Bud has lived a rough life as a homeless adolescent growing up in the midst of the Depression. Bud lost his mother when he was only six-years-old, and never knew his biological father. Bud has no family support system for the majority of the novel and has endured numerous hardships his entire life. Bud has been in and out of various foster homes and hates living in the orphanage. He has been subjected to bullying by older children and is used to being punished by authority figures. At the beginning of the novel, Bud sleeps outside under trees and is constantly in search of food. The struggles Bud has endured as an adolescent make him tough. He has developed the ability to repress many of his negative experiences because hardship has become second nature to him. Not much can affect Bud anymore because he already suffered through a lot. Bud tells Steady Eddie, "I don't know why, but my eyes don't cry no more" (Curtis 159).
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