Bud , Not Buddy

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Bud , Not Buddy

• By Christopher Paul Curtis.

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Main Idea.

• Bud gets sent to the Amoses house for the
  summer.
• Bud and Bugs try and get on a train to go west.
• Bud walks to Grand Rapids and gets caught, so he
  gets a ride.
• Bud goes to the Sweat Pee and laughs so hard he
  cries.
• Bud find out that Herman E. Calloway is not his
  dad but his grandpa.
• Bud joins The Dusty Berbers of the Depression.
• Bud had lots of adventures while he is trying to
  get to Herman E. Calloway.

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Theme.

• The lesson of the story was, it was hard to live
  in the Great Depression.

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5 Events.

• Bud is in the home and the lady comes and tells
  him he is going to a house for the summer.
• Bud gets locked in a shied, there he gets cut by
  fish and stun by hornets.
• Bud pours water on to Todds pajamas so it looks
  like he wet the bed.
• Bud almost killed Bugs because he jumped on him
  when he was rapped up in his blanket.
• Bud thought that Lefty Lewis was a vampire
  because he had blood in his back seat.

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Description of Setting.

• The setting is the Sweet Pee.
• When you first walk into the Sweat Pee you will
  see a line of people waiting for a table. There
  are 5 tables. There is a stage for the band to
  play on. Theres a door that leads to the
  kitchen. The chairs are folding chairs. It smells
  extraordinary.

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Character Descriptions.

• Bud Bud is very brave and cleaver. Bud has
  dark colored skin. He has worn out clothes and
  short hair. He has a swelling cut on his finger.
  His body is kind of swollen. Bud found his way to
  Grand Rapids after walking and driving all night.
• Herman E. Calloway He is very mean and
  rich. Herman has awesome looking clothes. He is
  very wrinkly. He wears a top hat. His hair is
  thinning. Herman E. Calloway doesnt like Bud at
  first so he yells at he and calls him a thief.
• Lefty Lewis He is a very kind and man.
  Lefty has light colored skin and good clothes.
  Bud scares Lefty by stealing his car. He has a
  fliers that host a rebellion. He takes Bud to
  Grand Rapids.
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5 Words I Did Not Know.

• Redcap Lefty Lewis was talking about radio
  shows and Scott was talking about going to a
  baseball game to watch Lefty Lewis pitch and Kim
  was talking about a little girl she didnt like
  and Mrs. Sleet was talking about some people
  called redcaps. In the sentence it means a person
  with a redcap. The definition is redcaps are men
  who work at the railroad station loading the
  trains and taking peoples bags to their cars.
• Scooching I started scooching toward the bed
  hoping I could get under it. The definition is
  moving slowly toward something.
• Provoked Not only have you struck him but you
  provoked his asthma. The definition is to arouse
  to a feeling or action.
• Rememorized Shucks, Ive got so many of them
  rememorized that I had to give them numbers, and
  it seemed like Todd knew Number 3 of Bud
  Caldwells rules and things for having a funner
  life and making a better liar out of yourself.
  The definition is to memorize over and over
  again.
• Cur You little cur, what have you done to my
  Toddy? The definition is a surly or a cowardly
  fellow.

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The Great Depression.

• The Great Depression started in 1892 and ended
  in 1933.
• 37.6 of people in the U.S.A were unemployed
  during the Great Depression.
• The stock market crash of 1929 was one cause of
  The Great Depression.
• In The Great Depression people became depressed
  and many committed suicide.
• During The Great Depression people feared of
  losing their jobs which caused anxiety.

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Simile and Metaphors.

• Bud Similes Bud is like a rock. Bud is like a
  car.
• Bud metaphors Bud is the wind. Bud is a storm.

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My life compared to buds life.