Historical context of the book; Bud not Buddy is set during the era of the Great Depression of the 1930s. Times were tough in the United States and poverty dominated much of the country, citizens stood in long lines daily for food, long lines which could last up to four hours. Additionally, racism and racial segregation against black people were critical and black people were mistreated despite the abolition of slavery. Black Americans continued to be marginalized. Access to facilities such as housing, education, and other opportunities was almost impossible to obtain for black Americans. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on “Why Violent Video Games Should Not Be Banned”? Get the original essay By 1932, about half of black Americans were out of work and racial violence was increasing dramatically. The Great Depression lasted until the end of the 1930s, which means that the protagonist of this story had already suffered a good part, or rather a BAD part, of this terrible crisis, since his early childhood. Bud Caldwell is a ten-year-old boy who lost his mother when he was six years old. Bud is no ordinary ten-year-old boy. At this age, children think about playing with toy cars, running around their parents' yard, or anything else a normal child did at that age. No, Bud wasn't thinking about acting because he had a goal in his life, at that young age he already knew what he wanted to do, and he was very determined to find his goal, and that was to find his father. Bud's personality was strong, decisive, stubborn, a little silly and very very imaginative but he was almost a professional liar, he lied whenever he could, but as a good liar he knew how to do it without issue. . Life taught him not to trust almost any adults, especially if those adults were white. That's why he wrote a personal journal called "Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things" to have a more fun life and become a better liar to yourself. His mother never told him who his father was, but she left him a clue: flyers advertising Herman E. Calloway and his famous band, the Dusky Devastators of the Depression. Bud had the idea that these flyers would help him find his father. Once he decided to start his journey and find this mysterious man, nothing could stop him, not fear, not hunger, not vampires, nothing. For the last four years Bud lived in an orphanage, it wasn't an easy life but he could handle it. One morning at breakfast time, the director of the orphanage told him that they had found a temporary foster home for him and another little boy named Jerry Thomas. Bud was going to stay with Amo's family who had a twelve year old boy and Jerry was going to stay with a family with three girls. Jerry was only six years old so he was scared at the thought of being a doll to three girls, it was horrible just thinking about it and he started to cry but he tried to calm him down. This was Bud's third time that year going to foster care, so he has more experience than Jerry. Without waiting for their breakfast, the manager gave them a small pot of fruit for each other and they got into the car that would take Bud to begin his long journey. The Amos family had this violent young boy they called Todd, Bud. Being welcomed into the amos home was a huge beating from Todd, this violent teenager apparently had violence issues and temper issues. Blood was gushing from Bud's nose and the worst part was that Todd..