What is the difference between Ms Alvarez and Mrs Hoffman?
Alvarez is the teacher. Hoffman is the teacher.
Who is Mrs Potter in tangerine?
Mrs. Potter is the science teacher at Tangerine Middle School.
What nickname do Erik and Arthur give Joey?
And what nickname does he give Joey? Victor calls Paul “Fisher Man.” He calls Joey “Charlie the Tuna.”
What does Mrs Fisher say in tangerine?
Fisher is prepared. She reads from the article, from the local Tangerine Times, which says that their city experiences the highest proportion of deaths by lightning strike in the entire nation.
Why did Erik kill Luis in tangerine?
Why did Erik kill Luis in tangerine? Luis had an aneurysm, which is a weakening in the wall of an artery; it causes the artery to stretch out, making it susceptible to bursting spontaneously or in response to an injury. He was hit on a Tuesday, and six days later, he was dead.
Why does Paul get kicked off the tangerine soccer team?
Essentially, Paul gets kicked off the Lake Windsor Middle School soccer team because his disability prevents him from being covered under the school’s accident insurance plan. To recuperate their costs, they may sue the school.
Why does Paul feel bad for Mike?
He has an engineering scholarship, which means that his future is bright. The reader infers that Mike is the type of big brother that Paul would love to have. He’s kind and successful, yet not in a way that makes others feel bad about themselves. This goodness makes it doubly sad when Mike dies.
Why did Joey try to take off Mike’s shoes?
Joey Costello says “Mike always felt better when he got his shoes off,” to Paul. Joey was so determined to take Mike’s shoes off because Mike always took his shoes off when he returned from school or football practice. It was a comfortable tradition for the entire family.
Why does Paul’s mother call the Tangerine times?
Why does Paul’s mother call the Tangerine Times? Paul’s mother calls the Tangerine Times so that two girls from Paul’s soccer team, Maya and Sandra will be put in the times because they are number one or will be number one in the all country boys’ team. 5. Paul remembers Joey’s first day of school at Tangerine Middle.
Why did the Golden Dawn Tangerines survive so easily?
The Golden Dawn tangerines survive much easier because they are still small so they can just be covered in dirt while the cold is happening.
Why did Erik spray paint Paul’s eyes?
Erik and Vincent spray-painted Paul’s eyes because they believed that Paul was the one who got Vincent into trouble. While Erik held Paul’s eyelids open, Vincent sprayed white paint into them. This horrifying incident left Paul screaming in pain on the garage floor.
What does Paul discover is the true reason for his eyesight problems?
Paul lost his eyesight when his brother and a friend sprayed paint into his eyes. The real story is that his brother held him down while his friend Vincent sprayed paint into his eyes out of revenge, claiming that Paul got him into trouble.
Who went blind after seeing God?
St. Paul
Who does Paul find out is really responsible for his vision problems?
When it is revealed that Erik is responsible for Paul’s poor eyesight, Paul’s parents explain that they didn’t tell him the truth because they didn’t want him to hate his brother.
Does Paul kill himself in All Quiet on the Western Front?
By the end of All Quiet on the Western Front, main character Paul Baumer feels as though he has no prospects for life after the war. He resolves to take control of his own life when the war ends and he goes home. Sadly, Paul is killed in war on a day that the army calls quiet.
What doesnt Erik do that most people his age do?
What doesn’t Erik do that most people his age do? He doesn’t look for a college to go to.
What two characteristics does Paul state that his memories always have?
For example, he says that memories like and including those of the poplar trees always have the quality of stillness, and also quietness, in sharp contrast of course to the noise and chaos of the war he is currently in.
Who is Tjaden in all quiet?
Tjaden. One of Paul’s friends in the Second Company. Tjaden is a wiry young man with a voracious appetite. He bears a deep grudge against Corporal Himmelstoss.
How does Kat die in all quiet?
After Kat dies from a shrapnel splinter in the head, the loss of “Militiaman Stanislaus Katczinsky” seems all the more intolerable, as though the final prop has been knocked from beneath Paul, leaving him defenseless in the face of the interminable war.