Chapters 17-19 Blog Responses

1. The surprise that Eddie brought back was an old alto saxophone. Even though is was old, Bud thought it still sounded great. Eddie and some of the other group members put in some of their own money to buy it a pawnshop.

2. Buddy realized the room he was staying in, in Herman E. Calloway's house was that it was his mom's old room. This made him feel quite close to his mom, but at the same time he felt really sad.

3. The thing that Bud discovered in the glove compartment of Herman E. Calloway's Packard were rocks with names of places and numbers on them. He had these because he remembered that Angela his daughter, Bud's mom, wanted those. Because of this wherever he went to play for people, he collected rocks from the different cities.

4. Mr. Calloway didn't ever visit Bud and Bud's mom because after Bud's mom ran away from home, Mr. Calloway never knew where she went. He didn't know about Bud and wasn't able to contact them or see how they were.

5. Bud's mom ran away from home because she was too stressed with all the pressure Mr. Calloway was putting on her. He was harsh on everyone because he knew it was hard for a negro woman back in the old days. He had to be harsh on her so she knew what it would be like. Because of this she taught Bud how to be kind and he has gone quite far after she died.

6. I think that Mr. Calloway was harsh on Bud at the start because he didn't want people he never knew to budge in on him. He thought that it would be too much responsibility taking care of another person. He also was harsh on Bud because Bud is black. Mr. Calloway was going to have to teach Bud what he taught to Bud's mom. After Mr. Calloway figured out that Bud was his grandson I think they had a closer relationship because he knew that Bud was one of his own now and that he could have another chance to teach a kid about the real world.

Bud, Not Buddy Chapters 15-16 Response

1. I think that Bud thought that the room he slept in was an old dead girl's room because the one lady named Ms. Thomas said that the girl was gone. This frightened Bud because one of his rules to "Have a Funnier Life and Make a Better Liar Out of Yourself," is "gone=dead." He was really scared that he locked every door in that room.

2. I don't think that Herman E. Calloway was happy with Bud being at his house because he was always mistreating him. On pg. 179 Herman E. Calloway says, "There's something about you that I don't like." He says this to Bud and he simply means, he doesn't like Bud staying at his house.

3. On pg. 185 Ms. Thomas says, "I can't believe you, you'll take care of any stray dog wandering through this neighborhood, but when it comes to a child all of a sudden you have no sympathy." She says this to Herman E. Calloway because he doesn't care about Bud at all even though he could possibly be his dad.

4. On pg. 191 Eddie asks Bud, "....are you attached to the suitcase, or is it the things inside that are important?" Eddie asks Bud this because he wants to know if he actually carries around a cardboard old suitcase. He also wants to know what is inside that is important. After they talk about the suitcase for a while, Eddie gives Bud his old alto saxophone case to put his belongings into.

5. The band members give Bud the name, "Sleepy Labone," because Bud sleeps a lot and he is very thin. "La bone" in french means bone. This means that Bud is a "Sleeping Bone."

The San Tribe

In the San tribe the one thing that I found interesting was that when a girl turns thirteen in the San Tribe the other people build the girl a hut. Other girls go into the hut with the girl and they have a party just for the girl. After this ceremony the girl is considered an adult.

Adolescence Interview

Over the period of adolescence the main thing that stays the same are physical changes. People always get a lot taller and grow facial hair. People change a lot on many physical changes but they can also change through emotions. People get a lot more independent and they don't listen to what people want to say to them. They don't cry as much as they would when they were young because they are a lot stronger. The thing that changed over adolescence is that people got computers and the internet. This makes kids nowadays stay inside the house then go outside and play and stay healthy.

FRIM Trip

During our field trip to FRIM, we had to go together with two different 7B classes. At the start I felt really excited about spending time with people from my class and the other class. I was really ecstatic about making new friends when there. After a few hours at FRIM I got a bit tired of some people because I was around them a bit too long. I enjoyed playing BS with my friends because I liked to see their reaction when I lied to them. I also really enjoyed it when Riadh laughed because it was really funny to hear him laugh.

My Quote

I chose this quote because I thought that it could help me with work. This quote could help me forget about work that I did before and think about what work I have to do now. It also tells me that work in the future is a mystery. This applies to my life because I need to think about the present and not the future or past. It will help me succeed in life.