A Christmas Memory: Truman Capote :: essays research papers

A Christmas storage Truman Capote     This story, "A Christmas Memory," is a nonfiction reminence of one fond shop of Capotes.     A distant relative of Truman Capotes, Sook Faulk, took care of himthrough his childhood. Sook dubbed Truman with the nickname "chum," afterwards aformer best friend. During one November morning, when Buddy was seven, Sookdecided it was ice weather. She called him to get their buggy and her hatto go pick pecans. Queenie, their terrier who has survived illness and ophidianbites, follows them on their errand. After picking pecans for three hours,Buddy and Sook began hulling their buggyload. The discussion during dinnertimewas the need of materials to make the cakes, and the lack of funding to do so.Sook and Buddy set out reminiscing about how they managed to gather their meagersums. People in the house gift a dime or two. Buddy and Sook make some currencyby selling jams and jellies, rounding up flowers for funerals and weddings,rummage sales, contests, and even a Fun and Freak museum. The secret fund ishidden in an elder beaded purse under a loose board in the floor. They neverremove the purse from under Sooks bed unless making a deposit or a ten-spot-centwithdrawal on Saturdays. She allots Buddy ten cents to go to the find out showeach Saturday. Sook has never visited one before, except asks Buddy to go insteadto come back and tell she the stories of the picture show. After dinner, Sookand Buddy retire to a room in a faraway part of the house where her sleeps atnight, to count their treasure. When finished counting, Buddy declares thetotal was thirteen dollars. Sook, being a very superstitious person, throws apenny out of the window. The next morning Sook and Buddy go to town to purchasethe necessary ingredients for the cakes. Whiskey, the most expensive andhardest to obtain ingredient was postulate to complete the days shopping. Sincewhisky sale was forbidden by l aw, they had to travel to Mr. Haha Jones for it.Mr. Haha fork up a "sinful" bar near the river. When Sook receives a bottle ofwhiskey in exchange for a fruitcake, she decides to add an extra cup of raisinsin his cake. The two go home and begin to make their cakes. These cakes whereintended for friends or acquaintances, not necessarily neighbor friends. They displace most to people they have met once, or maybe not at all. The thank-you notecards sent in return made them feel connected to the world.