Character Analysis Of The Character 'Amanda In Maniac Magee'

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In the book, Maniac Magee, Jerry Spinelli uses descriptive details, dialogue, actions, and thoughts to develop a main character, Amanda. One character trait that Amanda has is caring. I say that Amanda is caring because when Maniac first came to the Beal’s house Amanda happily gave up her room to Maniac. Another time that Amanda showed that she was caring is when she was teaching Hester and Lester how to read this also shows that Amanda is patient. A third time that Amanda is caring is when she got the idea for Maniac to untie the knots for people this made everyone like Maniac more. At the time Maniac was kind of hated by the people that lived in the same neighborhood. Amanda showed this trait again when she gave maniac a home to go to. At