Numerous people have read Truman Capote’s short stories and novels. I chose to read “A Christmas Memory” and “Miriam” and I will compare these two stories in my essay. Many people enjoy reading Capote’s works, as did I. In the next paragraphs I will closely examine the stories and tell the meaning in these stories. As the reader reads “A Christmas Memory” they will realize that Capote used quite a bit of characterization. While there are many characters in the story, there is only two main characters
Truman Capote was one of the most famous writers in American literature. As a child, he rarely saw his parents and was often left alone. Truman had always known he wanted to be a writer. When he was four, he taught himself to read, at age eight was learning to write, and wrote his first short story when he was ten. Two of his most famous works are In Cold Blood (1966) and Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1958). Breakfast at Tiffany’s was later made into a movie which has become an American classic. Truman