Examples Of Flashback In Tangerine

After confronting Erik, Paul finally bursts. All of the police are at Paul’s house, and he tells the police about Luis Cruz, saying “I saw- I heard Erik Fisher tell him to do it.” (284) Paul let go of all of his fear right then. His fear to let others, mostly Erik, gain power because of him.For once in his life, Erik is going to get what he

On page 205, Paul states, “Erik lashed out, smashing the back of his hand across Tino’s face.” This quote marks the point in the book where the reader sees Erik’s true side. Now, because Erik is becoming more and more evil as the story goes on. But, whenever Erik does something bad, Paul's friendships take take a turn for the worse. To add, on page 211, the author say, “‘Arthur reached Luis, turned, and whipped the blackjack around with a loud crack...Erik walker quickly past Luis...Arthur takes care of my light work.’” This quote shows the further damage that has been done to Paul’s relationship with the Cruz

Imagine living your everyday life in a town named Tangerine, where natural disasters commonly occur. This is the situation that the protagonist, Paul Fisher, has been enduring ever since his family moved to Tangerine, Florida. The novel, Tangerine, written by Edward Bloor, describes how Paul Fisher sees the world through his thick-rimmed goggles due to his damaged eyesight from “staring at an eclipse.” Paul has to be circumspect around bullies and his older brother, Erik, who seems to have dissoluteness living inside of him.

One decision that caused Paul to be less afraid of Erik is on pages 262-263. On these pages the author says, “He turned and threw the bat into the Land Cruiser. He got in, and Arthur got in, and they drove quickly away.” (Pg 262-263) This makes Paul less afraid of him because he was able to stand up to Erik and Arthur alone without getting hurt by either one of them. This also caused Paul not to be afraid of Erik because it proved to Paul that Erik wasn't so perfect and put together as he thought. Another reason why Paul is not afraid of Erik at the end of the book is on page 284. On page 284 the author states that, “I stood up straight and faced them all, like I had seen Luis do. “I saw- I heard Erik Fisher tell him to do it.”” (Pg. 284) This shows that Paul is less afraid of Erik because he was willing to expose Erik in front of everyone, and tell the complete truth without being afraid that Erik would hurt him in anyway. Erik Fisher causes Paul Fisher to be less afraid of him by losing control and not denying the truth about the bad things he had

It can take one person to change the way you think about the way you think about yourself. The novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor, is about a boy by the name of Paul Fisher. Paul cannot really stand up for himself, and is a bit reserved. All of the other characters in Tangerine, make choices that contribute to the growth of Paul as a character, whether being positive or negative. These choices made by Luis Cruz, Mr. and Mrs. Fisher, and Erik Fisher, all made Paul braver/stronger, and more able to speak his own mind.

First of all, Erik’s decision to tell his friend, Vincent Castor, to spray paint into Paul’s eyes affects Paul by making him “legally blind.” Paul “remembered Erik’s fingers prying my eyelids open while Vincent Castor sprayed white paint into them.” (Bloor, 263-264) After Vincent got caught spray painting a public wall, Erik was certain it was Paul that ratted him out, so he decided to punish him. Since Paul is “legally blind” without his glasses, this makes it hard for him to be involved in extracurricular activities such as soccer. It also changed how people viewed him because a lot of people thought he was disabled. If Erik hadn’t decided to spray paint Paul’s eyes, Paul wouldn’t be legally blind, and he would have been able to join the Lake Windsor soccer team.

One way that Erik Fisher has affected Paul is that he is the cause of Paul’s blindness. To begin with, Edward Bloor writes from the view of Paul “And I remembered Erik’s fingers prying my eyelids open while Vincent Castor sprayed white paint into them.” This is evidence that Erik Fisher had a big role in damaging Paul’s eyes, because he was the one that opened Paul’s eyes for the white spray paint which blinded him. Also Bloor writes about how Dad tells Paul that “The doctors told us that you might never remember. And we figured that was the best way to handle the situation.” This explains that Erik was, for sure, the cause of Paul’s blindness. It also mentions why Paul didn’t remember being blinded by Erik, for a while, and why his parents never told him of this incident. Because of Erik, Paul has to live with

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

This made Paul feel embarrassed, because Tino hadn’t done anything to deserve being hit and Paul was ashamed of his brother for hurting his friend. According to the text, “Immediately, faster than I thought he could, faster than Tino thought he could, Erik lashed out, smashing him so hard that Tino spun halfway around in the air and landed on the grass…. I tried to get Tino to come inside, but he wouldn’t. He wouldn’t talk to me, or even look at me…. What could I have done? What should I have done.” [Page 205-207]. This passage explains that this choice Erik made. Tino embarrassed Erik, teasing him about him falling on this butt in the mud at a football, so Erik, punched Tino in his ear, making it bleed. This affected Paul because the interaction made his friendship with Tino awkward. Tino thinks that Paul is like his brother even though he isn't. Also Paul feels embarrassed because he didn’t back up Tino and because he didn’t warn him of what could happen at his

In the end paul remembers that erik put paint on paul's eyes that why paul is blind.Paul went to new middle school st anthony. Luis Cruz died because arthur killer luis. Mr.fisher take him to his new school.

A choice made by Erik Fisher affected Paul by Making him blind. “...I remembered Erik’s fingers prying my eyelids open while Vincent Castor sprayed white paint into them’’, Page 264 . Erik chose to do this because he thought that Paul snitched on Vincent and Erik, so they gave him “payback”. Paul was told that he looked at a solar eclipse which made him blind but was later revealed to him that it was Erik and his Goon’s Fault, which enraged him.

In the beginning of Tangerine Paul, doesn’t understand why he has always hated and been scared of his brother, Erik. “Why didn’t I answer the question? I used to have an answer ready for that question.(39). Paul started questioning himself even though he had a story. He didn’t understand why he started to question his story. However later in the story, he starts to remember his story. “I remembered Castor. Vincent Castor… I remembered spray paint on that wall. Erik and Vincent Castor had found a can of white spray paint, and they had painted something… ‘You’re gonna pay for telling on Castor.’”(263). As soon as Paul starts remembering he, finally, starts to understand, see, why. Why he has always been scared, hated and not wanted to confront Erik. He is finally able to uncover truth about himself, and he feels different, happy and brave, now that he

A final choice made by Mrs.Fisher was keeping the truth on how Pauls eyesight got so bad from Paul. Throughout the book Mrs.Fisher told Paul that he damaged his eyesight by looking at an eclipse for to long, however he later discovered the truth that his brother Erik spray painted his eyes “ And I remembered Erik’s fingers prying my eyelids open while Vincent Castor sprayed white paint into them.”page 263-264. Mrs.Fisher thought that telling Paul that he looked to long at a solar eclipse was the best way to keep Paul from hating his brother Erik. However as he is quoted saying “So you figured it would be better if i just hated myself?” page 265. This shows that he blamed himself for his eyesight and that it caused some emotional conflict within

You can tell that Paul is afraid of his older brother, Erik. Another quote that showed flashback was, “I turned around and saw Vincent Castor. He was holding a can of spray paint. Then I felt Erik grab me from behind. And I remembered Erik’s fingers prying my eyelids open while Vincent Castor sprayed white paint into them.

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.