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    <description>The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the A Christmas Memory Group at eNotes.</description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the endearing short story “A Christmas Memory” by Truman Capote...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the endearing short story “A Christmas Memory” by Truman Capote joins an unlikely trio of a 60 some year old woman, a 7 year old boy, and a wiry terrier named Queenie. When you throw into the mix the broken down accomplice of the buggy, and the story becomes even more endearing. The obvious link between Buddy and his childhood is the buggy which is falling apart and wobbling like a “drunkard” when they push it. However, like the...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the short story "A Christmas Memory" how is the buggy used in the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the short story "A Christmas Memory" how is the buggy used in the springtime, how is it used in the summertime?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 7 Nov 2009 21:19:27 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In his short story, “A Christmas Memory,” Truman Capote creates a...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In his short story, “A Christmas Memory,” Truman Capote creates a memorable character through the use of Buddy the narrator. As the grownup Buddy relates this specific memory, we learn that he is kind and reflective character. The story is full of Buddy’s kindnesses to his cousin. He is always a willing accomplice in the fruitcake endeavor, and while he relates habits and behaviors of his cousin that were repeated so frequently he could...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:31:56 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How would you describe the character of buddys in the story A Christmas...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How would you describe the character of buddys in the story A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:24:07 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In writing a character analysis, there are many ways to open an...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/christmas-memory/q-and-a/character-analysis-what-would-good-first-sentence-107233</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In writing a character analysis, there are many ways to open an analysis.  One way of an opening sentence would be to discuss how the character plays a large impact in the work.  Since the character analysis is going to center on the central figure and their dimensions throughout the work, opening your analysis with something that states this might be a good start.  Another starting sentence could be to explain how important the particular...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:23:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In a character analysis what would be a good first sentence?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In a character analysis what would be a good first sentence?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:36:59 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In a christmas memory by truman capote. What do you know about Buddy?...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In a christmas memory by truman capote. What do you know about Buddy? What is his relationship to the old women he calls "my friend"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:08:13 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Where did Buddy and his friend hide their money?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Where did Buddy and his friend hide their money?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:56:17 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Truman Capote's novella, "A Christmas Memory," the narrator is seven...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Truman Capote's novella, "A Christmas Memory," the narrator is seven year-old Buddy.  Buddy is living with relatives and this is a memoir of his time while there.  He tells us about his elderly cousin and there adventures while preparing for Christmas.  The story is told in the first person and Buddy shares his feelings and his love for his Cousin.  This story is humorous, sad and emotional.  It often brings me to tears when I share it...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:08:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Who is the narrator of "A Christmas Memory?"]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Who is the narrator of "A Christmas Memory?"]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:40:46 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the Novella, "A Christmas Memory," by Truman Capote, Buddy and his...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the Novella, "A Christmas Memory," by Truman Capote, Buddy and his friend have shared a Christmas morning with their distant family members.  They have eaten breakfast and Buddy's friend looks at him and says, "Buddy, the wind is blowing."  Buddy and his friend immediately grab their kites.  They have each given one another kites for Christmas as gifts.  Buddy, his friend, and Queenie head out to their pasture located below the house...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:19:31 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What does Buddy's friend discover after flying her kite on their last...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What does Buddy's friend discover after flying her kite on their last Christmas together?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:25:03 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "A Christmas Memory," by Truman Capote, Buddy and his friend, go out...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In "A Christmas Memory," by Truman Capote, Buddy and his friend, go out of town, into the woods to find the best Christmas tree they can find.  His "friend" is really an older, distant cousin.  We know from the story that they must cross two creeks and walk for miles before they come to the area in the woods where they find the tree they want to cut down.  Buddy describes brambles, thorns, colorful birds, cold water and the evergreen smell...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:39:33 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Where do Buddy and his friend go to find their Christmas tree? What is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Where do Buddy and his friend go to find their Christmas tree? What is the mood in that setting?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:36:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Buddy and Cousin go to Haha's cafe to get rum for the fruitcake recipe....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Buddy and Cousin go to Haha's cafe to get rum for the fruitcake recipe.  The place is threatening because Haha Jones is a scary looking guy, very imposing in size, he is not a happy person as his name suggests, instead, he has a mean look to him.
The cafe is a fish-fry where dancing takes place, but that is not all, there is a lot of violence in the cafe, it is a dangerous place.  Buddy and Cousin always go to the cafe to buy the whiskey...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 6 Aug 2009 18:45:09 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "A Christmas Memory", which details in the description of Mr. Haha...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In "A Christmas Memory", which details in the description of Mr. Haha Jones' cafe make it seem like a threatening place?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 6 Aug 2009 14:40:35 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "A Christmas Memory" "nostalgia fiction" by Truman Capote. He writes...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/christmas-memory/q-and-a/wat-does-buddies-face-look-like-91103</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In "A Christmas Memory" "nostalgia fiction" by Truman Capote. He writes of the old woman:

We are each other's best friend.  She calls me Buddy, in memory of a boy whos formerly her best friend.  The other Buddy died in the 1880s, when she was still a child.  She is still a child.

So, Buddy is the child Truman Capote. At the time of the story he is seven. To find he he looked like, you merely need to locate a biography of Capote on a...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 7 Jul 2009 09:33:59 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "A Christmas Memory" by Truman Capote, what does Buddy's face look...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In "A Christmas Memory" by Truman Capote, what does Buddy's face look like?
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        <pubDate>Tue, 7 Jul 2009 09:22:58 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote, the narrator (called Buddy)...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote, the narrator (called Buddy) tells his memories of living with an older relative (some sort of cousin) and how they were partners.  She (the relative) is not quite right mentally or emotionally and the young narrator (about nine years old) and she pair up to make Christmas fruitcakes.  The major events show them going to great lengths to get the ingredients to make their Christmas fruit cakes--and the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 20:12:18 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the story ''A Christmas Memory'', what are the events, the problem...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the story ''A Christmas Memory'', what are the events, the problem and the solution?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 17:58:07 PST</pubDate>
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