This is a story about a kid name maniac Magee. Maniac was an orphan he ran away from his Aunt& Uncle. He ran for 300 miles until he reach this town that was split in to two part. One side was all black people and the other was all white people. Maniacs pull off a miracle and made the towns be come one big town where whites and blacks could get a long. People said that Maniac Magee was born in a dump. They said his stomach was a cereal box and his heart a sofa spring. They also said that he
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“Maniac Magee” by Jerry Spinelli is a novel that introduces the human rights violation of racism to children in elementary schools. Published in the 1990s‚ Spinelli decided to focus on an issue that was not widely discussed within the school systems and chose to inform fifth graders about segregation and the effect this can have on a person’s moral character. Within the novel a prominent theme of a sense of belonging is shown. Through the struggle of finding a home and his fluidity between the segregated
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Jesus Miranda Per 5 Bamotra Maniac Magee Maniac Magee is about Jeffrey Lionel Magee’s search for "home" and the racial prejudice in the town of Two Mills. Spinelli has written the novel in third person using an objective viewpoint. Jeffrey lived in Bridgeport with his parents until he was three years old. During that year he became an orphan. His parents were killed in a trolley accident over the Schuylkill River. During the next eight years‚ Jeffrey lives with his Aunt Dot and Uncle Dan in
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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
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existence.” Yoko Kawashima Watkins was the main character from So Far From the Bamboo Grove. She was an eleven year old Japanese girl who struggles with life in 1945 the last year of World War II. Jeffery Lionel Magee‚ or Maniac as some would call him‚ was the main character from Maniac Magee. He was a twelve year old‚ white orphan who runs into a racist town. The stories of these two characters are different; yet‚ they demonstrate two kids going through difficulties in life. Yoko went
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East End and the West End. As a result the people on different sides of the town came to hate each other and look only at each others differences‚ not their similarities. For example the old man who yelled at Maniac only cared that Maniac had “white” skin he didn’t bother to see who Maniac Magee was in the inside. The same goes for the Mcnabs. At the birthday party they didn’t care about who Mars Bar was on the inside they only cared about his skin color. This goes to show that both the Eastenders
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humanity‚ or be pressured into doing things he does not want to do. II. Brief Description About The Author Jerry Spinelli is one of the most gifted storytellers in contemporary children’s literature. His books include the Newbery Medal winner Maniac Magee;Loser; Wringer‚ a Newbery Honor Book; Stargirl; and Knots in My Yo-Yo String‚ his autobiography. His novels are recognized for their humor and poignancy‚ and his characters and situations are often drawn from his real-life experience as a father
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I’m reading a book called Maniac Magee by author:Jerry Spinelli. The book is about a boy named Jeffrey Magee that is a curious‚ orphan‚ helpful and kind boy. He stumbles upon his journey in the East End from the West getting the name Maniac Magee. He wonders why people should go to the same end just because they are the same colour. Before I read the book I had some thoughts. How did this person get the name Maniac Magee? How this book won an award? I predicted the book would have someone doing
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In the book‚ Maniac Magee‚ Amanda was one of the main characters and she was best friends with Manic. The author‚ Jerry Spinelli‚ uses descriptive detail‚ dialogue‚ thoughts‚ and actions to develop Amanda’s personality. Amanda is a mature young lady and is a good friend. “Amanda was happy to give up her room to Maniac.” This was when Jeffrey (Manic) came home and slept in Amanda’s bedroom. Amanda was happy to give up her bedroom to her soon to be best friend. Before this amanda had given one of he
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book‚ Maniac Magee‚ Jerry Spinelli uses descriptive details‚ dialogue‚ actions‚ and thoughts to develop one of the main characters‚ Amanda. I can show that Amanda was friendly in the story. On page 11‚ Maniac runs into Amanda. Amanda had a suitcase full of books. Maniac asks for a book‚ and Amanda does give him a book. “Jeffrey pointed at the suitcase… ...Jeffrey gasped. ‘Books!’... …’Here!’” The "here" at the end of the sentence shows that Amanda was nice to give Maniac a book since Maniac looked
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