Erik calling Paul names affected paul’s life in many ways. One of the main reasons that erik bullies Paul is to bring him down. After he does this, he then shows his friends that Paul in nothing and he is everything. “‘Hey, Eclipse Boy, how many fingers am I holding up?’ I didn't realize at first that the boy was talking to me, and I didn't know what that meant. Erik and his friends laughed” (Bloor 34). THis line from the book is showing Erik making his friends laugh at his Paul. Paul reacted to this not knowing at all what they were talking about. Once he figured out Erik became successful and made Paul feel like he isnt wanted.
The choice that Erik made of spray painting Paul's eyes was another way he made Paul feel down and making Paul think he is nothing. “Erik’s fingers prying my eyelids open while Vincent Castor sprayed white paint into them” (Bloor 263-264). This also showed later in life how Paul is known for a bad things while it also shows an example of Paul thinking he is a failure. He …show more content…
It was pretty low but went down to the earth's core from that point forward. “He was killed by Arthur Bauer; on orders from Erik” (Bloor 242). Paul was so mad from this he wanted Erik to be closed to killed if anything. Erik has been bullying him but this is the furthest it's gone in his whole life. Once Paul started to expose and do what Erik was doing to him, making Erik scared and afraid. “Erik, apparently, was holded up in his room, hiding his face” (Bloor 271). Paul had have been waiting for this to come his whole