In the book, Maniac Magee, Jerry Spinelli showed that Maniac was fast in the beginning because he wrote that Maniac took a year to run 200 miles and when he wrote that, he also wrote, “...figuring the way he could run…” Jerry Spinelli also showed that Maniac was kind because, in the book, he wrote, “Maniac smiled. "We can fix it."” I thought that example showed that Maniac was kind because Maniac was saying to Amanda that they can fix the book instead of him just leaving her and saying that it is Amanda’s problem now. Jerry Spinelli showed that Mars Bar likes to be the guy that everyone praises because, in the book, he wrote, “Mars Bar jammed his arms downward, stuck out his chin, sneered. "Am I bad?" Maniac was befuddled. "I don't know. One
