Tangerine Expository Essay “Our lives are fashioned by our choices”. First we make our choices, then our choices make us.” In the action-packed novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor, Paul’s older brother, Erik Fisher, may be a gifted football player that is the placekicker of the Lake Windsor high school football team, is actually a broken person that has developed to be the antagonist and actually Paul’s biggest enemy. From being a part of why Paul was blinded, to making him preoccupied with his fear, Erik is the reason why Paul’s life has been painful and tormenting. But Erik hasn’t been the only one torturing Paul. Erik also has a right-hand man, named Arthur Bauer, who has also been the reason why Paul has lost some friends. In Paul’s life with Erik, he has contributed to the death of Luis, laughed at Mike Costello’s death, and opened Paul’s eyelids and spray painted his eyes as “payback.” First things first, Erik has contributed to the death of Luis Cruz. …show more content…
This is shown as, “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’” (Bloor 284). This clearly shows that Erik gave orders to Arthur Bauer to hit Luis with a Blackjack. The effect here is now Erik has to be confronted by a deputy in front of his family, Arthur’s family, and Joey for having to be a part of the death of Luis Cruz. Erik was also instructed by the deputy to stay in his house at all times as the deputy may come back at any time, meaning that Erik might be decided on what charges he might face. Therefore, Erik has been a part of the reason for the death of Luis Cruz. Moreover, Erik laughed at the fact that Mike Costello died in a lightning strike. Mike Costello, a backup quarterback on the Lake Windsor High School football team and Joey’s big brother, died on September 5th from a lightning strike while leaning on a goal