Erik Fisher Character Analysis

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Literary villains are all around us. For instance, Voldemort from Harry Potter and Darth Vader from Star Wars. What makes a villain? They will go through anyone or damage anything to reach their goal. No matter how small or how tall they are, anyone can be a villain. One of the worst literary villains is Erik Fisher from Tangerine, written by Edward Bloor. He is a liar and a thief. Those traits are what makes the best villains. Throughout the book, Erik shows that he is a villain through his vile and offensive behavior, his need for power, and his insanity. Villainous traits are found in many books and movies; however, one of the most common is being vile and offensive. Everyone who says or does something that is completely inappropriate and harsh, is headed down a villainous path. Erik Fisher executes vile and offensive well. In During the novel, Erik does many different things that demonstrate he is possessed or insane. In Tangerine, erik orders his slave, Arthur, to hit Luis Cruz with his blackjack. The book states, “I said, ‘I’ve already been in the right place at the wrong time, you low life creeps. You pathetic losers. I was under the bleaches on Tuesday afternoon.’ I raised my finger like it was loaded, and I pointed it at Arthur. ‘I saw you kill Luis Cruz.’.” This definitely proves that Erik Fisher is a maniac! Whereas, Paul is sane and talks his problems out with words not with grim actions. An example from the novel of Paul being sane, is when he found out he was getting kicked off the Lake Windsor soccer team. CRAZILY, he freaked out a little he didn’t take it extreme. Tangerine says, “I knelt down on that sideline, took off my sports goggles, and started to cry.” This takes place after Coach Walski kicks Paul off the team because he visually handicapped. Although, Paul has little meltdowns he stays calm, unlike Erik who is insane and does truly crazy

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