Question

In the third paragraph, Buddy tells us that his friend is “still a child.” We usually think of a child as loving, joyful, believing, trusting, and innocent of the evil or meanness we might find in the adult world. Find at least three of her actions that reveal that Buddy’s friend is a child in any of these ways.

Answer 1

Answer:

Find the actions below.

Explanation:

1. Buddy's friend was excited at the arrival of the weather which ushers in Christmas. She refers to it as the 'fruitcake weather' and goes ahead to bake thirty cakes.

2. She finds it difficult to count money. So, when there was a disparity between her and Buddy about whether the money they counted was $12.73 or $13, she rather opted to throw $1 away because of her dislike for anything that was thirteenth.

3. When shouted upon by their two relatives for feeding the seven-year-old Buddy with Whisky, she reacted like a child by crying and running into her room.

The above scenarios are instances where Buddy's friend who was about 60 years old exhibited characters that showed that she was 'still a child'.