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?…
Use in education and research Maniac Magee is popular in elementary school curricula. Many study units and teaching guides are available, including a study guide by the author. The novel has been used as a tool in scholarly work on childhood education and development. Fondrie cites it as an example in a discussion of how to bring up and discuss issues of race and class among young students McGinley and Kamberlis use it in a study of how children use reading and writing as “vehicles for personal, social, and political exploration.” Along the same lines, Lehr and Thompson examine classroom discussions as a reflection of the teacher’s role as cultural mediator and the response of children to moral dilemmas, and Enesco studies expressions of social identity in the responses of children to Maniac Magee.…
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.…
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).…
Michael Foucault’s work, a renowned French philosopher, has greatly influenced the study of politics. He began his career as a Marxist and went on to research about sociologically and politically valuable data. In 1961, for his doctoral thesis, Foucault wrote his first major work called the “The History of Madness.” In this book, he gives a historical account of a constitution (as he calls it) of experiences of madness ranging from the 15th to the 19th century in Europe. It involves studying effects of differences in treatments given to mad people so as understand the phenomenon of madness. This book illustrates his thoughts and research on the relations between reason and power, institutions and power and authority and power (Hacking, 2004).…
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 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.…
At one time he opened up a camera shop in Stevens Point, Wisconsin and began doing freelance photography for the newspapers all around the state. Eventually he moved his shop to the first level of their two story home where he could keep an eye on Jean and the four children. Lou was very distrusting of Jean, he always was accusing her of cheating on him. The back room of the camera shop that was converted into a darkroom and he would develop all of his own photographs. He had taken photographs of murder scenes where women had been chopped into many pieces and those pieces were scattered around in a field. He showed these photographs to his daughters to frighten them into submission. Lou would tell his daughters that if they talk to anyone about anything or if they would be bad they would get cut up just like that woman did. Violence daily was Lou’s method of control within the home and fear controlled Jean and the children. For Lou it was do as I say and I will not beat you…
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).…
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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