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Transcript of A Christmas Memory by: Truman Capote Samantha Pope Collins Chancellor Tyrah Jones Candice Wilson.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Continued…
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.