Crash Spinelli Crash by Jerry Spinelli

Identify the quality that makes Penn a good friend. Support your answer by using examples from the text.

Kids can be spoiled and materialistic without ever really realizing it. In the book, Penn is a Quaker that lives a relatively simple lifestyle; this also makes him different from the other kids. This also makes Penn the target for much teasing and criticism from the other kids his age and nobody teases him more in the book than his friend Crash. Crash is constantly pulling pranks or making fun of him in one way or another.

Despite the constant harassment that is common for many kids his age, Penn does not become defensive as a lot of kids would. Even though he does not like...

He also continues to do nice things for Crash even though Crash does not always return the sentiment. For example, Penn invites Crash over for a family dinner even though Penn gets made fun of for about pretty much everything, including being a vegetarian.
2. Identify the quality that makes Crash a Bully. Support your answer by using examples from the text.

Crash is a bully in pretty much every sense of the word. He is constantly pulling pranks on Penn throughout the duration of the book and much of the plot. For example when Penn first moves close to Crash, Crash rips off his buttons from his shirt and buries them. Crash takes Penn's…