BUD NOT BUDDY JOURNAL #5 I think that Bud often makes impulsive decisions, making him jump to conclusions. There are quite a few examples of this, different parts of the book. For example, Bud assumed that there was a vampire bat in the shed and created a mess and got hurt. In another part of the book, he though Lefty Lewis was a vampire because of the blood case in his car and judged him. Last of all, he assumed that Herman E. Calloway was his father using arbitrary evidence that did not prove anything. Overall, Bud is smart and often gets evidence but jumps to conclusions way too quickly. Early on in the book, the Bud gets in trouble with the Amos family and is forced to stay in an unruly shed. Instead of being calm and staying still,
