... few acquaintances he did have was Harper Lee, a young girl who lived next-door. She grew up to become a brilliant woman and became famous for her work To Kill a Mockingbird. Critics say that Lee based the character of Dill, an extremely imaginative young boy on Capote. In Discovering Biography, Capote says, "(As a child ... , out of the blue, uninspired by any example. I'd never known anyone who wrote; indeed I knew few who read-. Capote went on to state in Music for Chameleons, "As certain young people practice piano four or five hours a day, so I played with my papers and pens. Yet I ne...

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