In the short story “A Christmas Memory” Truman Capote designed the two characters, Buddy and his friend, after Truman’s childhood. When he grew up in Alabama he thought it would deserve a story from the place to the best friend he will forever have. The only way to understand his feelings the reader needs to understand the context of everything that is carried out throughout the story. Mr. Capoter was a fantastic writer who knows how to touch the feelings of every reader by writing with his heart. Welcome to The Truman Show with Mr. Capote’s life playing out in his stories he tells.
“Truman Capote drew on his own youthful experience in rural Alabama to write ‘A Christmas Memory.’” ( SSFS Vol.2 21) This experience helped his stories have something to reflect on. Growing up in Monroeville, Alabama with 4 cousins made him need a friend. That Friend was his female cousin sook. (SSFS Vol.2 21) She was his shield in tough places so after she had died he thought she deserved a work to put with her name. He thought the best way was to practically describe their situation as he was a child. As he goes on through his story he likes to spend his time describing the time she has spent on helping his life for the better. …show more content…
Capote’s ability to combine comedy, nostalgia, and a child’s sense of tragedy is nowhere more evident that in the story.” (Garson 30) Truman is a different person although through his family leaving him with cousins to grow he grew in a relationship to his cousin Sook. Sook influenced Mr. Capote throughout his entire life he thought she deserved a story based around her. Although in the short story “A Christmas Memory” the character Buddy does not feel to lost without Sook. The real life of Mr. Capoter was extremely sad to leave his friend that he grew up with his entire life, for she was the only one who could completely understand