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How does Deza become important again in the story?
At the end of the story, Bud realizes that Deza was right—that with or without the picture of his mother, he carries his mother in his heart. While the reader doesn't see Deza again after Bud's relatively brief interaction with her in Hooverville, her character still plays a significant role in Bud's own self-realizations and discovery.
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What is irony? How is it ironic that Bud was scared to sleep in the little girl's room and it turned out to be his momma's room all along?
To begin, have students review what irony is and settle on a definition. When Bud first gets to the room he thinks the ghost of...
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