Bud Personal Rules

Response: I think the central theme of the book is the importance of family. Bud’s mother died when he was only six, and his life had been very tough. He said one time that “my eyes don’t cry no more.” It would have been very easy for Bud just to give up

Bud, Not Buddy was published by Christopher Paul Curtis in 1999 in the Untied States. The author, Christopher Paul Curtis was an African-American who wrote about the adventures and travails of a ten-year-old African-American boy, Bud. The readers get to follow Bud during the depression era in Michigan during the thirties. Bud faces bad times and, is in the search of his lost father. The author challenges the reader to walk in someone else shoes, he shows the readers how life can be difficult and only a few people live in luxury.

This when he is talking to another character that he has no clue but Bud is sticking to his heart. “ “ Man! Ever since he heard me call my momma’s name Herman E. Calloway had locked hisself up in his room and wouldn’t come out.” “ (Curtis, pg 214). Bud might think that since he mentioned his mom and made Calloway upset.

The author mentions in each rule a game-changer. It is the ways that can students change their bad habits. It is also the reasons why students should follow the rules in the book. The game-changer for rule number one are two. First of all, there is no substitute for your own lectures notes. Even if students are not good note takers, they should attend the class. Each student attends with his own background information and his own organization style, so he will suffer a lot when he tries to use his friends’ lectures notes. Secondly, each class period is a learning session. Students understand the lecture more if they attend the class even if they are not good at note taking. Also, they will get higher grade because they didn’t miss these learning sessions. If a student missed a whole week of class, that mean he missed three hours of learning sessions. That will affect his grade and his understanding of the course. The author adds that you can only miss classes for three reasons. First, if the student suffers from a disease that could kill him. Second, if the student have to donate a vital organ, e.g. kidney to save another person. Third, if the student wife is giving a birth because wives need their husbands at this time. These are the only excuses to skip classes.

The author uses many literary tools to explain the meaning of confidence in Bud not Buddy. One literary tool used on page 59 is that Bud’s mom had said “when

Have you ever had to choose between a friend and spot on the team? I haven’t and I don’t want to ever in my lifetime. Finley in my book has to choose between being good friends with Russell Allen and not helping him through his hard times or starting spot of the basketball team. Boy 21 by Matthew Quick has a theme in the book of don’t be selfish I think, and this matters because it’s caring for others more than yourself is more important always because for example if your friend is hurt and can’t hang then your life isn’t very fun so care for others and they won’t get hurt.

This is primarily due to the fact that the setting of the story takes place during the Great Depression. Without background knowledge and contextualization, students will not be able to fully access many of situations and events (such as Hoovervilles, extreme poverty and emphasis on jazz music and trains) in the story. In order for students to really be able to digest this text, the teacher would need to ensure that students have an understanding of the cultural and economic ramifications of the Great Depression. Students must be able to understand the context of Bud’s situation – he is not simply an orphan. He is an orphan during America’s longest and most devastating period of poverty during a time with vastly different technological and cultural understanding from today. To further push the complexity further, the characters speak using language from the Mid 1930’s. Many of the characters’ words and references (such as John Dillinger, Brer Rabbit and “shucks”; see appendix B and c) will be foreign to many 21st century students. Without support from an instructor or from additional background knowledge, students will be unable to access a significant portion of the information in the text. Finally, the author embeds many instances of figurative and abstract language within the text (see appendix B and C). While not particularly challenging to understand, without a solid conceptual understanding of how to identify and unpack figurative and abstract language, students will be unable to access a significant amount of the text. Because of this text’s complex knowledge demands and unusual vocabulary, although, on the surface, this text is not incredibly difficult to read, teachers should be aware that students’ comprehension of this text will suffer if students are not provided the background

A consistent approach to behaviour helps pupils learn right from wrong and to appreciate that rules exist for the good of everyone.

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.

Friendship opens our minds to different views and perspectives and change our perceptions. It has the power to change people’s views on life in a positive way. True friends will do anything to keep their friendship alive, no matter the barriers. Potok proves through the friendship of Danny and Reuven that friendship can be achieved no matter the barriers. He proves that friendship is a key value to life through his motif

A good friendship is needed to survive through tough times. Lennie respects George because George gives him comfort. George cares for Lennie so much that he considers him to be part of his family: “George said, he’s my cousin. I told his old lady id take care of him. He got kicked in the head by a horse when he was a kid” (Steinbeck 22). Aside from comfort and advice, Lennie also needs George because when he gets in trouble, George always manages to find a way to help him get out of it. When Lennie had got in trouble in Weed, George stays by his side and gives him advice that helps remain safe and calm. George has many opportunities to leave Lennie and change his lifestyle, but he needs Lennie just as much in order to help him through his own hardships. Lennie looks

These rules are displayed throughout the school and are referred to continuously by staff and children equally. We also have class rules that have been developed by the children themselves and are a positive device for encouraging good behaviour. The children can then monitor their own behaviour as well as the behaviour of other children in the class.

In chapter 8, Bud goes with Bugs to Hooverville to try to get on the train to Chicago the next daybreak. If Bud gave up, Bud wouldn't have gone to Hooverville and instead stayed in Flint. Although, when Bugs makes the train and Bud doesn't, Bud abandons going to Chicago and stays in Flint. But, if Bud wasn't determined on going to Chicago in the first place, he wouldn't have gone to Hooverville at all and he never would've met Deza Melone or saw Hooverville. Furthermore, if Bud would've given up on his journey, Bud would have never gone to Hooverville or have tried to hop on the train to

Once, I finished reading the first chapter in Purity by Jonathan Franzen and analyzing his ten rules for wringing, I notice that he applied some of these rules to his book Purity. Three of the rules, which I thought, were more noticeable were: first, the reader is a friend, not an adversary, not a spectator. Secondly, you see more sitting still than chasing after. Lastly, you have to love before you can be relentless.

Following rules also means following what it says on a sign. For example, stop signs, yield signs, traffic lights, mens and womens bathroom signs, pool signs (i.e. no