Truman Capote was a groundbreaking writer. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on September 30, 1924. Truman went on to be a professional writer heating up with debut novel, Other Voices Other Rooms. Capote spent his later years pursuing celebrity and struggled with drug addiction. Capote soon died in 1984 in Los Angeles, California (www.), In Monroeville Capote befriended a young Harper Lee. The two were different, Capote was a sensitive boy who was picked on by other kids for being a wimp, while Lee was a rough and tumble tomboy. For all their differences, Lee found Capote to be a delight, calling him "a pocket Merlin" for his creative and inventive ways. Little did these playful pals know that they would both become famous writers one day. …show more content…
Seeing little of his mother and his father over the years, he often fought with feeling abandoned by them. One of the few times he caught their interest was during their divorce with each of them fighting for custody as a way to hurt the other. Capote finally did get to live with his mother full time in 1932, but this reunion did not turn out as he had hoped. He moved to New York City to live with her and his new stepfather, Joe Capote.
During the time Truman was writing this many things were going on with the world such as WWII and the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a deadly, horrific deadly event. It killed millions of Jews not only Jews, German authorities targeted many more because of their “racial inferiority”. This terrible deadly event was lead by leader Adolf Hitler