In the book Maniac Magee, Jerry Spinelli, made Jeffery very productive by being productive on every task he had to complete. One of the biggest times Maniac Magee was productive was when Amanda Beale said no to letting Magee have a book of hers. He was productive and eventually got the book on page 10-12. Try to imagine how hard it would be to get that book from Amanda if you seemed like you had no interest in the book.It would be next to impossible because she loves her books, and to give a book to some random kid who doesn't care about a book would never happen. Luckily Maniac Magee loved to read, and he wanted to learn so he ended up getting the book he worked so hard for. Jerry Spinelli, really went above and beyond on this book by making…
Comprehension Questions Chs. 12-21 Write a brief summary of the last chapters (12-21). 2. Why does Mr. Beale take Maniac back to the Beale house?…
In every story there is an antagonist who is fighting against the main character. Maniac makes this true for the book Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli. In the first part of the book, Maniac annoys people without realising it and without wanting to. In the second part, Maniac turns down offers of a better life because of his worries and fears of being hurt by anyone he gets close to. In the last part of the book, Maniac chooses to stop looking after himself and gives up on life; he also speaks his mind and people get upset. Maniac is the antagonist in Maniac Magee because he is against himself throughout the book as he gives up on himself and lets himself lose relationships.…
Bipolar disorder which is also known as the maniac depressive disorder, it is a brain condition that causes strange turns in mood, energy, activity levels, and the ability to carry out day to day tasks. Bipolar disorders are one of the oldest known psychological illnesses to a mankind. Research reveals some mention of the symptoms in early medical records. It was first noticed as far back as the second century,…
The treatment method used will depend on the individual situation of the adolescent. Whereas one treatment may be effective for one child, it may not be effective, at all, for another. There are behavioral treatments, family interventions and even medications. There should be an extensive interview with a qualified substance abuse professional to determine which treatment would best fulfill the child’s needs.…
David Rosenhan is known for the classic, yet controversial study “On Being Sane in Insane Places” of progress within the mental health field. Rosenhan’s study (1973) of eight people with no previous history of mental illness were admitted at various mental hospitals in America and complained of individual symptoms (auditory illusions, e.g., ‘thud’). He investigated whether psychiatrists could distinguish between those genuinely mentally ill and not. Each pseudopatient behaved normally, and symptoms were not re-reported. However, the average length of hospitalisation was 19 days. This shows context has a powerful role in determining how behaviour is labelled. This led to question the truth in psychiatric diagnoses. The predominant issue was unauthorised diagnoses and needless treatments for a fictional mental illness tolerably accepted. Today, it is the difficulty in gaining treatment for real symptoms of mental disorders.…
Scenario 1 Natalie health as an infant can be seen as a education of high level wellness. This is shown as Natalie only consumed fruit and vegetables for the first year. Despite Natalie eating healthy she is missing meat which is a highly recommended food as it contains protein to assist in muscle growth and development and to allow certain parts of the body to function such as skin, hair, bone, digestion and hemoglobin which allows oxygen to be carried through the blood. Natalieʼs physical, emotional dimensions of health are substantial as a result of regular physical exercise with her family and visitors.…
What do we think about when we hear the word psychopath? Majority of us jump quickly to someone who is crazy, someone who we would never think to come across. A psychopath can be anyone from a neighbor, someone you love, to a homeless person according to (psychopathic killers hide in plain sight).…
1. Alcohol Abuse: Jeffrey started to consume alcohol at the age of 13. His alcohol consumption continued to grow once he started high school and even started drinking scotch in class (Biography, 2013).…
Which of Maniac’s activities do you think are impossible? Why? Which do you think are possible but not probable? I don’t think any of Maniac’s activities are impossible because he is capable of learning how to do every single one of them. I think the one activity that may be possible but not probable is the tying of Cobble’s Corners knot, because over many decades no one else could ever accomplish this feat.…
The black and white scenes are used to tell the story of what previously happened. The black and white is used to give narrative structure amidst its confusing plot, rather than for he purpose of adding “visual richness” (however it serves to do that too)…
Serial killers are discriminate in who they kill. A serial murder is a person that commits a series of murders over a period of time.They look for certain types of people to kill while the mass murderer just kills people at random and in groups of two or more. Serial killers crave on intelligent killing while mass murderers just kill to kill without sense. Mass murders are carried out in a single act. A school shooting or the recent event in Orlando at Pulse nightclub. The difference is the time frame and how victims are chosen. A perpetrator who commits serial murder tend to be classified as individuals who kill three or more victims over a period of time with a break in between each murder. They also tend to do it to fulfill some sort of…
A serial killer is someone who kills at constant, but patient rate. After some while he takes what is called a "cooling off period". The difference between a mass murdered and a serial killer is that a serial killer will kill one at a time and then cool off. While a mass murderer will kill large amounts at a time. The victims of serial killers relates strait to the childhood. Certain victims are designated because the killer has a certain dislike towards them from early years.…
Serial killing is the rarest form of homicide, serial killing is when a person has killed three or more people in a span of time. There is usually a “cool off” period where the individual takes a break between his killings for usually a month or more there are times where this period could be shorter. Their main motivation for killing is typically based on psychological gratification that the killer gets because they have been hurt in the past or have some kind of psychical issues. Most often a sexual assault happens in the murders, other times the killer just want the media attention, are dealing with anger, or killing for the thrill of it because it gives them some sort of “high” feeling.…
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