The Magic Bus Character Analysis

In the story, The Magic Bus, Thomas is one of the most disturbing and evil characters we encounter from any of the stories. A sociopath is as “defined as a person with a personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes and behavior and a lack of conscience.” The website Pyschcentral.com says that sociopath is a “pop psychology” term used to describe antisocial personality disorders. Many antisocial personality disorder share similar traits such as breaking the rules or laws, lying or deceiving others, having little regards for others safety, and being impulsive and prone to aggression. While many people may have one or two of these traits in their personality, a sociopath has all of these traits and can be very dangerous. …show more content…
The main character is in this story, Sabra, comes with a bucket that they use to put water in to fix the radiator of the bus. Sabra is a young girl about to turn sixteen. She is innocent and extremely naïve. In the book it says that she has only ever traveled outside the state once and rarely leaves her family farm other than to go to school or church. She is a restless as many girls her age are. She watched the cars on the highway go by and enjoys day dreaming about places far away like Alaska or California. Sabra’s life isn’t bad, her family while strict still loves her and Sabra loves them, but she does wonder what life is like outside the farm. These factors make Thomas believe that Sabra is the perfect victim. She is susceptible to his charm because he knows that she is curious about his …show more content…
Thomas is a master of manipulation; he uses his charisma to control those around him. Everyone he comes in contact with is a pawn in his world and when they don’t do what he wants them to do he becomes violent in order to try and regain control. He has no conscious for what his