reciating the things you have and realizing that the simple events in our life are the ones that have a lasting impression. Capote himself has used Buddy and Cousin to tell the story of his own life and how his own simple memories have shaped his life. "Once a car stops and the rich mill owners lazy wife leans out of the car and whines: "Giveya twobits cash for that old tree." Ordinarily my friend is afraid of saying no; but on this occasion she shakes her head. "Goodness woman you can get another one." In answer my friend gently reflects: I doubt it. Theres never two of anything." "That is why walking across a school campus on this particular December morning I keep searching the sky. As if I expected to see, rather like hearts, a lost pair of kites hurrying toward heaven."...
