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What Is The Biggest Impact On Paul In Edward Bloor's Tangerine

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According to Stephen R. Covey, “While we are free to choose our choices, we are not free to choose the consequence of our actions.” In the book Tangerine, by Edward Bloor, a boy named Paul Fisher moves to Tangerine, Florida and tries to find out how he lost his peripheral vision. A choice can have a positive or negative impact on people’s lives and the character's choice that had the biggest impact on Paul was when Luis stood up to Erik at the football field. This had the biggest impact on Paul because first of all, it gave Paul the courage to tell the police what Erik had done to Luis. Secondly, it made Erik kill Luis which sent him to jail. Lastly, it makes Paul brave and not afraid of things anymore. First of all, the choice that …show more content…

On page 299 of Tangerine it states, “Dad had to take Erik down police station.” This Impacted Paul because when people are justly dealt with it give you a sense of security and Erik was justly dealt with so Paul should feel a sense of security. On page 302 of Tangerine it states, “And as Antoine Thomas told me, ‘the truth shall set you free.’” This means that Paul is free because he told the truth about Erik. In addition to Luiz standing up to Erik, Erik killed Luiz which got Erick sent to jail and made Paul free of Erik. Lastly, it makes Paul brave and not afraid of things anymore. On page 261 of Tangerine it states, “I’m not afraid of you, Erik…” Ever since Luis stood up to Erik, Paul was not afraid of Erik anymore. On page 262 of Tangerine it states, “I took a step forward” This means Paul is brave because you have to be brave to be able to come closer to a person that wants to hurt. In addition to Luis standing up to Erik, Paul became brave and not afraid of Erik so he faced Erik, himself. The character's choice choice that had the biggest impact on Paul was when Luis stood up to Erik. Ever since Luiz made that choice it turned Paul from a shy person to a confident person. According to Tangerine, if you make a serious choice you get a serious consequence from

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”page 2. Paul is blaming Erik for doing something that he thinks he did. Erik is always mean to paul, so if paul doesn't totally remember what happened, he blames erik because he has done some bad things to him. In Addition, Paul's brother terrorises paul with many things, so paul is always afraid of Erik. They can teach you things that your parents maybe can't, and since they don't have a good relationship, he could not know as many things that other kids do know.

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It made Paul feel more comfortable, but also scared about Luis and Erik. After all, Erik is the reason Paul’s eyesight is imperfect . Luis also gives something to Paul when Paul was exhausted from working in the groove . Luis tries cooling him down by giving him a fresh tangerine . Paul states , “Then he tossed one to me” (172).

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The first big choice that Erik made that affected Paul was when he hit Tino in the face.(205) “Immediately, faster than I thought he could, faster than Tino thought he could, Erik lashed out, smashing the back of his hand across Tino’s face, smashing him so hard that Tino spun halfway around in the air and landed on the grass. Erik did this because Tino made fun of him and he got angry. This affected Paul because he didn't do anything, it made him feel small. Paul says, “ I just stared back at her, paralyzed with fear, while the scene rolled on.”(204) This shows that Paul knew Erik was going to do something bad, he did nothing.

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The most important way Erik impacts Paul is he causes Paul’s life to become full of constant fear and anxiety. This is proven by Bloor when his character Paul states, “I have always been afraid of Erik” (42). Paul has been afraid of Erik his entire life, as Bloor indicates by this quote. The quote also gives the reason why Paul tries to avoid Erik, and sets up the

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Then he brought it forward in a mighty swing, right at my head.” Later Paul tells his parents that Erik is trying to kill him but Erik was in the house with them.

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