Tanggerine By Edward Bloor: Character Analysis

In the book Tangerine by Edward Bloor, there are multiple actions that will affect the main character Paul in the near future, but there was only a few that stood out and had a major effect on his future actions. These decisions in particular were made by the parent’s themselves. The parent's made multiple decisions that were one sided and had a major effect on Paul's personality and further decisions/actions. The parents choices to hide the secret how Paul got blind, to giving him open access to the computer, and moving to Tangerine played a major role in affecting Paul over time. The parents decision to move from Houston to Tangerine made Paul Fisher more of an outsider. They moved there because his father had just accepted a position as county engineer and where his older brother, Erik, a talented placekicker, can pursue options for scholarships in a state fanatic about football, Paul does not easily fit in.This decision was mostly one sided as they overlooked Paul’s future as a soccer player and focused on his brother's football “Dream”. When Paul was in Houston he was the starting goalkeeper and the star on his school soccer team and had enough potential to become a very good soccer player but
He notices once he enters how many documents are for Erik while there are none for him, he notices a document on Erik showing all his stats and future colleges wanting to go to and future scholarship offers. While Paul does not even know a single stat or even what position he plays. In the book Tangerine, page 234, Paul states “ Dad as I noticed knows all of Eriks stats and attended all the games while with Paul he has not been to any games and does not even know one single thing about Paul’s soccer career.” This shows that the Dad lowered Paul’s confidence and self esteem because he was never there and made him feel left out or that he is a bad soccer