BUD NOT BUDDY LITERARY ELEMENTS

EXPOSITION/SETTING

• In 1936, Bud Caldwell roams around the streets of Flint, MI without any family, looking for a place to stay after escaping his foster home.

MAJOR CHARACTERS

PROTAGONISTS

• Bud Caldwell
• Steady Eddie
• Dirty Deed
• Mr. Jimmy
• The Thug
• Doo Doo Bug
• Miss Thomas
• Herman E. Calloway
• Lefty Lewis

ANTAGONISTS

• The Great Depression
• The Amoses
• President Herbert Hoover

EVENTS

RISING ACTION

• At the beginning, Bud is sent to a foster home where he escapes after being tortured by them.
• He stays in Flint, MI for a while and tries to get on a train to Chicago with his friend, Bugs, but it doesn't work.
• Bud believes Herman E Calloway, a man on a flyer he has, is his father so he goes to look for him in Grand Rapids, MI.
• On the way to Grand Rapids, he meets Lefty Lewis who he lies to saying he ran away from Herman. Lefty returns him to Grand Rapids.

RISING ACTION (CONT.)

• After reaching Grand Rapids, Bud stays with Herman's band. Herman doesn't like Bud and doesn't believe they are related.
• A little bit after starting to stay with them Bud shows them a picture of his mom, which leads to the Climax.

CLIMAX

• Herman E. Calloway actually turns out to be Bud's grandfather.

FALLING ACTION

• Following the band figuring out that Herman is Bud's grandfather, they decided Bud will live with them.
• Steady Eddie gives Bud a saxophone that the entire band put some money in together to buy.
• The book ends with Bud being happy to receive the instrument and him trying it out.

CONFLICTS OF THE STORY

• Person vs Society - Bud doesn't have a place to live after leaving the Home
• Person vs Nature - When Bud is locked within the shed, he is attacked by the bees.
• Person vs. Self - After finding out Mrs. Hill had left, Bud conflicts with himself on what to do.
• Person vs. Person - When Bud was getting into line late at the mission for food, the guard got at Bud.

RESOLUTIONS

• Bud ends up living with Herman and his band.
• Bud escapes the bees.
• He decides to go to Grand Rapids in search of his father.
• Another family pretends that Bud is part of their family and he was just using the bathroom and had just come back.

POINT OF VIEW

• The book Bud Not Buddy is written in first person from Bud's point of view.

THEMES

• Trust your instincts.
• Never lose hope or give up.

MOOD

• The beginning of the story is sort of sad as Bud keeps running into trouble.
• Once Bud decides to go to Grand Rapids the story becomes adventurous.
• As Bud stays with the band, the story becomes mostly happy and jolly.

As you can see, Bud Not Buddy had many conflicts and characters.

THE END