Truman Capote

            For my American Author paper, I would like to read books by Truman Capote because I don’t really know anything about him. I’ve only watched a third of the movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s and wondered if would be better as a book. Little did I know that:

1. It was a book.
2. It was written by Truman Capote.

Books and movies have been made about him, and I never really questioned who he really was. When I saw that he was an American Writer, it started my curiosity. I know that I should know what Capote was famous for, but unfortunately it took me this long to find out.

            Truman Capote was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and had been writing since he was eleven. Later on, he moved to Monroeville, Alabama. While living in the south, he was neighbor to Harper Lee, the author of To Kill A Mockingbird. The two became best friends. In fact, Capote based one of his characters, Idabel in Other Voices, Other Rooms on Harper. In return, one of the characters in Lee’s book, Dill, was characterized after Capote. Dill was perceived as bold, creative, and had an unpleasant family history. This of course, was what was thought of when you would hear of Capote.

I’ve only really looked at two books by Capote. The first book is, of course, Breakfast At Tiffany’s because, as I said before, I never have seen the whole movie but thought to myself, I wonder if I could stand this movie more if it was a book. So here’s my chance to take that question and find out the answer. The other book I’m looking at to read is In Cold Blood. Anyone who knows me knows that a story about blood, murder and finding the real story behind the case is not a book I would read. Though for some reason, and I have no idea why, I’m really interested in reading In Cold Blood. Both books interest me, and because both books are around 300 pages long, I don’t need a third book because I have hit the limit of 600 pages. I also plan on readying the Biography of Truman Capote, and at one point or another, I plan to watch the movie, Capote, because it always interested me but I never saw it because I don’t like those kinds of movies.

            All I really know about Capote is that he used people of the higher class to get info and the scoop on everything and everyone, and he wrote books. So I feel that finding a thesis will be easy for me because I could look at so much information and find lots of thesis’s to write about.

            I can’t wait to start reading the books. They look really interesting. I’m more interested in reading Breakfast at Tiffany’s because it’s more of a light hearted book, but coming from Capote, it didn’t really seem to me, like his kind of writing. In Cold Blood, on the other hand, was more of what I thought Capote would be writing about a lot. I’m excited to be reading that book too, though I’m not sure if I can read though it without gagging, since I really don’t like blood.