Have you ever thought about how crazy it would be to live in a place full of weird and crazy things happening everyday? Well in Tangerine, that’s what it is! The main character, Paul, makes choice that affect him and his everyday life. All the choices that I’m picking result in the arrest of Author and Erik. The choices you make will have an effect on your whole life! The choice to play on the soccer team in both Lake Windsor Down and Tangerine by Paul effected Paul by making new friends and enemies. He joined the team almost right when he got to Tangerine and met Joey there. He was happy at first but when he got kicked off of the team for having an IEP he felt terrible. “I’m sorry to tell you this, Paul, but you’re not eligible for the program.” said Couch Walski. “What are you talking about---’can’t play’? I can play! I’m one of the best players here!” exclaimed Paul (both quotes are on pages 62). He got kicked off the team and was offered to be the manager, which he called the ‘waterboy’, and that he is a player not a ‘waterboy’(page 64 and 65). …show more content…
Paul reacted quickly to situation by asking if it was an earthquake,”What is it? An earthquake?” to Joey, in which he replied,”No! Sinkhole, man! It’s a sinkhole!”(both from page 81), and by running in to save people. He pulled people up and got them to safety, ”Joey and I dug our heels into the mud about halfway down toward the bottom of the hole.”(page
Paul hasn’t written in a long time because he’s been busy with soccer games, football games, school, and cross-curricular projects. During that time, his father is now firmly in command as the Director of Civil Engineering for Tangerine County, and his mother now the head of the Architectural Committee, a block captain for the Neighborhood Watch patrol, and mostly like to be the successor to Mr. Costello as president of the Homeowners’ Association. His brother, Erik, has now become a local hero as the placekicker for Lake Windsor High Seagulls.
"In the end that was the choice you made, and it doesn't matter how hard it was to make it. It matters that you did." (Cassandra Clare) In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor, Paul's parents make many decisions that affected Paul's life. From moving to Tangerine, being inattentive towards Paul, and to having secrets kept from him, you could tell Paul Fisher has a pretty crazy life. Those decisions were made by his parents. However, those decisions that his parents made has molded Paul into a stronger person.
In Tangerine Paul may be blind physically but he can see what his parents’ and the townspeople can’t. Paul, a middle school student and the main character, is physically blind and is looking for answers from the past. Erik, Paul's big brother, is a superstar football kicker and bully who is driven by anger and frustration. Their parents are struggling with the secrets from the past and the effect that they have on the family and the families future. Tangerine county in Florida has the well off town of Lake Windsor, where the Fisher family lives, and the poorer town of Tangerine. The author Edward Bloor utilizes blindness to symbolize how Paul may be visually impaired but can see social injustice, while Erik and his
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
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Have you ever been alone, by yourself, with no one to care for you, no one to love you? Fourteen year old Manny Buston living on the streets of Juarez Mexico has. Wondering when his next meal would be in fear and all alone. The young teen has a plan that one night he will cross the border. Into the United States. And no money, nor family to help him get buy, He wants to change his life. In the novel the crossing by Gary Paulsen it shows that even without things necessary to survive, people should never give up. No matter how hard times get for Manny Buston who has no place to live nor money he never gives up on life.
John is the main character and the protagonist of the story. He becomes a priest in training under his father. He tells his father about his vision that he sees in the smoke of the fire. After that he sends his son on the journey of discovery required as the final initiation into the priesthood. The story, By the Waters of Babylon, revolves around John and his journey around to New York, a place that’s considered God’s land. As John is the first of his people to go east, across the great river, enter the Dead Places, or touch metal not purified by priests tells the readers that he is venturesome because of his curiosity, determination and bravery which makes him a developing character.
Sammy has many traits that describe him very well. Many of Sammy's traits are expectations that are put onto him and other teenage boys by the society he lives in. Sammy is a misogynist (to hate women) he does not directly show or even say that he hates women, but it can still be seen through his actions and his thoughts throughout the story. He sees women in a way that is not at all respectful. But during the sixties, it was actually normal for women to be seen and treated as inferior to men, and it was normal for them to get treated disrespectfully by them. Sammy fits perfectly in this society , because we all have seen through the ways he had ‘checked out’ the girls in the supermarket. His examination leads him to sexualizing
The character I chose to analyze is Bonnie Grape from What's Eating Gilbert Grape, an American drama film directed by Lasse Hallström. Bonnie Grape is a Caucasian woman who is, approximately, in her mid 50’s and lives in a small town of Endora, Iowa with her four children, and has lost her husband seven years ago. Bonnie who is suppose to be the immediate care taker of all of her kids is shown to have abandoned all of her parental duties after her husbands passing and she hasn’t left the house for seven years. She has become completely housebound she sleeps, eats, and stays on the couch all day. Her day starts out with eating breakfast with the family, and then she watches TV all day. Even though she loves her children a lot, but she does not take any part in raising them. She also has become an object of ridicule or amusement many times children sneak on to the yard to catch a glimpse of her through the window. However, Bonnie sees no problem with her weight or her lifestyle, until one day when she has to make a trip to the town for her son. When Bonnie is leaving the town a crowd comes together around the police station to get a glimpse of Bonnie, and many also begin taking pictures of her. At this point, Bonnie realizes that she has become something that she never intended to be. In one particular scene Bonnie tells her oldest son Gilbert “I know what a burden I am. I know that you are ashamed of me. I never meant to be like this. I never wanted to be a joke” (Hallström, 1993). From Bonnie’s background information we can conclude that she is clearly facing some psychological problems, and in order to gain more information we would have to conduct more assessments.
Paul's Case by Willa Cather shows the world through the eyes of Paul, a boy's who's naive view of a good life leads to a tragic fate. Throughout the story, the reader is shown the life of Paul a snobby kid who believes he is above everyone else. Readers are shown his views of life and given quite a bit of information about Paul's character. By giving details about Pauls character through his thoughts, actions, words, and others' thoughts about him, readers are able to have an in depth view of his character and understand why he ultimately decides to take his own life.
Pauls's Case is the story of a young man who struggles with his identity. Paul feels that he knows where he belongs, but his family and teachers refuse to support his choices. In the middle of Paul's Case, there is a switch in narration. At this point, the reader can associate with Paul and his problems. Paul struggles with both internal and external conflicts, causing him to be quite a puzzling character. From tha perspective of his family and teachers, Paul seems abnormal. From his perspective, however, he seems misunderstood.
Essay Prompt: If you could be any character in the bible who would you be and why?
Concerning the characterization of Dear John novel’s and film adaptation’s main characters, there are some descriptive features to take into account to perceive a full picture.
My struggles with soccer began early in my life. I was an average player, who had a drive to succeed and go far. Early in my soccer career I began to have difficulty breathing, and was struggling to run normally. I was then diagnosed with asthma. I was frustrated with the way I was playing, but decided I was not going to let the asthma control my life, or my dreams. As in The Pact, George, Rameck, and Sam tried not let the distractions of their home lives interfere with the drive to succeed in college, and fulfill their dreams. In George’s case, I think he struggled at home because he never had a male figure in his life. His parents divorced early in his life. When his mom remarried, it didn’t last long. George came home to find all of his step-fathers stuff gone. Rameck’s mother was involved in the drinking and smo...
At one point of our lives we all thought our parents were annoying or didn't understand us, we may even still that way. We all heard that god-forbid phrase, "When I was your age.", but we all forgot our parents were once like us. We all think that they are just blabbing nonsense, but most of the time it is true. In the two short stories, "Rules of the Game" and "The Treasure of Lemon Brown", the two main characters face conflicts with their parents. In the end they learn valuable lessons.