A Christmas Memory by: Truman Capote
description
Transcript of A Christmas Memory by: Truman Capote
![Page 1: A Christmas Memory by: Truman Capote](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062302/568163e3550346895dd54213/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
A Christmas Memoryby: Truman Capote
Samantha PopeCollins Chancellor
Tyrah JonesCandice Wilson
![Page 2: A Christmas Memory by: Truman Capote](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062302/568163e3550346895dd54213/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
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.
![Page 3: A Christmas Memory by: Truman Capote](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062302/568163e3550346895dd54213/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Continued….• 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.
![Page 4: A Christmas Memory by: Truman Capote](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062302/568163e3550346895dd54213/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
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.
![Page 5: A Christmas Memory by: Truman Capote](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062302/568163e3550346895dd54213/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
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.
![Page 6: A Christmas Memory by: Truman Capote](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062302/568163e3550346895dd54213/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Theme• Friendship• Enjoy every
minute you have with somebody because you never know when they are not going to be there anymore.
![Page 7: A Christmas Memory by: Truman Capote](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062302/568163e3550346895dd54213/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Continued…• 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.
![Page 8: A Christmas Memory by: Truman Capote](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062302/568163e3550346895dd54213/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Elements of the story1. 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.
![Page 9: A Christmas Memory by: Truman Capote](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062302/568163e3550346895dd54213/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Continued…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.
![Page 10: A Christmas Memory by: Truman Capote](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062302/568163e3550346895dd54213/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Continued…9. protagonist- Buddy and friend10. antagonist- relatives and money11. static character- Buddy12. dynamic character- Buddy’s friend
![Page 11: A Christmas Memory by: Truman Capote](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062302/568163e3550346895dd54213/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
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.
![Page 12: A Christmas Memory by: Truman Capote](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062302/568163e3550346895dd54213/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
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.