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The Repulsive Experience Do you think you could ever walk in Bud Caldwell's Shoes? In the story "Bud not, Buddy", there was a boy named Bud Caldwell. His mother died when he was six. After his mother died, he had to go to an orphanage. From the orphanage he went to a foster home and punched another kid in the face because the other kid shoved a pencil up Buds nose. Then, they put Bud in a fearful shed, and he broke out and went on the lamb for his father. "Bud not, Buddy", would be a different book if Buds mother wouldn’t have died. Bud wouldn’t have had to suffer at the Amoses. Bud wouldn’t have gone to the frightful orphanage. First of all, the story would have been different if Bud wouldn’t have had to fend for himself. 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. …show more content…

Also, if Bud's mother wouldn't have died, Bud wouldn't have had to go to the Amoses or those awful orphanages. For instance, in chapter 2 when Bud got to the Amoses house, Todd immediately started to pick on Bud, and Todd shoved a pencil up Buds nose! Bud hit Todd and got in trouble, not Todd. Bud had to go to a shed and stay the night in the horrifying shed. But, Bud escaped and went on the lamb. In addition, even Todd's parents mistreated Bud. As a result, if Bud's mother wouldn't have died, Bud wouldn't have had to go to the Amoses and get bullied by Todd and mistreated by Todd's parent. To conclude, if Bud's mother wouldn't have died, Bud would have had a better and smoother

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