Bud, Not Buddy, By Christopher Paul Curtis

In Chapter 4, Bud turned on the Amoses' faucet. When he found out that the Amoses had hot water running straight into their house, he was so surprised. Since Bud is an African American, he has not seen or had a house that had hot water running into it instead of having a well. Bud was also surprised when he was at Lefty Lewis's house, and he got to take a hot shower. During the Great Depression, many African Americans were not very clean because of the lack of water. If Bud was a white person, when he found out that the Amoses had hot water running into their house, he would not have been so

When Bud woke up, he swathe sun began to rise. Once he arrived at the mission, a big, tall man announced that the people before Bud were the last group of people to eat breakfast. Bud kept complaining and begged to eat breakfast, but the big man didn’t show any sympathy. The more Bud begged, the more he was pushing the big man’s buttons. Right when the man was about to hurt Bud, a family of four called Bud Clarence and pretended like he was a part of the family. So, Bud and his pretend family walked inside the mission. After the meal, Bud thanked his pretend family, and his pretend parents told him to come early next time. Then, Bud headed back

One of the major themes in the novel, “Bud, Not Buddy” is the importance of family. This theme is represented in the novel through Bud’s journey to find his family. Throughout the story, Bud looks for his alleged father, Herman E Calloway, as he has no other family, and if he were to find his family, it would give him hope, as he would have been able to find somebody from the family he was born into. On page 86, readers can see how important finding family is to Bud, when the flyer with Herman E Calloway flies towards him, and Bud thought, “Maybe it came back to me because this Herman E Calloway really was my father.” This information gave Bud a newfound sense of hope, which shows how important family is to Bud, as with the absence of one, finding one has been so important in his life to the point in which even a small chance of him finding his family seemed like something that would be able to benefit him in the long term.

In the text it says, “RULES AND THINGS NUMBER 16 If a Grow-up Ever Starts a Sentence by Saying “Haven’t You Heard,” Get Ready, Cause What’s About to Come Out of Their Mouth Is Gonna Drop You Headfirst into a Boiling Tragedy.” This rule helps him so he knows that he is going to get bad news. Bud mentions this rule in Chapter 7. He mentions this rule because Bud was looking for Miss Hill and a librarian told him that she got married and moved to Chicago. This shows that in Bud, Not Buddy Bud’s rules help him thrive.

When Bud misses his train to Chicago he feels alone and scared so he does the one thing he can think of, go to the library. When Bud gets to the library he finds the maps, “I went over to a table and found Flint and Grand Rapids in the lines of the book. I looked where the two lines met and it said 120. Wow! That was going to be a good little walk.” (Curtis pg.92) This statement helps prove how Bud will go to great lengths to find his could be dad Herman E. Calloway. Bud is very determined, when he sets his mind to do something it is very hard to get him to

In the book Half Brother, by Kenneth Oppel, Ben Tomlin is a very thoughtful person because he is considerate, caring, friendly, and kindhearted. Ben Tomlin, the main character in the book, lives in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada with his mom, dad, and a chimpanzee, Zan. Some things about Ben is that he has curly hair, he likes to play Risk and pinball, and he does cross-country and photography. First of all, Ben is a thoughtful person because he is considerate of others, especially his friends and family. An example that proves this is can be found in Half Brother, by Kenneth Oppel on page 371, said by Ben. “I paused, because this part was hard to admit. ‘I didn’t love you at first, Zan. I thought you were weird, and I guess I was jealous, and sometimes I didn’t want you at all. But that didn’t last long. You were my little brother. I really felt that. That was never fake.’” This quote explains that even though Zan is a chimpanzee, Ben still loves him because he cares for him and wants what’s best for Zan, which is a family. Another time where Ben shows his thoughtfulness by being considerate of others is when he understands why Zan is being crazy. Even though Zan is fooling around and he can’t stop him, he is not mad at Zan because he knows that Zan is an animal after all, even though his family is raising him like a human. He knows that Zan is only having his temper tantrum and he knows that he can’t stop him because he is an animal, not a human. In Half Brother, by

In James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” it is only when a brother loses his child that he realizes how easy it can be to lose his brother. The narrator’s little brother, Sonny, was left in his charge when their parents passed away. He neglects Sonny and leaves him to work through hard decisions on his own which leads to Sonny being picked up by the police for using and selling drugs. When the narrator’s daughter, Grace, passes he sees how suffering can affect people and reaches out to Sonny, who is fighting to make his way in the world through music. Baldwin shows us that you don’t have to see eye to eye on everything to accept that person.

The Amos's locked Bud in their shed for the night. Since Bud ran away, he was now on the lam. Bud tried

The historical fiction novel Bud Not, Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis is about a motherless boy named Bud Caldwell. Bud is an orphan living in Flint Michigan during the harsh times of the Great Depression, where people lived in poverty and were usually unemployed. Following the clue his mother left him upon her death, Bud is on a journey the find Herman E. Calloway the bandleader of, “ The Dusky Devastators of Depression!!!!!!” Bud suspects Herman may be his father but with a twisty turn, it turns out that he is actually Bud’s grandfather.

To begin with, the story would be different if Bud had met up with Miss. Hill at the library. For example, in chapter seven it goes on about how Miss. Hill got married and moved to Chicago, if she hadn't had gotten married she could have been working at the library. When Bud arrived at the library the other librarian said that Miss. Hill got married and moved to Chicago radiating happiness. Also, if Miss. Hill was still at the library, Bud more than likely wouldn't have had to sleep under a tree.Miss. Hill could've taken him home or at least let him sleep at the library. Therefore, Miss. Hill could have taken Bud in and given him something better than sleeping under a tree.

When Bud tried to talk to girls he would pretend he was from far away. He didn't have very many friends in the real world. He didn't go

As it was shown in the story, Bud's stepbrother, Todd, is both a bully and a lier. On top of that, Todd's parent believes in everything Todd said, even lies. When Todd is picking a fight with Bud and got caught by his parent, he lied about how it is Bud who is starting the fight, his parents believed him and locks Bud in a room filled with bugs and bee to live in. Making a home with the Amoses is like a death wish, you can never fight back or else you get punished unfairly, which makes you powerless against others. One of the best home Bud has lived in is in Mr. Lewis's, as it gives Bug kindness and warmth.

There are many dangers to work with someone in the Great Depression, but there are as well benefits. The first positive attribute of having a friend is that they have someone to talk with, and could keep them from getting mad or depressed. For example, it says on line 4 "Lennie was delighted. That's it- that's it. Now tell how it is with us." It was show that Lennie liked what George was telling him. George on the other hand also felt positive. Lennie told George to get multi colored rabbits and George said,"...Sure we will,..." and said "red and blue and green rabbits, Lennie. Millions of 'em.

If Bud was born today he would be in my brother’s grade. Bud and I have many differences, than we are similar. Bud and I have more differences than similarities. It is clear that if Bud was alive today, he would be 92 and I would be 12 if Bud. I would like to know what it would be like if there was a 92 year old that went through the depression, that went through a tremendous amount of harsh times when he was just 10.

To begin, the story would be extremely different if Bud had a dog the reason being is that Bud wouldn't be as depressed. Also, the dog would motivate him. In ch.1 Bud talks about how he has no family.