IMPORTANT QUOTATIONS - QUOTES AND ANALYSIS

The following quotations are important at various points of the story ( Delacorte Press, 1999):

1. He quietly informs her that it’s Bud, not Buddy.
(pg. ; Here Bud asserts who he is and won’t allow anyone to change him.)

2. She makes them recite what is evidently the mantra of this orphan home: “. . . we show our new foster families that we’re very cheerful, helpful, and grateful.”
(pgs. 2-3; The Home forces the children to reflect an attitude that is seldom true.)

3. He sits down shoulder to shoulder with Jerry while they wait to be summoned to their new homes. Buddy thinks, “Here we go again.”
(pg. 8; This becomes what Buddy feels every time he’s.........

.........20. Rule Number 39: “The older you get, the worse something has to be to make you cry.”
(pg. 219; Bud brings this idea to mind when he finds Mr. Calloway sobbing in his momma’s old room.)

21. “Here we go again, Momma, only this time I can’t wait!”
(pg. 236; Bud makes this final observation about how he’s going through yet another door, but this........

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