Vocabulary
What does tolerate mean?
To allow something to exist or remain
What is an orphanage?
organization that takes care of orphans, children whose families are unable to provide for them
What POV is Bud Not Buddy written in?
1st POV
because any mature person would know that you cannot walk 24 hours
What is a hyperbole?
using unreal or extreme exaggeration to emphasize a real situation
What does it mean to devour something?
to consume something quickly and eagerly
Who is Herbert Hoover?
President during the Great Depression, did not provide supports to the people
What does Bud's suitcase symbolize to him?
Home, Family, Memories
What is Bud's mother adamant about?
What is a Metaphor?
comparison between two unlike things
What does it mean to be stricken?
strongly saddened by difficulty or trouble
What is the American Dream?
the belief that anyone in the United States can achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative, regardless of their background or social class
Who is Ms. Hill?
Ms. Hill is someone Bud saw as a mentor and he wanted advice from her at the library after he ran from the Amoses
hunger, homelessness, and other challenges
What is verbal irony?
character says one thing but means another
What does it mean to fumble something?
to handle something in a clumsy or awkward way
What is Hooverville and is it just one location?
No, because there were multiple of these shantytowns during the Great Depression as it was built by the unemployed people all around the country
How does the POV of the narrative impact how we viewed the scene of Bud in the shed?
Bud would often assume things were different than what they really were. For instance the hornet's nest and the fish heads were vampires and monsters to him, which made us confused as readers at first as well.
What are some of the things that Bud says he gets a whiff of in libraries?
old, leather-bound books, the smell of cloth on new books, and the "soft, powdery, drowsy" scent of paper that comes off the pages
What is dramatic irony?
reader knows more about a situation than the characters
What does provoke mean?
to stir up anger or negative emotions; to cause something to happen
Why were people riding the rails during the Great Depression?
People were illegally trying to sneak into freight trains to move across the country, usually headed West like CA for opportunity
Why does Bud call his rules "rules" instead of "lessons"?
He knows that there are consequences if he breaks the rules
Why was it a miracle that the blue flyer returned to Bud?
The blue flyer is really important to Bud, as it represents hope to see his father. So, it coming back to him on a moving train felt like a message from a higher power
What is an extended metaphor?
metaphor that unfolds across multiple lines of a text