"Never enough is it Whitey? Just want more and more. Won't even leave us our water in the street. Come down to see the Bojangles. Come on to the zoo. The monkey house."~Maniac Magee~Jerry Spinelli

I think this is an important and confusing passage in the story. I think it is important because this is Maniac's first glance at the fact that he is DIFFERENT. He was light skinned, them dark. He was not liked by some people. Mars Bar, John McNab, and now this old man telling him to get out. I think it is confusing because I don't get what he means by "Come down to see the Bojangles. Come on to the zoo. The monkey house."~AG