Brief Summary Of Paul's Story

Erik has made lots of bad choices and the choices he made affected his brother paul. Eriks choices affected paul so much to the point that Pauls is scared of his older brother Erik. Erik and Paul's parents Mrs.Fisher and Mr.Fisher are to focused on the Erik Fisher Football Dream that they do not see that Erik makes bad choices affecting him and his brother. Paul won't tell his parents that Erik is not what they think he is because he is scared that Erik might hurt him and his parents wont believe what he says.

Paul’s parents and Erik create many problems for Paul, and it makes it difficult for him to uncover his true self. Paul’s parents don’t pay attention to what Erik truly is, but are also absorbed in his high school football career. Dad said,” You’re saying that I know everything about Erik’s season and nothing about yours. Your right, and I’m sorry.” (Bloor pg.234) But Erik also creates problems

She turned to him and said, ‘You’re Mike’s brother, aren’t you?’ He said, ‘Yeah’.... Then he pointed at me and said, ‘And this is Erik’s brother.’”. This excerpt might seem small, but it also shows Paul’s adaptability as well. It shows that he’s also somewhat accepted in Lake Windsor Downs, since Joey, one of the popular kids at school, is walking him around and being his friend. He’s also well known in the school if only because of his brother Erik Fisher, who’s the best kicker on the football team and is also known as ‘Mr. Generosity’ since he gave out jewelry that he stole from people. This means Paul is also adapted well to society in the upper echelons of it, in the rich kid school where people are wealthy and there isn’t really any diversity. It just shows how Paul is accepted in the rich kid school, as well as the poor kid school, which is much more tough and harder on people than Lake Windsor

Paul’s emerging awareness about how his personal history continue to affect his relationships with his friends, teammates, family, and school. Erik earns revenge for Vincent, his sidekick, by, “... prying my eyelids open while Vincent Castor sprayed white paint into them. They left me screaming and rolling around on the floor of the garage” (Bloor 263-264). As a consequence of this choice, Erik’s selfishness is shown to imply that he has no emotion for Paul. This decision affected Paul’s life by making him almost blind, causing him to obtain an Individualized Education Program form, kicked off the Lake Windsor soccer team, and receiving mocking comments because of his ¨coke-bottle¨ glasses. In essence, Paul is influenced by Erik and infuriated that his life has been a lie, ‘‘Am I such a stupid idiot fool that I stared at a solar eclipse for an hour and blinded myself? Is that who I am? Am I that idiot?’’ (Bloor 264). Paul is full of rising anger and has never considered that Erik actually was the cause of his bad sight. Paul’s glasses play a recurring role of demonstrating the inability to see the truth because sometimes, he notices things that others do not. Throughout the story, Paul is trying to find the truth of what actually caused his poor eyesight, relying on his visions to find his own identity to be part of the Tangerine society. Overall, Paul’s entire life

The choices that Erik made throughout his life never came without consequences, many of his choices, whether they were choices directed to him or not, affected Paul. Paul illustrates this idea by saying, “When we moved to Houston, when Erik was eleven, he realized that football was the star attraction,”(Bloor 29) This is talking about the “birth” of the “Erik Fisher Football Dream”; Erik use to play soccer and was successful at it, but he realized that football was the place to be if he wanted attention. Paul could’ve started playing soccer at that time as well and Erik didn’t want to risk being outshined by his younger brother. Another way Erik affected Paul, in a more indirect way, was when Arthur becomes Erik’s crony, “What will Arthur do

Mr.Fisher’s choice to ignore others and focusing on Erik affected Paul by making him feel unwanted and that his feelings didn’t matter. When Mr.Fisher was ignoring his wife and Paul this choice was made because Mr.Fisher wanted Erik to focus on his dream, and not to let Erik and his grades slip, or to focus on the low lifes on Tangerine. “In Tangerine, it seems, anything is possible.” Paul never reacted to his older brother Erik, or how his father never paid any attention to him. Another choice made by Mr.Fisher was, he kept secrets about Paul’s eyes, this affected Paul by knowing that his parents and even his brother were keeping secrets from him.

Paul releases himself from the chains of his fear and has found the shining light that will lead him to greatness. For the longest time, Erik has controlled Paul with fear, chaining Paul’s emotions to the ground. Saying the truth was a simple statement. But that one simple statement has created a big difference in the community. On page 269, Antoine Thomas tells Paul, “The truth shall set you free”.

Paul's case proved to be a fatal one. Born without a mother, and detached from his overpowering father, Paul became alienated. He went to school but the maternal affection he received there was foreign and furthermore alienated him. Paul, even at his own house, felt out of place and he

In the novel, Tangerine, by Edward Bloor, Paul and Erik don't really get along. Paul has many flashbacks on thing that Erik did to him and they aren't good flashbacks either. Eriks choices affected Paul greatly. The choices that Erik made that affected Paul were Erik calling Paul “Eclipse boy”, Luis’s death, and when Erik put spray paint in Paul’s eyes. All of the choices had a brutal outcome that affected Paul.

The setting of the short story “Paul’s Case” is clear and appropriate for the story. This is because Paul's feelings in the story happen to have a direct connection to the setting of the story. The East Coast of the United States is where the story takes place. From Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Newark, New Jersey, and then on to New York, New York, the exact setting differs throughout the story. “…the dull dawn was beginning to show grey when the engine whistled a mile out of Newark” (Cather). At this point in the story, the main character, Paul, is on board a train which has departed from his hometown of Pittsburgh en route to the Jersey City Station. From there, he plans to make his way to the glamorous New York City, a city

In addition, a choice made by Erik affects Paul by making him not as close to his parents. When Erik bullied Paul, it caused Mom and Dad to drift away from paul’s life. Over time, Erik would bully and harm Paul. This caused Paul to get less attention and Erik to get more. Erik wants to be the center of attention. And the only way to do that is to get Paul out of the way. Paul becomes lonely with no one in his family to be close to him. “I’m more wrapped up wth what Erik’s doing” (94 Bloor). Dad and Mom pay way more attention to Erik than to

" In Tangerine, it seems anything is possible ( Tangerine ) " In the novel, Tangerine, a lot of peculiar things happen, and the Fisher family, including the main character, Paul, moved right into the weird mess. In this novel, all of the characters make choices and, of course, those choices have consequences. Whether they are good or bad. The people that surround Paul have made some choices that have heavily impacted Paul's life. Some are that Mr. and Mrs. Fisher allow Paul to attend Tangerine Middle School, that Paul almost got kicked out of a soccer game, and that Louis Cruz confronted Erik, Paul's brother, after Erik back-handed Tino.

Paul was a slave of Jesus Christ, in prison because of a firm stand for the gospel of Jesus Christ. Paul in prison writes this letter to the church at Philippi, to those set apart by the Anointed one for the work of the gospel. My imprisonment has actually helped spread the good news to new places and populations. It has spread through the ranks of the imperial guard and to everyone else around me, because of my faith in the anointed one. I am a prison of Roman, because of the believing in Jesus the Anointed, but being chosen to suffer for him as well.

Paul was a self-oriented boy, concerned with money, wealth, and glamour, raised in a Calvinist household that supported these ideals. Through my research I have decided that Paul's eventual fate was not any one person's fault. Paul was just as much to blame as his father and teachers for Paul's suicide.

Paul is an interesting character in the New Testament. Paul was a great persecutor of the Messiah Jesus Christ. He had a reputation for murdering people who called themselves Christians. He had an encounter with Jesus on Damascus Road. Paul went on to become a powerhouse for the faith. There is something about having a genuine experience with the King of Glory that will alter a man’s life forever.