As Capote contrasts the stark differences between Dick and Perry, he begins to humanize Perry because of his past and villainize Dick because of his; therefore, Capote asserts that people's actions are a result of their past. Capote utilizes Asyndeton when he dialogues the conversation between the Police and Mrs. Johnson. “I wanted to help him. I hoped I might change a few of his ideas. Now I know better. The rights of other people mean nothing to Perry. He has no respect for anyone” (181). The use of Asyndeton here exemplifies the notion that people had seen hope in making Perry a better person. It can be inferred from the passage that because of Perry’s rough upbringings, the world has corrupted him. His sister Mrs. Johnson had seen hope
