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"There comes a time," sighed Bud. In the book Bud Not Buddy, the main character, Bud goes through many hard times. After his momma died when he was six, he was sent to an orphanage. From there he was sent to a terrible foster home where he was treated horribly. He then set off on a quest seeking his father. He went through extremely hard challenges before eventually finding his grandfather instead. Bud Not Buddy would be completely if this story was set on a later time after the Great Depression, His conditions at the home would have been better, he would have never made it to Hooverville, and he would have never gone to the Amuses. To start off, Bud Not Buddy would be different if this book was set in a different time after the Great Depression, because the conditions at the HOME would have been better. In chapter one Bud says all the beds were “Jim Jammed” together, and that there was a load of boys in there. On the other, if this book was set in a later time there would’ve been less homeless children, therefore there would have been more room. Also, Bud said the food line was extremely long, and that it took all day to get any food. For example, many people in the Great Depression were homeless. The line would have been much shorter, since much less people are homeless now. To conclude, if this story was set in a later time, the HOME wouldn’t have been as full and cramped. …show more content…

In chapter 8 Bud goes to a place called Hooverville, which is a village of homeless. Many homeless citizens eventually got help, so Hooverville would have an extremely low population or maybe wouldn’t have existed. Also, the police would have completely obliterated Hooverville because of the criminal activity, so nobody would want to get caught again by the police. In conclusion, Bud would have never gone to Hooverville since, it wouldn’t even be

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