Copy and insert the following code on your webpage.
Previous Page | Table
of Contents | Next Page
Downloadable / Printable Version
The complete study guide is currently available as a downloadable PDF,
RTF,
or MS
Word DOC file from the PinkMonkey MonkeyNotes
download store. The complete study guide contains summaries and notes for
all of the chapters; detailed analysis of the themes, plot structure, and characters;
important quotations and analysis; detailed analysis of symbolism, motifs, and
imagery; a key facts summary; detailed analysis of the use of foreshadowing and
irony; a multiple-choice quiz, and suggested book report ideas and essay topics.
BOOK SUMMARY / CHAPTER NOTES
CHAPTER 19
Summary
The chapter opens with Mr. Calloway locking himself in his room and refusing to come out. Miss Thomas and Jimmy try to get him out, but they come downstairs after awhile. They then question Bud about whether he’s sure Angela is his mother and how she passed. He explains it in detail - she was sick for about a week and then she died. He doesn’t think she hurt. Then, they want to know what she looked like. Bud finds it difficult to describe her and so runs upstairs to get her picture out of his case. He finds Mr. Calloway in his daughter’s bedroom, sobbing into his hands. Bud walks over to the sax case and takes out the envelope with his mother’s picture. He wants to run downstairs immediately, but the sight of the sobbing man prompts him to walk over to Mr. Calloway. He remembers Rule Number 39: “The older you get, the worse something has to be to make you cry.” So, he reaches out with his hand and touches Mr. Calloway’s back. When the older man tries to explain to Bud, he is unable to speak through his tears, so Bud pats his shoulders and rubs his back for a few minutes. Then, he returns to the kitchen.
Jimmy looks at the
picture and immediately remembers the old con man who had the broken down horse.
The realization that they recognize his Momma makes Bud suddenly realize that
he’s not sleeping in a dead girl’s room, but in his........
Notes
Everything in this chapter ties up the loose ends of Bud’s story and the reader is left with the feeling that a ............
The complete study guide is currently available as a downloadable PDF,
RTF,
or MS
Word DOC file from the PinkMonkey MonkeyNotes
download store. The complete study guide contains summaries and notes for
all of the chapters; detailed analysis of the themes, plot structure, and characters;
important quotations and analysis; detailed analysis of symbolism, motifs, and
imagery; a key facts summary; detailed analysis of the use of foreshadowing and
irony; a multiple-choice quiz, and suggested book report ideas and essay topics.
Downloadable / Printable Version
Bud, Not Buddy Free BookNotes Summary Study Guide
Privacy Policy
All Content Copyright©TheBestNotes. All Rights Reserved.
No further distribution
without written consent.
323
Users Online | This page has been viewed 15395 times
This page was
last updated on 5/28/2008 4:22:59 PM
|
Cite this page:
Clapsaddle, Diane. "TheBestNotes on Bud, Not Buddy".
TheBestNotes.com.
. 28 May 2008 |