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cece147
cece147
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High School - 10th Grade

In "A Christmas Memory" by Truman Capote, what does Buddy's face look like?

 

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Posted by cece147 on Tuesday July 7, 2009 at 9:22 AM and tagged with a christmas memory, charcter description., truman capote.

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  1. mwestwood
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    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 search engine or in a bookstore or library. Capote was short, with a short neck and rather rounded face that had wide-set. thoughtful eyes, a  short, straight nose. From his name and origin of birth (New Orleans), Capote was probably French.  (Of course, Capote is characterized in Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" in which Dill is described as rather chubby and unathletic.

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    Posted by mwestwood on Tuesday July 7, 2009 at 9:33 AM