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P27 Nevaeh Floyd Mrs.Holley
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“Rules and Things Number 39:
The older you get, the worse something has to be to make you cry. When you got someone as old as Herman E. Calloway crying you better look around, ‘cause you know you’re square in the middle of one of those boiling tragedies. You can’t help but feel sorry for him, even if he’s been mean to you from the minute he first laid eyes on you, even if he’s crying ‘cause he found out the two of you were kin.”(Curtis 219) -Conflict
The conflict is having Herman crying because he just found out he and Bud were not father and son, but grandfather and grandson. Herman is also crying because he learned that his daughter, which is Bud’s mom died. Apparently, Herman is having a hard time processing the fact that his daughter is dead and Bud is his grandson. Although, I wonder why Bud thinks he is crying because they are related. He probably just wants to believe that because of how mean Herman was to him. “I walked over to Herman E. Calloway and before I could think my hand moved out toward his back.”(Curtis 219) (Interpreting/ Asking a Question)
-What would you do if you found a person crying in a room by themselves?
Try to cheer them up unless they just want to be left alone, I wouldn't try to force myself into their situation.
DeleteP27 Danna, April Holley
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“But Angela Janet is his daughter’s name. If what you’re saying is true, Lord help us all, it looks like Herman might be your grandfather.” (Curtis 213)
This must’ve been big news for Bud, that would mean that the dead girls room is his mothers and that something had happened between the father and the daughter if she had been hiding who her father was. It would also be big news for the band and Mrs. Thomas. Not would, is big news because you can tell Bud is not lying because he didn’t say any of his rules, or explain his thoughts. I wonder how the band is going to react.
How would you react if someone who you thought was a stranger turned out to be a relative of someone you knew well, or someone you cared for?