Bud Not Buddy Book Report

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Recommended: Critically examine the relationship between literature and society

Bud, Not Buddy Bud, Not Buddy takes place during the Great Depression. Bud Caldwell is ten years old and his mother is dead. What if the book was written today? If the book was written today then blacks and whites wouldn't be segregated. Also, Bud's mother wouldn't have died. Lastly, Bud wouldn't be alone and hungry. Would Bud and his family still be together? To begin with, Bud, Not Buddy took place during the 1930's when the Great Depression was going on. Bud's mother died so, Bud was living in an orphanage. Bud goes to a foster home were everyone is mean to him so he runs away. He decides he is going to find his dad. He travels to Grand Rapids, where he finds Herman E. Calloway, which he thinks in his father. In the end, it turns out that Herman is Bud's grandfather. …show more content…

Bud's mother would have been able to go to the hospital and get better. Also, if the book was written today Bud's mom could have seen a doctor and get help. Medicine would have saved Bud's mom. Medicine, the hospital, and doctors would have saved Bud's mom. So, if the book was written today then Bud would still have a mother. Furthermore, if Bud, Not Buddy was written in the modern era, then blacks and whites wouldn't be segregated, according to chapter 18. If blacks and whites weren't segregated then Herman wouldn't have been so hard on Bud's mom. If Herman wasn't so hard on Bud's mom then she wouldn't have run away. Also, if people weren't segregated then Bud could have gone to school and made friends. Bud wouldn’t have to be alone, he would have had his friends. If the book was written in the modern era then blacks and whites wouldn't be segregated and Bud's mom wouldn't have run

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