Tangerine Paul Fisher Character Analysis

Venomously evil people have flooded and still flood the world, these people are affecting other people's life still to this day. Books can be processed the same way, evil characters in books can be compared to bad people in real life. These characters make it easy to be on the literature’s most hated list. These certain individuals will try to crush anything that is in their way to achieve their goals. Erik Fisher, a character in Tangerine written by Edward Bloor, can easily wind himself on this list. People like Erik not only try to achieve scandalous, cruel, and arrogant goals but they are also the way he treats other people is mentally sick. Luckily there are good people in the world too, For example, Erik’s younger sibling, Paul. People

Do relatives or friends choose poor choices? In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor, character choices affect the main character, Paul Fisher. He is a visually impaired student who attended two middle schools in Tangerine County, Florida. He was influenced by other people around him. In fact, Erik, his brother, impacted Paul’s life largely by his choices. Erik’s choices affected Paul in many ways.

Have you ever made a choice before? Chances are you have, and the people in the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor are no exception. The novel is about Paul Fisher, a kid with thick glasses, and the adventures he has in his new home in Tangerine florida. Even though Paul himself makes many choices, today were focusing on the choices made by his mother(Mrs.Fisher) and how they affect Paul. Mrs.Fisher often makes major choices that will affect Paul immensely, without Pauls consent or opinion.

Paul Fisher has had glasses for at least half of his life. The cause for most of the story was he looked at an eclipse, but that wasn’t the case. We later figured out it was his brother Erik. The effect of Erik was glasses. Having glasses caused some not so good things to happen to Paul. All together, Paul’s glasses fit perfectly in the center of a cause and effect chart.

In the beginning of the book, when eating dinner, dad talks about the Erik Fisher Football Dream. Paul abnormally asks, “How long did it take dad to get to his favorite topic, the Erik Fisher Football Dream?” (11) The quote shows how dad doesn’t have a sight/thought for Paul, and only cares about Erik. Dad is unable to realize that he doesn’t support Paul, thus leaving Paul feeling unnoticed and unimportant. Of course, Paul is also feeling neglected by other members of the family, especially Erik. “I remembered Erik prying my eyes open while Vincent sprayed white paint into them” (263-4). The quote makes the reader realize that Erik doesn’t see Paul as a kind brother. Instead Erik sees Paul as a little pest who means nothing to him, thereby treating Paul with a non caring attitude. The examples both use sight as a factor that is missing. This can greatly interfere with the character’s understanding of each

Paul Fisher a boy scared of his old brother and driven by keeping the secret.The author’s message from the book Tangerine by Edward Bloor the truth shall set you free. I think the author is trying to express that it time to tell the truth and that it's never wrong to tell the truth.In the book Paul develops a new skill sticking up for him self not being scared. For instance in the book Paul has talked back to his father and that paul usually would be quiet . And as he develops these new skills he tells the truth more often like the homeowners in tangerine they always wondered what happened to the koi fish and then Paul confess that it was the offsprings on route 89.This development in Paul changes his ways of holding secrets. In the novel

and Mrs. Fisher make Paul feel as though he is not important. Paul's parents show so much attention to Erik and his life. Yet are not concerned at all about Paul. Paul and his father have a conversation that shows how much attention Paul's parents give to him and his life. “ ‘Really? Are you in it?’ That question really hit me the wrong way. I couldn’t believe he had asked me that. And yet it was so typical . I answered, ‘Sure I am, Dad. They picked me as the all county benchwarmer.’ He looked annoyed. He sounded annoyed, too. ‘Come on Paul. did you make the team or not.’ We locked eyes again. ‘ How many games did I play in, Dad?’ He pulled back ‘I don’t know.’ What position did I play when I did get into a game?’ ‘How am I supposed to know that?’ OK. Here’s one: How many field goals did Erik kick this year?” (Bloor 233). This quote from the novel shows how little Paul’s Dad knew about Paul’s life although he knew almost everything about Erik’s. And Paul’s mom was no different. She too was focused on the “Erik Fisher Football Dream” and paid little attention to Paul and his soccer.

It is unclear whether or not the husband’s dislike for the blind man is fueled by jealousy or by ignorance. It is clear that the husband’s idea of what the company of a blind man would be like is very stereotypical because he bases his opinion on what he has seen in the movies, “In the movies, the blind moved slowly and never laughed.” (Carver 473). The husband bases his judgment from movies and decides, “A blind man in my house was not something I was looking forward to.” (Carver 473).

Brother Jack's glass eye is revealed, the narrator can see that his blindness does not imply

Paul realizes that he has no relation to his civillian life when he returns to him hometown during his leave. This goes to show that the war had irreversable damaging effects on the young men and they could not connect with their families or previous lives the same

The narrator does not find joy in learning, does not have close friendships, and superficially judges the world. According to his wife, he has no friends. “Every night I smoked dope and stayed up as long as I could before I fell asleep”. He has a monotonous life. He is also afraid of the blind man and does not know how to interact with him. The blind man’s eyes creep him out. “I’d always thought dark glasses were a must for the blind. Fact was, I wished he had a pair”. He judges the man based on his look instead of his personality. Even before he met the man, he fixated on the blindness. He also feels pity for

Within the story, the narrator also provides the back-story between his wife and the blind man, but the details he does not provide about his wife are very telling about his character specifically his self-serving way of thinking about things. The narrator briefly explains that his wife had previously worked for the blind man, however he soon gets off track and changes the topic to the fact that she had left his employment she had married her “officer to-be” who was her “childhood sweetheart” (210). At this point the narrator gets distracted and begins to describe the narrative of his wife and her ex husband: the narrator explains that “their life together in the military” lead her to “swallow all the pills and capsules in the medicine chest” (211).

The beginning of the story presents the narrator’s wife working for a blind man one summer by reading, “stuff to him, case studies, reports, that sort of thing” (Carver, 34). She eventually extends an invitation for the blind man, Robert, to stay at their house after Robert’s wife had passed away. The narrator was not too happy about having a stranger stay in his home by stating, “I wasn’t enthusiastic about his visit. He was no one I knew. And his being blind bothered me. My idea of blindness came from the movies. In the movies, the blind moved slowly and never laughed” (Carver, 34). The narrator seems very timid about someone he had never met stay at his house who can see purely nothing. This gives off an impression that the narrator doesn’t want to have Robert stay with him because he will be a hassle to keep up with since blind people in the “movies” progress, “slowly and never

The novel, Tangerine, is a book full of surprising events. Tangerine is mostly about overcoming your fears and honesty. Paul Fisher, the main character, his mom, dad, and brother, Erik Fisher, move from Houston, Texas to Tangerine, Florida. Paul may be legally blind, but he can see things many others can’t. In Tangerine County, everything may seem normal, but it’s a very strange place. With lightning striking at the same time daily, fires burning underground, and a sinkhole swallowing the local school, Tangerine is very abnormal. It seems anything in Tangerine can be possible.

The narrator is pre-judgemental towards all people who are blind, whether or not he has met them. He believes all blind people are the same as those he has watched in movies. The narrator perception of the blind is that they “moved slowly and never laughed” and when they went out “they were led by seeing eye-dogs” (Carver 104). The movie industry creates a false image of the blind, which leads to the narrator’s assumptions. However, the blind are not all the same, just like how everyone else in the world are not the same. People are designed to be different in their personalities, thoughts, looks and much more. The narrator’s ideas of Robert are based off of false conceptions and this changes his attitude towards Robert. The narrator already has strong feelings towards Robert before meeting him