Buddy never names the people, presumably family members, that they live with. He refers to them at one point as "those who know best," and he also says at one point that they have control over Buddy and his friend and often make them cry. In other words, these may be people be family he lives with, but they are certainly not family he is emotionally close to.
In a couple of scenes we can...
Buddy never names the people, presumably family members, that they live with. He refers to them at one point as "those who know best," and he also says at one point that they have control over Buddy and his friend and often make them cry. In other words, these may be people be family he lives with, but they are certainly not family he is emotionally close to.
In a couple of scenes we can see how these people react with little kindness to his friend, at least. When she allows Buddy to drink a little bit of the remaining whiskey left over from the fruitcakes, they scold her because he is only a child. It is obvious she didn't mean any harm, no real harm was done, and that their handling of it was much more harsh than it needed to be.
Overall, the people that Buddy and his friend live with appear to be the ones in control of the house, the adults, and have very little emotional connection to Buddy and his friend. This leads to the sad ending where they send him off to military school, not really understanding the consequences it will have for Buddy and his friend.
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