A Christmas Memory Truman Capote

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In the story, “A Christmas Memory” by Truman Capote, Buddy and his older cousin have such a strong bond that would never be expected between a child and an adult, he uses her as a role model and a person that he wants to grow up to be. They become best friends as a result of the common grounds they have shared throughout their lives; true friends are the ones who would do anything to make you happy when you're at your worst and always know how to help you get through anything. To start off, people tend to believe that it is unheard of to look up to someone who doesn't seem have a lot to offer, but there is no way to judge this until you really experience it. Buddy’s connection with his cousin is not just because they are family, it is because she has a lot of experience and knowledge to offer him and this causes their relationship to grow exponentially. He went to pick out a tree far from where they had gone because his cousin told him it was the best place to go, “Queenie wades the stream first, paddles across barking complaints about the swiftness of the current” (69). Buddy would never go against his cousins’ wishes knowing that it would disappoint her, he goes …show more content…

“We are cousins, very distant ones, and we have lived together - well, as long as I can remember . . . We are each other’s best friend” (64). Even though they might not have been anywhere near the same age, they developed a strong relationship because they were two people who found commonalities within one another. Once you have been through everything with someone, they understand you better than anyone else. This suggests to the reader, that once his cousin started to take care of him, he felt that someone had truly cared about him and truly loved him. Buddy's cousin always made sure he was well taken care of, she was the genuine definition of a true

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