Journal Prompt #1
By: Catrina Earnshaw
Bud has to take on many
responsibilities throughout the book but in the novel Bud sets a very youthful
and innocent tone. He acts very child-like and has many childish opinions. In
the first chapter Bud describes how he doesn’t like being six. He talks about how your teeth start falling out and that frightens Bud. He
also says “you’ve got to wonder what’s coming off next, your arm?” (5). This
proves how innocent he is because he has a fear of such a natural thing and his
mind seems to wander towards what his teeth falling out could lead to, like his
arm falling off. Bud also says "I was carefuller talking to him this time so he
couldn't track where I was" (30). He believes that if he is caught, he’ll
have to return to the home, which he doesn’t want, he just wants his dad and a
family. This shows the books innocent and youthful side since all Bud wants is
to feel loved and accepted. This quote also shows the development of his
language because he uses the word “carefuller” which is in fact not a word but
he doesn’t know any better considering the fact that he is only ten years old.
You can also see youthful he is by the way he thinks. He thinks of smaller
goals one at a time like strangers, food and sleep and deals with them
individually. One of the reasons he might be so innocent is because his mom
died when he was so young and his father wasn’t around for him so he grew up
without parents but in a home filled with lots of other children. Overall the
tone of the novel is very innocent and childish because of Buds thinking and
actions.
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