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Who has felt like they didn’t fit in with friends or family? A sense of belonging can help you feel like you have a place in the world. In Bud, Not Buddy, Bud was put down many times and was constantly rejected from homes. The foster homes that Bud was in he either was returned to the Home- or he ran away from because he didn’t feel like he belonged there. But luckily, Bud finds a home with Herman E. Calloway and the band, even if it was hard for him at first. Bud needed to felt like he was important, that he was wanted. And it’s probably not just him! But it can be hard to find a place where you’re wanted, especially as an orphan on the lam. After running away from the Amoses, he tries to find his supposed father, just to feel like he belonged and feel wanted. That …show more content…

It’s like walking into a new school. But just like walking into a new school, anyone can feel like they fit in… even if it takes a while! The author shows that a sense of belonging can help you feel like you have a place in the world using imagery. One piece of evidence is on pages 161-162: “I closed my eyes and took in a big snort of air. It was like someone took a old pot and poured about a hundred gallons of hot apple cider and a hundred gallons of hot coffee into it, then stirred eight or nine sweet potato pies, crusts and all, into that, then let six big steamy meatloafs float on top of all that, then threw in a couple of handfuls of mashed potatoes, then boiled the whole thing on high.” The imagery shows the theme of belonging because here, the band has taken Bud to a restaurant called the Sweet Pea, and that shows that they care enough to take an (almost) complete stranger to the best restaurant in town! This proves that they are willing to take Bud in, probably making him feel that he is important enough to be cared for by strangers. Another reason might be on page 176: “On one

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  And when he was ten he went to go find his dad. When he was traveling Lefty Lew saw him. So he gave him a ride. That's when Bud found out that Herman wasn't his dad he was his grandfather not his dad.

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He is trying to find his dad but he is in Grand Rapids and he is in Flint . Bud, Not Buddy would be a different book if there was modern technology because Bud would have been found when he ran away, his mom would have lived, and Bud would have better transportation to Grand rapids.

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Bud not Buddy is a historical fiction book about a boy who lived in Flint, Michigan and his mother died 6 years ago, and she left signs of who his father was the signs she left bud keeps in his suitcase. Buds mother signs were that his father was Herman E. Calloway, he was a famous musician.he had no mom or father that left him to be an Orphan. Since he was an orphan he went to a foster home. The home he was in was horrible he was with the amos's Mrs and Mr amos had a son named Toddy, he abused Bud and told lies to get Bud in trouble. Mr. and mrs.

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A sense of belonging comes from a sense of identity and that is shaped by one’s personal, social, cultural and historical context. Belonging is also dependant on connections made with ones surrounding, which enhances or limits their sense of inclusion. Tony Birch’s “Refuge of Sinners” from his shortstory collection “The promise” and Peter Skrzynecki’s poem memoirs “St Patrick's College and Felkis Skrzynecki” consider an individual's surrounding to be important, as seen with the use of their language features and contextual background. An individual’s sense of belonging relies on those around him or her.

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He goes all over Michigan to find his dad. Bud, Not Buddy would be different if written in modern time, Bud would've been caught if he ran away from the Amoses, also Bud would've had better education, the great depression wouldn’t be going on, and the band would go to jail for keeping a run-away child. To begin with, In chapter 3 Bud ran away from the Amoses Bud would've got caught if he ran from the Amoses. In modern time, we would have a lot more security and police.

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In chapter 1, Buds mother died, so Bud had to find food and shelter for himself. Also, Bud would have been able to live in a happy home and not hopping from one foster home to another. For example, Bud was on the lamb looking for Herman E Calloway, and he had to find food and shelter for himself. In the end if Buds mother wouldn't have died, Bud would have been able to find out that Herman E Calloway was his grandfather and not his father.

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