Courage In Tangerine

A kid named Paul was living almost his whole middle school life feeling like he was in prison. On page 269, Antoine Thomas tells Paul, “The truth shall set you free.” In the book Tangerine, telling the truth and having the courage to tell the truth is a different thing when it comes to Paul. Paul faces challenges when it comes to the soccer field and even at home.

The Fisher family has a lot of lies and a weird familyship. when coming in to mostly anything. For example, many of the homeowners think terrible kids from Tangerine is stealing koi fish from the Fisher family. On the other hand Paul can actually see what's happening which the osprey is coming down and taking them. Paul never tells them until later on and known since like forever. Paul and Erik have a miserable bond and don't really get along. Erik does some really dreadful things such as robbing houses with his friend Arthur. Erik never told his family of all the things he done. He also commanded his friend Arthur to hit Luis with a blackjack, which caused him to die. Coming to Mrs. Fisher she had lied to paul about his eye vision. Mrs. Fisher told Paul he stared at the eclipse too long which caused his
Arthur Bauer and Eric Fisher has done some bad things in the novel. For example Luis was hit in the head by Arthur Bauer and was told to do it by Erik which caused Luis to die several days later. Many people including the police men believe it was a branch falling off because on thanksgiving all the tree’s were freezing and a couple days later of Thanksgiving he died. Once again Paul knew how Luis died. Paul was holding the truth about it for a long time and finally had the courage and confidence to tell everyone the truth about Luis. Paul also had the courage to explain how the koi’s are missing. Paul noticed by telling the truth he felt free and confident in himself. His mom and some of his friends saw him as a