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A Christmas Memory By Truman Capote

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“A Christmas Memory” by Truman Capote, is a story about Buddy, a seven year-old boy. His best friend in the story is an old, simple woman. It is November, in Alabama, in the early 1940’s. Capote details their friendship as they prepare for the upcoming holiday. The author uses setting, characterization, and mood show how the value of friendship surpasses materialistic wealth.” The author uses a calm setting to exhibit harmony between Buddy and his friend. The imagery of the setting shows how little the two have, but also how happy they are. The impeccable detail the author uses throughout the whole story reveals the beauty Buddy and his friend find all around them despite their poverty: “Morning. Frozen rime lusters the grass; the sun, round
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