Essay On Amanda Wiesel's Occluding Sphere

Often times in books, characters affect each other by their actions. This happens to some characters in the book Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli. The first character who Maniac met at the beginning of the book was Amanda, who changed him as a person throughout the novel. The second character who affects him in different ways is Mars Bar. The last characters who affect Maniac are Piper and Russell.

Silver Jones knows just how cruel life can be. Her mother was chewed up and spit out by its dark side-brutally murdered while turning a trick with a psycho man after she had promised Silver that that part of her life was over and she had been clear for almost a year. The man cuts her body into pieces after drugging and stabbing her to death. Rather than living with her abusive grandmother who resents silver because her mother had her at such a young age. Silver runs away and tried living with her best friend Missy but Missy mother disagreed and told Missy that Silver had to leave . Determined to escape the mean streets, Silver longs for an education. But after running into an old friend, a homeless boy named Chance whom she'd taken under her wing as a child when kids would pick on him for being dirty, Not knowing that he was a orphan and was living on

She was forcibly drawn into the adult world without anyway of escaping it or anyone to help her, it was as if she was in her own personal hell whe n Arnold Friend showed up at her housing wanting to take her out for a ride with him (“ Where Are You Going Where Have You Been 862”). Connie was so shocked she didn’t expect reality to hit so hard. When Arnold showed up he came for the mature woman he saw last night and wasn’t leaving until her got her to go with him. He even said to her that “ I’m your lover. You don’t know what that is but you will” and “ The place where you come from ain’t there anymore, and where you had in mind to go is cancelled out (“ Where Are You Going Where Have You Been 868 and 871”). All she wanted to do at the moment was be in her parents arms but it was too late for her because the monster had came and got her .

A new wave of icy fear overcame her. She banged on the wall so hard, she thought her hands would bleed. "Help anyone please!" she cried out, hoping someone would hear her.

She struggled forcefully under his bear-like hands. She thrashed to escape Frank’s strong grasp of her ; and from under Frank’s hands,came a muffled screaming. Frank began to cry and scream with terror. “Oh! Please stop and do none of that,” he plead.

Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett use a series of techniques throughout Amanda’s memoir to help develop the theme. One of the most frequent techniques used were anecdotes. These short passages would often describe a way for Amanda to escape her daily life in captivity. Lindhout also uses allusions to also help escape her captivity. Lastly, Amanda uses patterns of imagery to help the reader feel as though they are sitting in the room with her. Anecdotes, allusions, and imagery help develop the theme; when in dangerous situations, one may have to make difficult decisions in order to

Don't you think I know it? I'm so proud! Happy and - I feel I've - so much to be thankful for" (p. 414).?Amanda has two fears in her life.?One of her worst fears is having Tom grow up to be his father. "Promise, son, you'll - never be a drunkard!" (p. 414).?"When I see you taking after his ways! Staying out late - and - well, you had been drinking the night you were in that - terrifying condition" (p. 415).?Amanda's other fear in life is having Laura grow old without a gentleman caller.?"We have to be making plans and provisions for her. She just drifts along doing nothing. It frightens me terribly how she just drifts along" (p. 416).?Tom suggested to Amanda that Laura just might be what people call home girls but Amanda refuses to believe it.?"There's no such type, and if there is, it's a pity! That is unless the home is hers, with a husband" (p. 416).?Therefore, Amanda sees the fire escape as a way to escape her own problems and invite gentlemen callers into their lives for Laura.?

When it was over, she waited for him to say something. He took his time before allowing her to get away from that stupid wall and she sat down, her legs protesting as if she had been standing all

Even when the reader is shown only small glimpses of Amanda’s personality, he or she should still be able to flesh out her motives through this initial knowledge of her natural state of mind.

“I hear it was a frenzied attack,” she goes on. “There wasn’t much left of her neck by the time he was finished with her.”

After that Mars was confused and mad. After a bit of arguing, Mars ripped a page from Amanda’s book, but Amanda recognized that it was Maniac and broke up the fight. Knowing Mars ripped the page she invites Maniac to come to her house (728 Sycamore Street) because Maniac said they can fix it confidently.

I thought that the puppy would be a good idea as a picture because it is kind hearted like Amanda. The puppy was a good idea as a picture because Amanda looked out for Maniac and some dogs are watched dogs, that is a reason that the dog was a good picture. Another reason the dog was a good idea is that it was loving like Amanda. The next reason is when Amanda give up her room for Maniac that showed she was kind-hearted. The 4th reason is Amanda give her book to a stranger and trusted him, that shows that Amanda was kind-hearted to him they became friends. Another idea to show that Amanda was kind-hearted is when she tried to make him stay and not leave to go somewhere else. Amanda knew that she would get her room back if Maniac left but she

In this quote, it is illuminated yet again that Amanda is living in a fantasy world of perfection. Despite the clear markers set forth for her by Laura, Amanda chooses to deny their existence so her fragile world (almost like glass…) can remain unscathed through adversity.

Amanda’s strong and outgoing personality has made Laura become submissive painfully shy and self-conscious. She never let Laura make her own decisions. Laura was forced to attend a Business College because her mother wanted to, which resulted her escaping from school. So, to retreat from the real world, she resorted to playing her victrolla and admires her glass menagerie collection.

It was her sisters, they had been in a car accident they were 16 and 18, and both were killed the crash. Sarah was utterly, completely devastated. Sarah father was even more devastated, and seeing Sarah and her family in pain hurt Courtney to. Sarah sister were dead on arrival at the hospital. Sarah was so distraught that she was willing to let