Incongruity In Capote's Essay 'In Cold Blood'

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David Lee
English 10 HP Period
8/25/14

Capote: In Cold Blood
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When the author uses the combinations of words that startle and disturb for the purpose of using incongruity in the essay. These unusual combinations make the writing interesting and different for the readers. This gives a different attitude in the reader’s mind showing an unusual style in writing. Using unusual combinations that are usually not used together introduces the reader things they are not used too. Using incongruity in an essay brings an unusual combination of words that can lighten up the mood, add humor into the scene, or the writer is trying to bring the audience out of their comfort zone introducing something different and unique. For these reasons, the author uses interesting combinations that people are not used too, making the words not unusual but the combination and choices startling and disturbing to the readers. These combinations are unusual because the combinations and choices are not what we see everyday, making the readers think more about the combinations then usual. The reason for the unusual pairing of words is because of incongruity, meaning that things are different then they usually are. Having this in mind the author created a unique style that is very versatile.

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Seeing that this is obvious to call a book a novel is a lengthy book and with this, the book itself is lengthy. Giving that it just doesn’t only have the length it is also more mature than typical chapter book with a couple of chapters and pages. In this book, the writing itself is detailed, the book gives many insights, and the novel itself is long, but also has a beginning, middle, and end to the novel. Giving the small details in character and background, this book can be considered a novel giving that it portrays all the characters and plot in sequence order following detail sequence of events in each

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