The “mission” is what Bud Caldwell refers to the soup kitchen in Flint, Michigan. Missions are often started by religious groups and are intended to serve people in need and convert them to a certain faith, though missions can also be secular in nature (usually called “rescue missions”) and are meant to help people in need after a disaster.
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Mission Term Timeline in Bud, Not Buddy
The timeline below shows where the term Mission appears in Bud, Not Buddy. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 5
...his blanket. He remembers he must wake up “real early” to make it to the “mission in time for breakfast” because they won’t let him in if he’s even one minute...
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Chapter 6
...a Christmas tree. He jumps up and runs “six or seven blocks down to the mission.” He notices the line is long and tries to get behind the last person but...
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Bud enters the mission with his pretend parents. They say thank you a lot as they are served oatmeal,...
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Chapter 8
...and Bud is delighted to “finally have a brother.” They decide to go to the mission to ask for advice on how to find the train.
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...all the people crying and arguing,” so instead he hurries to get breakfast at the mission.
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Chapter 9
Bud eats at the mission and then heads to the library where he sees the librarian he met previously. He...
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