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

Tangerine by Edward Bloor

Can you believe that Erik would torture his brother? Tangerine by Edward Bloor is a story about Paul Fisher, who is visually impaired. He moves to Tangerine, Florida and is trying to figure out the mystery behind his eye problems. He learns that the choices people make have consequences that impact others. The character that made choices that had the biggest impact on Paul is Erik. First of all, Erik tortured Paul when Paul was younger. Secondly, Erik and Arthur killed Paul’s friend Luis and finally, Erik helped his friend spray paint Paul’s eyes when Paul was 5 years old.
First of all, the choice Erik made was to torture Paul when Paul was younger. In paragraph 4 page 34 it states, “Hey Eclipse boy, how many fingers am I holding up?” This choice impacts Paul because this act of bullying tears down Paul’s confidence in himself and makes him feel like an idiot for being visually impaired. Now Paul is more confidant because he gets tired of Erik’s bullying. On page 261 paragraph 8 says, “I couldn’t stand

On page 227 paragraph 13 it says, “I saw you face down Erik and those other guys, and I saw Arthur Bauer hit you with a blackjack.” This choice impacts Paul because Luis was someone that Paul cared about and to know that it was Erik and his friend Arthur that hit Luis that caused Luis’s death, will cause Paul a lot heartache and emotional pain. But this inevitably makes Paul stronger because now he has the drive to somehow get back Erik for all the horrible things that Erik has done. On page 245 Paul is very distraught because he finds out that Luis has died and knows the reason why. This bothers Paul an incredible amount that he even goes home early from school. This shows that Erik’s choice affected Paul because Paul will forever acknowledge himself as Erik’s little brother, the brother of the person that killed Luis Cruz and this is something that will take Paul a long time to get