“I saw him do it. I saw Arthur Bauer sneak up on Luis Cruz, like a coward, and hit him on the side of the head" In the book Tangerine, Paul Fisher is a young boy who had struggled with confidence. Throughout the story, Paul learned to be strong and stand up for himself. Even though Paul started off scared, he learned that he is powerful and can stand up to others. In the beginning of Tangerine, Paul Fisher is afraid of Erik. Paul thought that Erik was the man in the van that tried to kill him. Erik would push Paul around. Paul would keep quiet about the harsh things that Erik would do to him, because he was afraid that Erik would hurt him. As the novel goes on, Paul develops and stands up to Erik and Arthur. On pages 263 and 264 of Tangerine,
When Paul graduated from college he became a junior accountant at Prince Waterhouse. In October of 1987 he met the women of his dreams Karla Homolka. Karla was an average student and fairly popular growing up. She had many friends, and was raised in a loving home. Before getting involved with Paul, Karla had only been involved in one other serious relationship. While working in a Pet Care Centre, she was invited to a convention in Toronto where she met Paul and they became involved almost instantly. After the relationship began to evolve, Karla’s family and friends started to notice a change in Karla; her world started to revolve around Paul as she changed her style, and tastes to satisfy him.
happens in the novel shows the foundation of his want to change. Phil Sullivan, explains, “The
When Paul's father took him out of school and demanded he not work or see anyone at the Theatre, I believe it was at this point of the story that he took away apart of Paul's life, his fantasy life. He took away Paul's meaning of life and put him back into the reality, the world Paul did not like because for him it was the instruments, the music and the lights, as well as, his job responsibilities which made him feel like someone special.
Murderer, liar, manipulator; these are only a few words that describe the enigmatic Sergeant John Wilson. In the historical book, The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson: A True Story of Love & Murder, written by Lois Simmie, we get acquainted with the complex balancing act of a life John Wilson lived. We find out about his two-faced love life, the bloody solution, and the elaborate cover up. In Simmie’s thought-provoking book, John Wilson abandons his family in Scotland, for a better life in Canada on the force. John battles debilitating sickness along with the decision to double-cross his wife. His young love interest Jessie cares for him as he battles tuberculosis. While, “many young women Jessie’s age would have had second thoughts about commitment
...onas which cause him to overlap his personas making him overlap his names with his different personas. Paul who has now lost control feels powerless and obediently listens to Ousia about going to the police serving his time and then coming out of prison to live a happy life with her and Flan.
When he had moved to Tangerine, to him it was basically the start of an entire new life: new environment and new friends. As Paul is adapting to their new town, nature controlled more than half of the book. The citizens in Houston would not even have a reaction if they were in Tangerine’s shoes. Traumatizing sinkholes swallowed the local school, fire burns underground for years, and lightning strikes at the same time every day. But, a lot of these natural issues give Paul more and more chances at life. For instance, when Paul was forced off the soccer team for his IEP, the sinkhole later “ate” his school. Luckily for Paul, he was given a choice to go to Tangerine Middle, where he could educate and play soccer with no IEP. Paul begged him parents on page 94, saying “Mom, you ruined my life at Lake Windsor Middle when you turned in that IEP. This is your chance to unruin it! Dad, I don’t mind if you never pay any attention to me for the rest of my life, just give me this chance”. For this example, it almost seems like Paul knows that Tangerine gives him second chances. But unlike Houston, his life ended theirs with tragic shame in himself. All in all, Houston was just a start and a finish, but Tangerine is an on and
He runs away to New York and buys very expensive clothes, and he rents a room at an extravagant hotel. Phillip Page’s essay brings up interesting ideas about the theatrical elements in Paul’s Case. This quote from Page helps further the complexity of Paul’s character “We see Paul offstage in the dressing room changing costume and character getting ready for his next role. This costume also does not fit” (1). At the beginning of the story Paul is trying to play the Character that his father wants him to; to hide that he is homosexual, but his rebellious nature gets in the way. Now at the end part of the story he has adapted a new character that he has desired to be for so long, but like the quote mentions he once again is not the person he is trying to portray. Even though he has the fancy clothes and a luxury hotel room for a week he isn’t this person because he doesn’t have the money to live a lavish life. The thought of having to go back to a life where he has to hide his true self devastates Paul so he takes the drastic route by stepping in front of a train. This is the final action that Paul commits in the novel and it shows the deep despair that most likely a lot of homosexual people felt at the time because of the negativity associated with
A long time ago when Paul was five he became blind. His brother, Erik, circled around him, like a clock, but Paul could not see a thing. Later on in the novel when the town was trying to figure out who was stealing the expensive
Have you ever thought about how crazy it would be to live in a place full of
IN the book tangerine Paul hasn’t been telling the truth and that leads to some bad things in the end of the book. Paul was going threw some terrible things like Erik and Arthur killing Louis, Erik and Arthur robbing the houses. Then Antonio told Paul that “ It is time to say the truth little brother”. Paul was still to scared to speak the truth because he thought that him speaking the truth wouldn’t do him much good. He went with his mom and dad to the homeowners meeting because they wanted to talk about the major robberies. The homeowners were talking about who might have been taking the koi. They were suggesting that it was the
When Paul kills Gérald Duval, he speaks to him as though they were friends, not enemies saying, “I want to help you, Comrade, camerade, camerade, camerade…” (220). If Paul did not address the man as a comrade, he would have gone insane because he would have seen the man as a terrible person and thought it was okay to kill. When Paul is in a shell hole, he begins to become deranged, but as he hears “the motherliness,” (216) of his comrades’ voices, he immediately settles down. The sounds of Paul’s companions’ voices give him a shelter that saves Paul. During the downfall of Detering, Paul warns him, “not to do anything silly,” (276). Even though Detering does not listen to Paul’s advice to not leave, Paul tries his best to prevent the inevitable from happening. Through addressing dead enemies as comrades, the voices of fellow comrades, and trying to save a friend, Paul realizes that his friends are the reason he has yet to lose his
First of all he punched Tino really hard. Secondly, was involved with the killing of Luis. Lastly, Paul figured out Erik spray painted his eyes that cause his eye problem. The first reason that this character made a big impact on Paul was when he punched Tino in the face.
In the beginning of the story, Paul seems to be a typical teenage boy: in trouble for causing problems in the classroom. As the story progresses, the reader can infer that Paul is rather withdrawn. He would rather live in his fantasy world than face reality. Paul dreaded returning home after the Carnegie Hall performances. He loathed his "ugly sleeping chamber with the yellow walls," but most of all, he feared his father. This is the first sign that he has a troubled homelife. Next, the reader learns that Paul has no mother, and that his father holds a neighbor boy up to Paul as "a model" . The lack of affection that Paul received at home caused him to look elsewhere for the attention that he craved.
Paul is rescued from the car wreck by a woman named Annie Wilkes, an experienced nurse who lives nearby. As Paul waves in and out of consciousness, he hears a voice telling him that she's his "number one fan". Annie takes him not to a hospital, but to her home, putting him in a spare bedroom. As Paul regains consciousness, he lies there completely helpless, being unable to move anything from his waist down. She feeds and bathes him and splints his broken legs, giving him
The Fisher brothers, unlike the Castellos, are based on hate and negligence. They don’t care about each other and as in the text Paul says, “I would be relieved to have him (Erik) dead.” That shows their hate for each other enough for Paul to want Erik dead. Also, in the Prologue, Paul remembers that he blamed Erik for trying to kill him and Erik says, “There he goes blaming me again.” This shows that Paul blames Erik for lots of things.