Jerry Spinelli's Maniac Magee

1) Prescribed Text – The Book Thief a. Compose a summary/synopsis of the text (plot/themes/characters/key concerns). (100 words only)

Mark’s psychological problems become more and more clear to the reader throughout the book. Eventually Susan McConnell can’t take the guilt feelings and decides to tell the whole story to the cops, but Mark is not okay with this and decides to tie up Susan and burn down the house with Susan and Mark inside. This part of the book is most likely the climax of the book; at this point, the reader finally is certain that Mark has some psychological problems. After this suspenseful scene the next chapter immediately starts back at the house of Susan, she is still alive and does not want to talk about what happened. Her mother tries to convince her to speak up and tell what happened, her mom eventually reads her something about a certain personality:

He, obviously, is the narrator, and the person whom we see the story through. He gives us his opinions on the matters at hand, and we see the book through his viewpoint. The traits described above allow him to be such a great narrator, for he can get people to confide in him, and relay this information to the reader.

protagonists and antagonists, the plot structure and events of the story and the way he

The Book Thief, written by Markus Zusak, outlines the tragedies and events that take place in Liesel Meminger’s life, in Nazi Germany. Throughout this young girl’s struggle of living in the oppressive Nazi regime, she is able to learn crucial lessons about life and the art of survival- some that follow her to the grave. The most important lesson she learned and the pivotal theme of the novel is that rebellion can be and beneficial in certain situations.

The book Maniac Magee, the author Jerry Spinelli, Amanda Beale one of the character’s from Maniac Magee is smart. She is smart because she had many books in a soup case so she could read. Amanda was black, but black people didn’t have great schools like white did, but she was still smart even though white had better school. One way the author developed a character trait is Amanda was smart to put all here books it soup case and have it in alphabetical order. This was smart of idea because she can find out where all her books

Before investigating the novel’s many relationships, it is necessary to acknowledge Barbara’s character traits in order to substantiate the idea that the novel 's greatest irony is that ‘This book isn’t about me’(4). This is a concept hidden in plain sight: Joanna Briscoe of

Characterization is an important component in short story writing. In the short story "Lamb to the Slaughter" written by Roald Dahl, we are introduced to Mary Maloney, a pregnant housewife who recently found out that her husband is going to leave her. Mary develops into a very complex character as the events of the short story unfold. Mary is a typical housewife, waiting on her husband hand and foot. She loves him dearly, but as the short story unfolds, we see that he does not share the same feelings. Mary, unable to handle the rejection, lashes out and kills her husband. We then see Mary’s character transform before our eyes and the once loving, dutiful housewife becomes a very devious, manipulative and cold hearted character. She manages

That could be attributed to Hawthorne’s background, and the era in which this story was written. Other qualities which he exhibits are perfectionism, excessive devotion to work, and miserliness toward others.

Even when people do not realize it, everyone is always learning from other people. Characters in stories all have a variety of different personalities. One character from the stories desires to be daring and fearless, while the other character is both both of those qualities. Since one character desires to be something that he is not, he puts his imagination to the test and makes his own perfect scenarios.

Many are familiar with Anne Frank's diary and have even sat down and watched the movie The Diary of Anne Frank. With her diary we learn a lot about Anne and her family, as well as the tragic story of their life, and the lives of many other Jews. However, this is not the only movie that gives us an insight in the life of a young girl during World War II. The Book Thief is in many ways similar to The Diary of Anne Frank in which the viewer is provided the experiences of the war between two very different young girls that have to adapt to a new home and possess an increasing hunger for knowledge.

Dramatic irony dominates The Book Thief. The readers know what gruesome fates are in store for the

I really love this book for several reasons. He then needs to find a way to survive almost 4 years on Mars with little to no supplies to survive with.

Maniac Magee is the main character in the book “Maniac Magee” he shows a very comparable trait of athletic. This is a very compatible trait for Maniac as he is the fastest kid on the block. So to support this trait that Jerry Spinelli gifted Maniac is when Maniac just met Grayson. As they are getting to know each other Grayson decides to tell Maniac that he should be at school. Maniac rebels saying that if Grayson were to force him he would run. This shows athleticism because he was known for running, he was the fastest person around. Although he was known for running it was common for him to run away from all his troubles and worries. For example, school is one of his troubles and worries after he ran away from home. He implied to Grayson and said something along the lines of school is like a big home you stay there then you all flock out like hundreds of little birds then you go to your second home. This he doesn't like of school that's why he runs emotionally, mentally, and physically.

In the story, Maniac Magee, the author, Jerry Spinelli, developed the character Amanda Beale to be devoted to her books.