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    Cited: * Marilyn: A Biography (New York: Grosset & Dunlap‚ 1973). * GARY ALLAN lyrics are property and copyright of their owners."Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain)" lyrics provided for educational purposes and personal use only. * Truman Capote‚ Breakfast at Tiffany ’s‚ 1958‚ spoken by the character Holly Golightly

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    novel In Cold Blood‚ and they cover a wide spectrum of topics. They include the effects (if any) caused by environment in childhood‚ how a person of any of locale can be a victim of hostility‚ and the presence of contrasting personalities. Truman Capote gives the reader a detailed account of Perry Smith’s and Dick Hickock’s childhoods. Smith’s childhood was very problematic and scarred by years of abuse. He witnessed beatings of his mother by his father; as a result of the domestic violence‚ his

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    To Kill a Mockingbird

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    Walker_Annabelle_English3_MLAStyleResearchPaper Walker‚ Annabelle English 3 To Kill A Mockingbird Research Paper 10 March 2013 The Similarities of Her Life and Her Fiction Many authors that write meaningful and classic novels have many ways of finding inspiration for their writing. Harper Lee had things throughout her childhood that she used to create the fictional character Scout Finch‚ which was meant to be a reflection of herself. The first similarity of their childhoods

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    He had a brain     explosion."); (e.g.‚ "... the victims might as well have been killed by lightning."). In foreshadowing Nancy Clutter’s demise‚ Capote wrote of "... the dress in which she was to be buried"  In telling Perry Smith’s story‚ Capote often relied on flashbacks to his childhood to try to understand what may have led to the grisly murders years later: "... a final battle between the parents‚ a terrifying contest in which horsewhips

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    Biography “Harper Lee was born on the 28th of April 1926” (Lee)‚ in Monroeville‚ Alabama. Her father is a lawyer and her mother has suffered mental problems and her mother had stayed at home because of it. Harper lived near her best friend Truman Capote‚ who was very influential in Harper’s childhood. Harper was very interested in English literature. She graduated high school in 1944 and went to the all-female Huntingdon College in Montgomery‚ Alabama. Here she stood out because she focused on

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    A Christmas Memory play review By‚ *unnamed* Based on the holiday classic by Truman Capote "A Christmas Memory" is about a young boy‚ referred to as "Buddy‚" and his older cousin‚ who is called Sook. The boy grown up is the narrator‚ and his older cousin‚ who is eccentric and childlike‚ is his best friend. They live in Monroeville‚ Alabama with two other cousins‚ who are authoritative and stern‚ and have a dog named Queenie. The family is very poor‚ but Buddy looks forward to Christmas every

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    Alice‚ who was in her twenties‚ Louise‚ who was in high school‚ and Edwin‚ who was the only boy at age ten. Growing up there was no other girls close to her age in her neighborhood‚ and the only child close to her age was a neighborhood boy‚ Truman Capote. Their common bond was the fact that they didn’t meet their parent’s mold of what they considered a perfect child. They would play games together and‚ after Lee’s father gave them an old typewriter‚ would write stories together. When Nelle began

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    photographer in the history of The New Yorker in 1992. Avedon’s work was a very unique and new way of photography. He was widely recognized for his fashion work. Avedon took pictures of very famous‚ and political figures including Marilyn Monroe‚ Truman Capote‚ Charlie Chaplin‚ Dwight D. Eisenhower‚ the Duke and Duchess of Windsor‚ Marian Anderson‚ Willem de Kooning‚ and many others. Avedon doesn’t tend to use props in his shoots‚ he likes to set his subjects against a bright white background. Richard

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    Breakfast at Tiffany's

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    Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote is about the thought that friendship can make a person take drastic measures in helping a friend. The setting is New York City. The point of view is first person limited. Seen through the eyes of the narrator‚ called "Fred" ( the main character )‚ who is a starting writer. I enjoyed the story because it was very interesting to learn and experience life in old New York. The story starts out‚ probably in the present time‚ when "Fred"‚ who had now

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    In Cold Blood: Passage Analysis In Cold Blood‚ Capote uses imagery‚ foreshadowing and allusion to portray Perry as a lonely man who doesn’t have his family‚ especially his father‚ there by his side to support him which slowly causes him to begin to lose his sanity and question his faith. Capote also portrays Perry as an innocent victim. “Voices roared through his head; one voice persistently asked him‚ ‘Where is Jesus? Where?” pg. 319. Perry begins to question Jesus because he is going through

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