The Fisher Family: Plot Summary

The Fisher family moved from Houston to Tangerine county, which is located in Florida. On his first day of school, he finds out about the soccer tryouts. However, later on he was turned down because of his IEP his mom turned in. Due to Florida having sinkholes and lightning bolts, the upcoming events lead to Paul having another chance to play soccer again without an IEP in his way, which transitions the story to part two. I claim that the setting of the novel drives the plot. First of the cause of all this changes, and opportunities given to Paul is the sinkhole, and lightning strikes. Because of these disastrous events, they build up on one another, and causes the ending of part one to be what it is. Actually, the most damage from sinkholes tends to occur in Florida, and other states. Also lightning strikes in Florida are the leading cause of death …show more content…
Football practices used to be in afternoon, but after Mike Costello’s death due to a lightning strike, they were moved to the morning. If it was any other place, Mike Costello would probably still be alive. Though the effect of his death wasn’t really significant, Erik’s true nature showed, which can deepen your understanding of the characters. The sinkhole though was the caused the biggest build up, and affected Paul deeply. Right after coming back from the principal’s office, Joey and Paul immediately encountered an sinkhole that engulfed the sinkhole. This led to Old Charley losing his job, and his dad taking his job. Then afterwards, Paul was given a choice of to stay in Lake Windsor, but with it’s inconvenient hours, or to switch to Tangerine Middle. Him wanting to play soccer again, chose to go to Tangerine Middle, but without the IEP. All previous events leading up to this point, has proved that setting really drives the