Bud And The Christmas Tree Chapter Summaries

The Wild Trees is a book by Richard Preston about a small group of botanists that are curious about what the canopy of the redwood holds. The redwood tree comes from the sequoia family and is the largest single organism in the world. A group of people that include Michael Taylor, Steve Sillett, and Marie Antoine. Michael Taylor came from a wealthy family. His father did not want Michael to grow up spoiled. He tried to raise him as a middle class child who did not get whatever he wanted. Eventually when Michael went to college he did not pass his classes and decided to change his major. Michaels father was not very happy about this and gave him one last chance. Eventually when the time came again, Michael did not complete his classes for the

First bud might shoot Todd and might not have who knows. Oh no, bud maybe shot Todd what will happen. Bud is an orphan who is black and is trying to find his dad. Bud is starving, tired, but he keeps going. Bud, not buddy would be white in the story, it would be better to bud.

Bud is desperate so he takes a big risk as Miss Hill could send him back to the home. However he gets big results by finding out how far away Chicago and Grand Rapids are. He sleeps for two nights under a tree. He also finds a place from which he gets a free dinner and then breakfast. As well as finding Bugs who takes him to Hooverville.

Bud begins the long hike from Flint to Grand Rapids, but on the way there, he runs into Lefty Lewis, who cajoles Bud, using food, into accepting a ride and help. Lewis provides Bud with a real bed to sleep in for the night, and a ride to Grand Rapids. Bud finds the Dusky Devastators of the Depression, the band which his father is a member of. Though his father rejects him, the other band members, including saxophone player Steady Eddie and band leader Herman E. Calloway, take more kindly to Bud and give him some dinner. Eventually, Bud finds out that Calloway is his grandfather, and he finds the home he wants with the jazz band.

Cold Sassy Tree, a novel written by Olive Ann Burns, that is set right before World War I in 1906 in the state of Georgia in the southern, fictional town of Cold Sassy. The novel is narrated by Will Tweedy, a 14 year old boy, who tells the story of the significant changes that happened in his family’s lives eight years after the events originally took place. There are flashback memories that are integrated in the story. The novel talks about how his family receives some unexpected news and how the family is learning to adjust the news. This novel also chronicles Will growing up and some of the various trials he experiences along his life journey.

I sneaked up the back porch steps to get inside the house. Maybe the vampire bat don't say it , but the only thing thought on my mind was “aha, you doggone Amoses, that hurt, but now i get my revenge!”they haven't locked the kitchen window . it slid open with just a couple of squeaks, then i was inside the amos house crouched down like a cat burglar. Quick as a rabbit i looked under the table to see if they’d moved my suitcase.It was still there.” Bud was a risk taker because he sneaked out of the shed to get revenge on the amoses whitch was difficult and scary considering that it was night time and the amoses were asleep. Bud was also a risk taker because he snuck into the house to check on his suitc

We found out Buds mom a.k.a. (Angela Janet Caldwell) had passed 5 years before bud was in the home, Bud never knew his dad, and Bud has been in and out of foster homes since he was 5. If Bud had his dad he would not have gone to the Amos's and never would have even been to the home. With Bud's father, Bud would have been safe and wouldn't have run off to Grand Rapids. Bud would have family and his father would help Bud with whatever he needed. Bud is one tough cookie and he made it from Flint, Michigan all the way to Grand Rapids Michigan. Bud acted smart when he got some shuteye he held a 12-karat silver jackknife witch we found out in chapter 10. Bud sleeps with it under his blanket knowing something could happen while he is asleep. Bud is a very light sleeper the slightest sound could wake him. Bud's 12 carrot jackknife protects him while he sleeps since he has no one to protect him, but with his dad he would not need it. Buds dad being with Bud and to tell you the truth Bud's dad might not let Bud have the jack knife. If Bud would have had family and wouldn't have been determined to find his dad because he would have already had his family and might have siblings. Bud wouldn't be on the Lamb or

In my opinion, there are too many people who are prone to immediately judge a person negatively without complete intuition and continue to live on with their unalterable opinion. In Chapter 30 of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Katie proves to be the contrary, though not at first. Concerning Joanna, the teen mother who faces physical abuse when resentful women throw rocks at her, Katie says with a hint of truth: “But what good is her looks? They’re a curse to the girl...and her daughter has this baby. There must be bad blood all along the line and no use getting sentimental about it…”. I believe that the first two sentences is true in that Joanna does not intend to have a baby; and therefore, the abundance of responsibility from caring for

Although a sociologist can look at Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch that Stole Christmas in all three of the major theoretical perspectives, the main one expressed is symbolic interactionism. The Grinch that Stole Christmas is a story about a “who” who was not considered to be part of their “whoville” society due to the fact that he not only looked different from the rest of the people, but he acted in different ways than their norms. The story is merely about how the Grinch hates the “whos,” because of how they treated him; until, a little girl named Cindy Lou Who gains a curiosity for the Grinch and wants to give him another chance to be a part of their society. Throughout the story both of the main characters develop a deep connection to each other. Upon viewing the story from a symbolic interaction perspective view, I discovered how the story thematically symbolizes an important part of Christmas by giving people another chance; meanwhile, focusing on the relationship between the main two characters help them regain faith, and while the setting symbolizes their society’s purpose.

Thomas Nelson Page wrote “ How the Captain Made Christmas.” He was a lawyer and an American writer. He also served as the U.S ambassador to Italy during World War 1. He is best known for his role as literary spokesman for the glories of the Old South. He began writing while at the University of Virginia and from there he joined the Jefferson Literary Society. He based some of his stories off his life, but not all of them. He wrote a popular boy's book called Two Little Confederates. He fictionalized this book off of his own youthful adventures during the Civil War. Two Little Confederates provides an intriguing glimpse of the atmosphere that was to mold Page’s later concerns as a writer.

In Ray Bradbury’s novel The Halloween Tree, Pipkin and J.J. share similarities and differences in feelings, appearance, and motivation.

With the season, sounding the holiday spirit, the movie that I have chosen to analyze a character that depict a personality disorder and, “enduring patterns of experience and behavior that differ greatly from the norm and the expectations of the individual’s social group”, is Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The character’s behavior that I will be examining is the Grinch and the personality disorder that he acquires to exhibit is anti-social personality disorder. Anti-social personality disorder is one of the four disorders consider appearing dramatic, emotional, and unpredictable. As a person with anti-social personality disorder they tend to not care about other people’s feeling showing little remorse, along with aggressive behaviors. Generally, individuals start showing signs of this disorder early on in childhood as early as six years old, and include symptoms of impulsivity, behavioral problems, callous social attitudes, and lack of feeling for others. Antisocial personality disorder implies that the person does not conform to social norms and tend to little or no respect for the law.

The novels A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, and Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte display a strong parallel in the ways in which they use their different styles of narration in the story to reveal the true inner-feelings of characters. In A Christmas Carol, the main character, Ebenezer Scrooge, is taught many valuable lessons through the testament of three different spirits, each working to bring out the true emotions of this man. Likewise, in Wuthering Heights, the main character, Mr. Lockwood, is taught stories of his landlord, Mr. Heathcliff, through written recollections from the testaments of others, showing the inner-feelings and thoughts of him through diary entries. Although they are written in two different styles, indirect

In Allen Johnson’s “The Forest, The Trees, and The One Thing”, he expresses that in order to understand sociology we need to be able to understand the relationship between biography and history. To explain this, Johnson uses five rules to sociology called the sociological imagination. These rules explain how an individual relates to social systems.

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