Bud, Not Buddy - Jazzy Journal

Bud, Not Buddy. Jazzy Journal

In this Jazzy journal I will write my thoughts about how this book would be different if the character of this book was the opposite gender.

            I think that if Bud in the book Bud, Not Buddy were a girl the story would be completely different. From the very beginning the story would be completely different. When bud first gets sent out of his home to go live with the Amos family he quickly finds out that he is not wanted there and gets beat up and put into a shed.  Todd Amos told him, “Yeah, Buddy, keep a sharp eye out for the vampire bats in the shed.” This whole situation probably would have never happened if Bud were a girl. The Amos family was kind enough to take in Bud but they were truly afraid of what he was capable and didn’t trust him at all. If the Amos family took in a girl then they would probably treat the girl with sympathy.  Todd would probably not stick pencils up the girls nose. Well, maybe he would. Either way I highly doubt that the girl would start to fight back. I would assume that she would just cry and tell the parents. In the worst case, if there were a fight, then the girl would still probably not get sent out to sleep in the shack. Even after that, the girl would probably go back to the orphanage.  It was uncommon for girls to travel alone. As you can see, the story has already completely changed. If the Bud were to be a girl, everything would be different. 

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Musical

If I was to make a musical about this book, I would try to make it at enjoyable as possible and try to keep the audience in a very light mood but at the same time serious enough to show the troubles of the time period. 

Sound Track:

1. We Are Family - Sister Sledge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBpYgpF1bqQ

This is a very light song about family. It shows the importance of family. This book really shows that family is important and I think this song perfectly depicts it. It is a well-known song.

2. Woody Guthrie - This land is your land.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaI5IRuS2aE

I chose this song because goes perfectly with the book. The book has a very important theme about land and this song sings about land. It is a very light and well known song. In the book land was very important because it gave the African Americans power and strength.

3. James Taylor & Carole King - You've Got a Friend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7RPCFfudmU

This last third song I chose is a bit sadder than the other ones. But it is a good song about friendship, which is very important in this book. I would play this song when the kids are trying to be friends with each other and can’t.

Actors

Papa                  

-Denzel Washington

Mama

-Viola Davis                          Big Ma - Whoopi Goldberg

T.J.  - TRISTAN WILDs            

or Donald Glover 

 Cassie - Willow Smith ^

 Little Man - Jaden Smith^

 Mr. Morrison - Ossie Davis ^

Stacey- KWESI BOAKYE^




          

                        

Stage Design: I want my set to be located on a plantation with a little shack. I also want there to be a small town near by and a school. Lasty, I want to have a dust/muddt road by trees.

Ramona's Journal

Dear Journal,

I thought that today would be one of the worst nights of my life but I was wrong. I really wanted to a have a good sheep costume today so I could be just like my friends but I was not able to acquire my own. I wanted to be a sheep really badly and was hoping that my mom would make me one but I was not thinking about she doesn’t have much time to make me one. She has a very busy work schedule and when she comes home she does not have much time. I know I was wrong for thinking that my mom would make me one but what my dad said was very mean. He told me, “It is your own fault.” (2239) Something I wish that I would have tried to make him quit smoking after charismas so he wouldn’t be so grumpy and so he would help me make the costume. I was also very sad when he called me a brat behind my back. He should not have called me that and it made me cry.

After all the night of the concert did not turn out very bad. Yes, I had the worst costume of all my friends but that did not stop me from going out there. At first I did not want to go out to perform because I was embarrassed but then when I saw the three wise persons putting on make up I was interested in what they were doing. First I was peaking  at them but they noticed me. I wanted to try some make up so I came and they painted me a nose and put make up on me. I was very excited and suddenly I wanted to go out. I felt like I was being covered and concealed and that no one would notice me behind my makeup. I felt like a different person. When my friends saw that I had a black nose they wanted one too and at the end it turns out that they wanted to look just like me instead of the other way around. That made me very happy and I am glad that this happened to me tonight. I am very happy now.