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A Christmas Memory: Truman Capote - Term Papers

A Christmas Memory: Truman Capote

This story, "A Christmas Memory," is a nonfiction reminence of one
fond memory of Capotes'.
A distant relative of Truman Capote's, Sook Faulk, took care of him
through his childhood. Sook dubbed Truman with the nickname "Buddy," after
a former best friend. During one November morning, when Buddy was seven,
Sook decided it was fruitcake weather. She called him to get their buggy
and her hat to go pick pecans. Queenie, their terrier who has survived
illness and snake bites, follows them on their errand. After picking
pecans for three hours, Buddy and Sook began hulling their buggyload. The
discussion during dinnertime was the need of materials to make the cakes,
and the lack of ...

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She allots Buddy ten cents to go to the picture show each
Saturday. Sook has never visited one before, but asks Buddy to go instead
to come back and tell she the stories of the picture show. After dinner,
Sook and Buddy retire to a room in a faraway part of the house where her
sleep's at night, to count their treasure. When finished counting, Buddy
declares the total was thirteen dollars. Sook, being a very superstitious
person, throws a penny out of the window. The next morning Sook and Buddy
go to town to purchase the necessary ingredients for the cakes. Whiskey,
the most expensive and hardest to obtain ingredient was needed to complete
the day's shopping. Since whiskey sale was forbidden by law, they had to
travel to Mr. Haha Jones for it. Mr. Haha owned a "sinful" bar near the
river. When Sook receives a bottle of whiskey in exchange for a fruitcake,
she decides to add an extra cup of raisins in his cake. The two go home
and begin to make their cakes. These cakes ...

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Added: 8/8/2007 04:28:18 PM
Category: Creative Writing
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