Why do Buddy (Truman) and his older cousin (Sook Faulk) become good friends in Capote’s “A Christmas Memory”? How would you describe Buddy’s (Truman’s) older cousin and Buddy? How is Buddy’s relationship with her different than his relationship with his other adult family members? Why is it different? Knowing what you do about Truman’s life and the fact that Truman was the basis for Dill in
To Kill a Mockingbird, why do you think that the relationship was so important to the writer?