The Costello brothers have a relationship based on love and respect; however, the Fisher brothers have a relationship based on intimidation and fear.
An example would be when Joey runs up and wants to take Mike Costello shoes.
So that is how the Costello acts as if it was the fisher brothers they would fight and Erick would always win the fight. Because he was older and knows more moves then what Paul fisher knows? Also when Paul was younger people would tease Paul about his glasses. " He was standing at the front of the school-bus line Erick with his fifth-grade friends when one said hey eclipse boy how many fingers am I holding up?" (33). they all laughed about the joke. This evidence shows Erick does not stick up for his little brother. At football "Joey was watching and mike paul walked up and Joey said mike is getting a bad brake and that he got the position of being the place kicker it would be mike Costello in the news paper when Erick kicked the fifteen field goal with mike Costello
