don't know Victor. Why don't you ask him?’” (pg. …show more content…
If Paul stuck up for Joey and talked back to Victor, Paul’s life at Tangerine would be terrible because, nobody wants to be on Victor’s bad side. So Paul forced Joey to engage, that way Paul could be with the “cool group” and not on Victor and Tino’s bad side. Lastly, an impact that this choice had on Paul is, now Joey and Paul’s friendship is not as close. “Joey was sulking pretty heavily in the back. I don't think he even heard her. We drove the rest of the way in silence,” (pg. 144). Now Joey is angry and upset that Paul didn't stick up for him. This leaves Joey wondering if Paul is a valuable friend and how long their friendship will last. This leaves tension between the two boys and puts their friendship at risk. To conclude, Paul made the choice of not sticking up for Joey because he didn't want to get on Tino and Victor’s bad side, and Paul didn't think it was a big deal. The impact this had is now Paul and Joey’s friendship is not as
After Joey transferred to Paul’s new school, he started to saying mean things to Paul’s new friends. He ended up getting into a little fist fight. When things simmered down he turned to Paul and said, “This is how you survive here, right? You kiss up to these guys? You’re scared of them?”(154). This scene establishes Joey’s role as threshold guardian because it makes Paul be more than just a wallflower. First, before the fight started, Paul tried to get them to stop. However, he could have made the situation worse by screaming “fight”, but he didn't he chose the highroad. Paul stood up for himself after the comment Joey made, and he did it using words, not his fists. Still it made Paul come out of his comfort zone. The fact that Paul tried to stop the fight showed that he overcame the obstacle by using humility and by standing up showed that he was becoming bold. After the fight Joey and Paul’s friendship was almost non-existent. Nonetheless, Joey reached out to Paul: “He called to find out if I’m alright,”(252). Subtly, this shows Joey is the threshold guardian because it leaves Paul to deal with the metaphorical olive branch Joey extended. Initially, Paul has to realize Joey is trying to be friends again. Afterwards, Paul has to decide whether or not to forgive him. In the end, Paul does forgive Joey and realizes the value of friendship. Ultimately because Paul saw how valuable friendship was, it, in turn, made him see that if he never forgave Joey their friendship would never have been recovered. Joey proves to be a threshold guardian as he helped Paul to see the power of forgiveness by making him internally
Luis’ words motivate and show Paul that he should stop fearing flat people like Erik and Arthur. Bloor reveals through Luis’ advice that Paul is forming into a more dynamic character. Paul realizes that Luis can help him get past his fear of them. Luis emphasizes to Paul that the boys are not all that they make themselves out to be, and he explains that by calling them “punks”.
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
These temptations, many times, often lead to an increase in the chances of George, Rameck, and Sam's character cracking. For these reasons it made it hard for them to stay on the right track in life and to deviate away from what they were being raised in and to become better than that. Positive influences in their lives prevented them from succumbing to the calls of the streets and of the accepted norms. People such as the karate teacher who helped build self confidence and respect. Unfortunately for Paul he did not have these positive role models in his life to keep him focused and eventually got involved with drugs. He was a senior in high school with graduation just around the corner. Everything was going for him, he was on the Varsity football team, was heading off to college in a few months, and more importantly he wa...
Paul believes that he was tricked into joining the army and fighting in the war. This makes him very bitter towards the people who lied to him. This is why he lost his respect and trust towards the society. Teachers and parents were the big catalysts for the ki...
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
Paul wanted everyone to think he was better than they were. Not only did he try to dress as if he were rich and important, his very actions displayed a great amount of disdain for everyone around him.
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.
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.
In a story, there is always at least one protagonist and at least one antagonist. In the short story, Paul’s Case, the protagonist is Paul. A troubled character not happy with the way he lives his life. On page two, Cather wrote, “He stood through smiling” the line shows the attitude that Paul has toward life. Also on page two Cather wrote, “his only sign of discomfort was the nervous trembling… and an occasional jerking of the other hand…” These two quotes from Cather’s “Paul’s Case,” shows him to be a round character because of how in the first quote he shows how nothing matters, not even getting all his teachers coming down hard on him, trying to get some kind of reaction out of him. But the second one shows him to be nervous. Cather writes, “Paul had started back with a shudder…...
This is besides the point. The point here is that Paul's incident allowed us to think
Just as men project their feelings onto others instead of explicitly stating them they do not explicitly state their insecurities either. However, their insecurities are revealed through the use of female characters. Whilst in a relationship with Miriam, Paul felt that she made him feel insecure about himself. “Why did she make him feel as if he were uncertain of himself, insecure, an indefinite thing, as if he had not sufficient sheathing to prevent the night and the space breaking into him? How he hated her! And then, what a rush of tenderness and humility!” (Lawrence, 237). Paul believes that it is Miriam that causes him to feel insecure because he thinks she holds him to a moral code. However, he continues feeling this way even after they are no longer together. Therefore, Paul’s uncertainty of himself is inherently his own fault, not Miriam’s. In this way, D.H Lawrence uses Miriam to show how Paul is not sure of
Joey smiled, his blue eyes glittering with mischievousness. His job was well done, a job done well. Not only did he manage to kill Ally's mother, rest in piece, poor soul, but he managed to make Alegra Hawthorne herself go crazy under the trauma of her mother's death. How he managed to hit just Ally's mother and not Ally still seemed to amaze him. Sure, his car was a wreak, and both Ally's and his combusted, leading Ally's mother to her ultimate doom, but, c'est la vie! A job well done, indeed.
Joey didn't quite understand why Kaiba decided to step up to become his guardian; the multimillionaire seemed to dislike Joey.
He is extremely nervous, therefore as a result of last night, Joeys little sister, had given up her virginity to him.