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A Christmas Memory Vs. The Gra - Term Papers

A Christmas Memory Vs. The Gra

The two stories, “A Christmas Memory” and The Grass Harp are strikingly similar due to the fact that Truman Capote wrote both stories. The settings of both stories are very similar. In The Grass Harp the setting is very sullen: the season is fall, the days are always cloudy, and it is very slow moving in a small southern town. Similarly, “A Christmas Memory” has dismal and sluggish qualities of a southern, rural community in the dead of winter. The first lines of “A Christmas Memory immediately establish the sad scene: “Imagine a morning late in November. A coming of winter more than twenty years ago.” Several elements of the story are parallel: the settings, the nature of the friendships, ...

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dancing with each other. Likewise, Buddy and Cousin have a close relationship and do many things do together. Buddy and Cousin make fruitcakes, find a Christmas tree, and make presents for each other. Buddy describes his relationship with Cousin by stating, “We are each other’s best friends.” Not only are the friendships in “A Christmas Memory” and The Grass Harp parallel, but the main characters lives are quite.
The main character of each story is a young boy. In “A Christmas Memory,” Buddy is the main character. In The Grass Harp, the main character is Colin. He is close to fifteen years old. He has no parents and no friends of his own age. He experiences great separation and sadness in his life. In the same way, Buddy has no parents, and his only friend is Cousin, a woman in her mid-sixties. They are best friends, and Buddy frequently refers to her as “my friend.” “My friend has a better haul,” says Buddy, describing his Christmas presents in comparison to Cousin’s. When ...

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Added: 1/18/2007 04:43:01 PM
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