In any good book, movie, telenovela, or TV show, there is a hero and villain with an extreme tension between the two. Some friction between people is worse than others. Rodrick and Greg, from Diary of a Wimpy Kid, the classic sibling rivalry, this is less serious than a rivalry between Iraq, and America. Rodrick would not kill anyone, same as Erik from Edward Bloor’s Tangerine, or so people might think. The character Erik is as angry as someone who is having a bad hair day at prom. Have you ever met someone that you wanted to punch in the face? Erik is one of those people. He is a malevolent, bloodthirsty, a murderous jerk, which would make him one of the literature's greatest villain. Malevolent is one of the calmer…show more content… As a Category 5, Erik wants to destroy everything in his path. Towards the end of Edward Bloor's novel, Tangerine, Paul comes face to face with the truth that he has been trying to figure out since he was Five. Eagerly, has been trying to figure out why he started wearing glasses, once Paul realizes that it was Erik who sprayed paint into his own brother's eyes because Paul got his friend in trouble. Conversely, Paul is very controllable. In the book, when Victors' foot came flying right in front of Paul’s face, just to get off a cheap goal. Paul didn’t whine, and throw a hissy-fit, he controlled his anger and accepted that keep shots happen. Instead of losing control .Erik’s bloodthirsty behavior causes the air pressure around others to rise! Malevolent and bloodthirsty are two ways to start to paint the picture of Erik Fisher, the one word that ties all the work together is murderous. Like the strong winds of a hurricane, Erik will rip out the roots of what people love. Towards the end of the book Tangerine, Paul learns to face with the death of a man, Lois Cruz, who he barely knew, but felt so close to. The reasoning to Lois’ death is Erik.
