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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.

In the text it says, “RULES AND THINGS NUMBER 16 If a Grow-up Ever Starts a Sentence by Saying “Haven’t You Heard,” Get Ready, Cause What’s About to Come Out of Their Mouth Is Gonna Drop You Headfirst into a Boiling Tragedy.” This rule helps him so he knows that he is going to get bad news. Bud mentions this rule in Chapter 7. He mentions this rule because Bud was looking for Miss Hill and a librarian told him that she got married and moved to Chicago. This shows that in Bud, Not Buddy Bud’s rules help him thrive.

Pleasantville is a movie where significant change occurs based on the theories of social change. In the movie, the TV show Pleasantville is set in the 1950’s and everything and everyone in that show is in black and white. And being that they’re set in the 1950’s the have the same outdated morals, values and beliefs that are associated with 1950’s culture. However, the town of Pleasantville slowly but surely turns into colour when they go against their societal norms and beliefs and have sex, read, paint, express emotions and many other things. Pleasantville portrays a town that is ready and is in need of social change and how social changes are required for humanity to progress. One could say that the colour changes in Pleasantville are viewed as a bad thing because it would mean that you broke a societal value or norm in Pleasantville where everything is always perfect. However, David and Jennifer prove to the locals that the colour change is anything but bad and how it allows them to express every facet of their minds and not be stuck in the same roles and routines day in and day out. These sociological, anthropological and psychological changes are needed when trying to move forward as a society and Jennifer and David have helped Pleasantville expand their horizons.

Even before Joe’s death, Janie “was saving up feelings for some man she had never seen. She had an inside and an outside now and suddenly she knew not how to mix them.”(75) Joe’s influences controlled Janie to the point where she lost her independence and hope. She no longer knew how to adapt to the change brought upon her. When she finally settles and begins to gain back that independence, the outward existence of society came back into play. “Uh woman by herself is uh pitiful thing. Dey needs aid and assistance.”(90) Except this time Janie acted upon her own judgment and fell for someone out of the ordinary. Tea Cake was a refreshing change for Janie, despite the society’s disapproval. “Janie looked down on him and felt a self-crushing love. So her soul crawled out from its hiding place.”(128) This was what she had always dreamt of. When she was with Tea Cake, she no longer questioned inwardly, she simply rejected society’s opinions and acted upon her own desires.

First of all, Bud, Not Buddy would be different if people had running water in their houses. For instance, in Chapter 2, Bud stays with the Amoses. He is surprised that they have running water. He wouldn't be surprised in the present. Also, in Chapter 2, Bud is confused at how to flush the toilet. He wouldn't be confused in the present. In the years near 2017, he wouldn't be surprised or confused, because running water and toilets in a house are as common as cars on a highway.

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

They moved together to the Muck in the Florida Everglades and lived in Tea Cake's Shanty after the death of Joe. Tea Cake and Janie spent all the time they had together. They remained in constant tune with the nature and even went fishing together. This was the type of lifestyle Janie envisioned all her life. All of Janie’s previous relationships was based off of the spouse. Janie was never allowed to be herself and live the life she wanted. Tea Cake let her be herself. He loved her as she was and accepted all she dreamed of. He encouraged her to be what she wanted to be, to follow her goals, her dreams, and her aspirations. Janie had finally found her the man she had always been looking for. She loved him with everything she had. Janie would do anything for Tea Cake. They had the kind of everlasting love that she had hoped for all her life. Thing were going well for the new couple until a bad storm hit and Tea Cake gets bit by a dog trying to save Janie. Tea Cake ultimately get rabies and begins to act so distraught that Janie is forced to kill him. She killed Tea Cake in loving manner and could not bear watch him suffer

What if Bud was not alone? In the book Bud, Not Buddy Bud is a black orphan who sets out to find his father. He faces many hard challenges. For example, his friend leaves him on a train. But in the end, he finds his grandfather who he previously thought was his father. Bud, Not Buddy would be a different book if Bugs would have stayed with Bud and not hopped the train it would change the story because Bugs would have been with Bud the whole time, Bugs could have persuaded Bud to still go to Chicago, Bugs could have known how to drive and him and Bugs could have drove off with Lefty Lewis's car, and Herman and the band may not have accepted two children.

Afterward, in this version of Bud not Buddy hell be living in the modern era. It would be a lot different, because one his mom would not die because of the medical treatment we have today. Another reason it would be different is he wouldn’t go hungry all the time like he is in the book. His life would be different because there are laws now today that make it to were you can't be segregated. He would also have to go to school.

Bud and Kate are two different characters. Bud lives in Grand Rapids during the Great Depression. Kate lives in New York, during modern day. Bud’s setting affects him a lot in the novel. Since Bud is “homeless” in the beginning of the novel, living during the Great Depression was difficult. People looked at him like a normal kid. During that time no one would give special care to Bud because there was other kids in the same position. For example from the novel, “You think you got some kind of special privilege just because you're skinny and raggedy? Look in the line, there's lots of folks look just like you, you ain't the worst.”

Could you imagine being African American and trying to travel during the great depression to find your father alone. Bud not Buddy would be different if Bud was white and not African American. Bud Not Bud would be different if Bud was white because, he would have been able to show his face in Owosso in the daylight, the Amoses might of been nicer to Bud, and Herman might not have been Buds grandfather.

Marylin is a cheerleader who cares too much about makeup and her hair. “Marylin was now a middle-school cheerleader and cared too much about her hair… she was a big believer that life could be just the way it looked in girls’ magazines, where you and all your Best Friends Forever got together before school started and made crafty decorations for your lockers and traded fingernail polish tips... Marylin believed that life could be sparkly all the time... It just took a little extra work and

Bud Not Buddy would be so different if the story had been written in the modern era.                   Bud's mother would not have died like she did in the Great Depression. That is because                 of new technology, new inventions, and medicines. For example, if she had cancer she could get treatments in the hospital to cure herself. If she had a cold she could go to the pharmacy to buy cold medicine.

In chapter three, Bud ran away and had to start fending for himself. If he had a family he wouldn’t have to run away and fend for himself. Another reason is in chapter four he had to search for his own food. For example, if he had a family, they would have made sure he was well fed and never starving. If he had a family during the Great Depression, it wouldn’t have been such a

She ignored her chaperone’s orders multiple times, saying “I am twenty years old if only just, and can look after myself” (Wynd 9). For example, when asked to join a concert in the men’s smoking room, Mrs. Carswell declined on her behalf. However, Mary wrote that she “took a deep breath, then said yes I would certainly accompany Mrs. Price if she had the sheet music for her songs” (Wynd 12). Initially, Mary was not always comfortable with her newfound freedom, and did not always make the best decisions.