Type Eric In Edward Bloor's Tangerine

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Eric is described as cold, crazy, crole. In the text it tells you a lot of things he did to his brother in other. It gives you a lot of background information about Eric. this will be about the Eric in how he affected other around him. It will also give you a clear understanding of what type Eric is. In Edward Bloor’s novel Tangerine,Eric choices affect paul by making him understand that he did not need to be affair any more.
Eric’s choice to kill Luis that Paul was getting close to affected him by making him sad. He cried because he was not able to go to the funeral. In the book it says “Theresa says ‘don't you be coming to Luis’s funeral.’” (p. 248) It also say that Paul sobbed. Eric did this because Luis’s came to stick up for his

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