Monday, March 26, 2012

How could I go about writing an interview in reference to the book Bud, Not Buddy?

An interview concerning the book Bud, Not Buddy would involve asking a particular character questions and revealing the answers. I think it would impress any instructor if you wrote an interview with the character of Bud concerning his experience of the time period in which he lives: the Great Depression. You could then ask Bud questions for which the reader never receives direct answers in the book. For example, you could ask Bud how it felt to be an orphan. Then Bud could respond. You could ask Bud how he felt when his good friend Bugs disappeared while riding the rails. You could ask Bud about the racism he sees within the Hooverville (as well as within Grand Rapids) and how it affected his opinion of “white folks.” You could ask Bud if any of his “rules” have a direct reference to the Great Depression and survival amid poverty. You could ask Bud if he had any previous experience with hearing jazz music of the 1930s (and if he liked that music). You could ask Bud to compare his mother with his grandfather. (This question could involve the differences in thought between experiencing life in the 1920s vs. the 1930s.) You could ask Bud about the first song he played both on his recorder (the “skinny wooden flute”) and then on his saxophone.

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