The story ends with bud practicing his saxophone while herman calloway cries in another
room. why do you think the author chooses not to include a scene in which bud and calloway
talk to each other? do you think the author's decision was a good one?

c. with one finger is the answer

poe’s time at the academy was financed by his foster father, john, meaning that poe needed his foster father’s permission in order to drop out if he wanted to. unfortunately, poe’s relationship with his foster father was soon on the rocks again after john married his second wife, louisa patterson.

i was just learning about this in language arts a week ago. edgar poe makes lots of wonderful books, too.