A Christmas Memoryby: Truman Capote

Samantha PopeCollins Chancellor

Tyrah JonesCandice Wilson

Truman Capote

• He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1924.

• His parents divorced shortly after his birth and went to live with other relatives in Monroeville, Alabama.

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• While he was living there, he was very lonely and sad.

• He wrote stories and plays to escape all of his troubles.

• When he was older, he went to work at The New Yorker.

• Right before he died, he was lonely and very sick.

Vocabulary

• 1. inaugurate- to make a formal beginning.

Sent. The president was inaugurated last January.

2. conspiracy- the act of secretly planning together.

Sent. The students had a conspiracy to do a prank on their teacher.

Continued… 3. muse- to think or

reflect, especially in an idle dreamy manner.

Sent. The students muse while their teacher talks.

4. potent- having or exercising force, power, or authority; strong and powerful.

Sent. The king was thought to be potent.

Theme

• Friendship• Enjoy every

minute you have with somebody because you never know when they are not going to be there anymore.

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• Buddy and his friend enjoy the time they have together. On Christmas day, his friend tells him that this will be their last Christmas together.

• Buddy then gets shipped to military school. While he is there they still write letter back and forth.

• Then Buddy’s friend dies.

Elements of the story

1. characters- buddy, his friend, Mr. and Mrs. Haha, relatives, Queenie, mill owner’s wife.

2. setting- old country town3. Basic situation- Buddy and his friend

are getting ready for Christmas by making fruitcakes.

4. Internal conflict- Buddy’s friend dealing with old age.

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5. External conflict- being poor6. complications- not enough money,

and relatives being mean to them.7. climax- When Buddy is being

shipped to military school. 8. resolution- when Buddy is laying in

the field imagining two kites drifting away into the heavens.

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9. protagonist- Buddy and friend10. antagonist- relatives and money11. static character- Buddy12. dynamic character- Buddy’s friend

Literary element

• Dialogue- a conversation between tow or more characters.

• Buddy and his friend use dialogue a lot to express how they feel about what is going on.

Dig Deeper.

• This story shows that spending time with the people you love is very special.

• It shows how their family does their Christmas traditions and that they enjoy it.

• It shows that Buddy and his friend really love each other and they are very close to each other.