Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Which detail from the text best demonstrates how Bud feels about moving to another foster home?

In chapter 1, Bud is living in an orphanage with other homeless boys when a caseworker informs him that he and Jerry will be moving to new foster homes. After the caseworker tells Jerry that he will be moving into a family with three girls, she enthusiastically informs Bud that he will be moving in with the Amos family. Bud then learns that the Amos family has a twelve-year-old son, and the caseworker says that she is sure they will both be happy. Bud's reaction reveals his negative feelings about moving into another foster home when the caseworker says,

"Now, now, boys, no need to look so glum" (Curtis, 2).

Bud then mumbles and heads back to his room to pack his things. In the room, Bud elaborates on his feelings about moving to another foster home. Bud says,

"This was the third foster home I was going to and I'm used to packing up and leaving, but it still surprises me that there are always a few seconds, right after they tell you you've got to go, when my nose gets all runny and my throat gets all choky and my eyes get all stingy. But the tears coming out doesn't happen to me anymore, I don't know when it first happened, but it seems like my eyes don't cry no more" (Curtis, 2).

The fact that Bud almost cries when he is given the news about moving to a new foster family indicates that he does not enjoy moving from home to home. Bud's terrible experience at the Amos household in the next chapter illustrates why Bud hates foster homes.

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