Characters in The People Could Fly
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What does Manuel's reaction to the long journey show
about who he is?
After they had traveled all the morning, Manuel felt
hungry. He got off his donkey and he found the bread and
the cakes in his bag. The bread was hard, and the cakes
were soft.
"Paul has carried me so well," he said to himself; "I will
give him the soft cakes and eat the hard bread myself."
-"Manuel Had a Riddle,"
Virginia Hamilton
He is easily tired.
O He is caring and appreciates others.
O He is physically strong and healthy.
He is very smart.
5) Intro
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cabeza de vaca was an spanish explorer and n his long exploration of 11,000.km. from florida to present-day mexico, he went through a series of calamities and setbacks that only added to his deeds. he applied his religious creed with the humanist idea, always current and universal, that all men were equal before god and destiny without any discrimination. as an explorer, he became a slave to the tipinoga, then his shaman pointer, later and after an operation of heart to an indian (from which both came alive) he achieved stardom and became a hero followed by a crowd that professed unusual respect and admiration.

the anwser is went creeping down the river again, across the wide lonely marshes to the sea.

i longed to go with them out into the world to seek my fortune in foreign lands—africa, india, china and peru!

and, dreaming of the lands i had never seen, i'd sit on there, watching till they were out of sight.

c. would be the answer : )

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