Have all the choices you have made been all your own, for only yourself. Or were some, if not all impacted by others? How did those choices affect you and your life? Choices made by numerous characters in the book, Tangerine, impacted Paul in an abundant of different ways.
“How did I actually become blind?” Paul had been asking himself and his family this since he was a mere 5 years old, he would always asked his parents how he got blind. Erik made multiple choices in the book. All affecting Paul in a bad way. One way Erik affected Paul in a bad way was when Paul was 5 years old. The summer Paul went blind. The choice made by Erik that summer had cost Paul his eyesight. Paul had witnessed Erik and Vincent Castor spray painting a …show more content…
“Mike Costello is dead, Mom. He got killed at practice today.” Erik explained to his mother what had happened to Mike. Arthur, Erik’s friend was with Erik when he told his mother. As Erik told his mother what happened Arthur, “seemed to fight back a smile.” The boys were not heartbroken that a boy from their school, on the same football team, a neighbor had died today right in front of them. They were delighted! Now that Mike Costello was gone Erik would be the spotlight, the star of the team. And Arthur would get to be the holder for the team or at least he second-string holder if anything. “Then I heard a strange sound. It was the sound of voices in the backyard. Happy voices. I looked through the patio doors and saw Erik and Arthur. They were laughing.” They had thought that it was funny that his hair got burned off and that his brother was frantically trying to get his shoes off. But the reality was, Mike had got struck by lightning. His little brother, Joey watched as he got struck by lightning. And Mike Costello was dead. The choice to laugh and not help Mike Costello affected Paul because he was realizing what a “monster” his brother was and that Arthur was the new …show more content…
Paul finally remembers how he went blind. Paul confronts his parents about it, angrily, “I yanked off my Coke-bottle glasses and shook them at him in rage. ‘There are questions that need to be answered about these! Am I such a stupid idiot fool that I stared at a solar eclipse for an hour and blinded myself? Is that who I am? Am I an idiot?” Erik sprayed spray paint in his eyes, and his parents knew about it. But they didn’t tell him because they didn’t want to ruin the relationship between them. If one is there at all. They didn’t want Paul to hate Erik for what he did. But he did it, and Paul resents him for all the things he has done. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher’s decision to not tell him what Erik did to him when he was young affected Paul in negative ways because he spent his life wondering what had really happened and trying to figure it out, thinking he was unintelligent for staring at an
“How did I actually become blind?” Paul had been asking himself and his family this since he was a mere 5 years old, he would always asked his parents how he got blind. Erik made multiple choices in the book. All affecting Paul in a bad way. One way Erik affected Paul in a bad way was when Paul was 5 years old. The summer Paul went blind. The choice made by Erik that summer had cost Paul his eyesight. Paul had witnessed Erik and Vincent Castor spray painting a …show more content…
“Mike Costello is dead, Mom. He got killed at practice today.” Erik explained to his mother what had happened to Mike. Arthur, Erik’s friend was with Erik when he told his mother. As Erik told his mother what happened Arthur, “seemed to fight back a smile.” The boys were not heartbroken that a boy from their school, on the same football team, a neighbor had died today right in front of them. They were delighted! Now that Mike Costello was gone Erik would be the spotlight, the star of the team. And Arthur would get to be the holder for the team or at least he second-string holder if anything. “Then I heard a strange sound. It was the sound of voices in the backyard. Happy voices. I looked through the patio doors and saw Erik and Arthur. They were laughing.” They had thought that it was funny that his hair got burned off and that his brother was frantically trying to get his shoes off. But the reality was, Mike had got struck by lightning. His little brother, Joey watched as he got struck by lightning. And Mike Costello was dead. The choice to laugh and not help Mike Costello affected Paul because he was realizing what a “monster” his brother was and that Arthur was the new …show more content…
Paul finally remembers how he went blind. Paul confronts his parents about it, angrily, “I yanked off my Coke-bottle glasses and shook them at him in rage. ‘There are questions that need to be answered about these! Am I such a stupid idiot fool that I stared at a solar eclipse for an hour and blinded myself? Is that who I am? Am I an idiot?” Erik sprayed spray paint in his eyes, and his parents knew about it. But they didn’t tell him because they didn’t want to ruin the relationship between them. If one is there at all. They didn’t want Paul to hate Erik for what he did. But he did it, and Paul resents him for all the things he has done. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher’s decision to not tell him what Erik did to him when he was young affected Paul in negative ways because he spent his life wondering what had really happened and trying to figure it out, thinking he was unintelligent for staring at an