Fruitcake

likely kind as well. In addition, she and Buddy spend their hard-earned years savings on making fruitcakes, which they give away to their friends without a second thought. Understandably, Christmas is the season of giving, but after working all year to save up that much money, one would think they’d ask for something in return. However, Buddy’s cousin is kind and would rather others get the fruitcake for free. She also believes that one of the worst things in life is “not being able to give somebody

thought of very easily. Every use of imagery was used very satisfactorily and caused the book to become very good overall. The story is about two people, supposedly “friends”, go about during the holiday season and obtain the ingredients for 30 fruitcakes. Though, how has imagery in the book caused the mood for the story? The first use of imagery in the story was to describe the weather and atmosphere during the holiday season. They used stuff such as “A leafless and birdless winter morning” to

Harry Moffer, Pun Teasley, and Jill Roseberry were ready for action. When we last saw them, Harry, Pun, and Jill were sneaking out the gym; they had recently learned about Hildegarde Lamer being attacked and her face being shoved in a fruitcake. For that, the evil Fanny Teasley was blamed for the incident. As we all know, Fanny Teasley was Pun's younger sister and a huge fan of the Larry Dobber books. In fact, she wanted to marry Larry Dobber. She also spanked people who either told her that Larry

describes the event they do to raise money (a museum with a three-legged chicken, a picture show, selling berries, etc.). However, the passion of the two, and the main theme of the story, is making fruitcakes. The two have saved their money from all of their odd jobs to make these fruitcakes, these fruitcakes were not made for selling but rather for “friends and acquaintances”. Soon the cakes are finished being made, and there is excess whiskey left, approximately two inches in the bottle, they decide

Sook having to speak a word. For example, Capote wrote, "Queenie is trotting beside it now." (6) "It", is referring to the buggy Truman and Sook just filled with fruitcake ingredients. As a result, Capote displayed the use of Queenie as a way to symbolize Sook's happiness in that moment. He's showing how excited Sook is about the fruitcakes, by having Queenie trot along happily next to the buggy. Also, he goes on to describe that Queenie is an old and ratty looking terrier who, "has survived distemper

different than it is today. The reader is introduced to Haha Jones: when the family sets out to buy a bottle of whiskey. The amount the family payed for the bottle of whiskey was two dollars. Haha decides to give them them the bottle in exchange for a fruitcake instead of money. The second tradition was to hike out in the winter woods to cut a Christmas tree. Once the tree was home and safe, the family then continues their third tradition and makes homemade Christmas ornaments and decorations. When the

She always loved to have fun and take adventures. However, sometimes her fun goes out of hand and makes trouble like the wine incident that have been stated earlier. Most of the time she would think of ways that will allow her to have fun like the fruitcakes and Christmas tree and some other things and that proves that she is fun

friend. Capote is illustrated by the main character, Buddy. Buddy and his distant cousin have a bonding friendship and tell of their exploits during that Christmas. They pick out a very special Christmas tree, make each other presents, and make fruitcakes. Capote was born in New Orleans as the son of a salesman and a 16-year-old beauty queen. His father worked as a clerk for a steamboat company. He never stayed with any job for long, and was always leaving home in search of new opportunities

Memory” and “The Gettysburg Address”. In “A Christmas Memory, Buddy and his friend scramble to make fruitcakes for their friends, even though there is no money for them to use, and alcohol, a key ingredient, is prohibited. An example of their perseverance is when they go to Haha Jones, an illegal alcohol dealer, to buy the final ingredient, whiskey. This shows perseverance because they needed to make fruitcakes, so they went to extreme lengths to be able to produce them. In “The Gettysburg Address,” Lincoln

Being the root of this personal Christmas habit brings joy and a special present to Capote and Sook's friends during the holidays. The friendships designated as fruitcake receivers, as opposed to the traditional stigma, were not limited by distance or repetition of contact; in fact, they were "persons we've met maybe once, perhaps not at all" (22). Through the description of each "friend" mentioned in the story, Capote