Tuesday, September 24, 2013

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

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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