Bud And The Christmas Tree Chapter Summaries

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

Before reading the third chapter of “The Forest and the Trees”, I remember learning in the second chapter about symbolism, ideology and the construction of life in different cultures and societies around the world. For example, something interesting I remember learning was how every social system has a culture, consisting primarily of symbols (including words), ideas and practices. I believe this also connects and refers to how we tend to build our own sense of reality through the words and ideas that we use to mean something and people may use to name interpret what they experience and how cultures consist of symbols of ideas or words being portrayed. Based on what I read in the second chapter and the title of the third chapter, “The Structures

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

A possible theme for the story, “ The Fir Tree” is that good things have to come to an end. In the 23rd paragraph or near the middle of the story, the author states, “The candles were now lighted. What brightness! What splendour! The Tree trembled so in every bough that one of the tapers set fire to the foliage. It blazed up splendidly.” Using these candles for every Christmas was a tradition, but some things have to come to an end just like this tree and tradition did. But, left on top of the tree was a golden star. Everyone ignored the burnt little tree and children danced because they didn’t want to ruin their spirit. While the children were playing one of them ripped it right off. Even though no one was mad this had ruined a tradition.

Some of these may be very scary and some may only be mildly scary. It

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

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.

Imagine if there were no Christmas trees on Christmas. How would it feel? Till this day in almost every American household there is at least one Christmas tree. The Christmas tree is one of the symbols and early traditions from the pagans that early Roman Catholics adopted. Although, the Roman Catholic Church perceived sinful and unacceptable some of the pagan traditions such as the value and behavior that the Anglo-Saxons had towards their cattle and how they sacrificed them to their idols. The church had to synchronize and blend some pagan traditions so they could influence their new strategy to evangelize and attract the heathens.

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

The animated and non-animated versions of Dr. Suess’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas can be compared to identify the similarities and differences of both films. The animated movie was produced in the 1960’s and is approximately thirty minutes long, while the non-animated movie was produced in the 2000’s and is about an hour and a half long. They both include the Grinch, an angry man that hates Christmas. Because of his hate for the holiday season, the Grinch plans to dress as Santa Claus and steal all of Whoville’s decorations and presents. Both of these versions of the film share similarities such as names of landmarks and characters, scripts, and story plots. However, these versions also have differences. These include the length of the

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

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

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.

Initially presented as an autobiography by a Native American, The Education of Little Tree perpetuates the stereotypical roles of Native Americans as written by a seemingly former white supremist. At a first read – and should the reader be unaware of the truth about the author ‘Forrest’ Carter – it does not seem as though The Education of Little Tree does anything inherently racist. If anything, the story appears to be sympathetic to the plight of protagonist Little Tree, a five-year-old orphaned Native American boy, and his grandparents for the displacement they have from their culture into a society that does not accept them and perpetually oppresses them.