Bud not Buddy

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Bud not Buddy

• Christopher Paul Curtis

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Budd Has no family

• His mother died when he was at a young age
• He does not know his father
• He lived in a foster home
• He was adopted for the summer by the mean old
  Amoses
• He lived on the streets
• He doesnt know any of his other realitives

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Always Go After Your Dreams

• You might just fulfill them.

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What Happened

• He ran away from those mean old Amoss
• He went to grand rapids
• He met who he thought was his dad
• He learned to play an instrument
• He found out his dad was really his grandfather
  and not his dad after all

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The settings

• Amoses Shed,
• A dark must shed with fish heads guarding the
  door and the only way out. There is a window but
  it is covered by old news papers. Everything in
  the shed is gray. There is a wood pile too. It
  has a old sheet on top of it. Up on the ceiling
  is an old wasps nest that looks like a bat.

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Characters

• Bud, A scrawny little boy. With feeble legs and
  ragged clothes. He is a brave dim witted young
  lad. He is the main character.
• Herman E. Calloway, A mean old man with a fat
  stomach. He has little to no hair. He is a mean
  old fart. He is also a cry baby. He is also Buds
  grandfather. So with out him no Bud.
• Ms. Thomas, A tall woman with lots of rings. She
  is a kind vocalist. She is also a very bright
  person. She is the person who is kind to Bud when
  his grandfather isnt.

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Unknown Words

• Props Shoot man seems to me like you should
  give the man his props, seems to me like you
  shouldve given the man a whole lot more
  affection./ What he disserves. /Property
• Noggin Look at this noggin, I rest my case./
  Head./ A persons head.
• Trousers Man, my first pare of trousers/
  Pants./ Pant.
• Squabs The squabs were only able to plug ten
  thousand holes up./ Crew members./ couch.
• Knickers Shucks, they had taken off my
  knickers. /shorts/loose fitting short pants
  gathered at the knee.

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Great Depression

• The Great Depression lasted about ten years
• The Great Depression was when the stock market
  crashed
• Also many banks failed in the means of money
  orders
• The Great Depression was caused by the unbalance
  in the U.S. economy
• Although the Great Depression started in the
  united states it quickly became global

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Similes and Metaphors

• Bugs is like a cockroach. simile
• Bugs is a bug. metaphor
• Ms. Thomas is like a singer.- simile
• Ms. Thomas is a vocalist. - metaphor

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My life to Buds
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Credits

• All slides and documents of this presentation
  were made by
• Trisha Ivey