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Truman Capote, in my eyes, lived a very drastic childhood. Truman Capote grew
up without a mother or a father around to see him go off to his first school. Truman
Capote somehow taught himself how to read and write. However, that’s beside the point.
He had to won two O. Henry awards for his short stories he had written. To me that
seems impossible; however that is why he is one of the most remembered authors of his time.
Truman Capote’s actual birth name is Truman Streckfus Persons. However, that
changed when his mother divorced and eventually re-married. Between that time his
biological parents divorced when Truman was four years of age. Truman then grew up
living with neither of his parents and growing up with relatives on his mother’s side.
Truman taught himself how to read and write by the time he was in the first grade.
When he was eleven, he was writing three hours everyday in a note book.

When he moved back with his mom and new step-father, his......

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