The realization of a possible illness is meant to appeal to the emotions of the readers as they figure out for themselves that Perry should not be held accountable for deciding to commit his crime. Furthermore, Capote brings in a few characters who are surely fully guilty of the crimes they were charged with. The use of these characters is to specify his argument by showing he isn't against the death penalty in general, but only when it involves people who don't deserve its cruelty. Capote portrays this earned compassion by showing how a fellow death row inmate truly deserves the punishment through an excerpt of a poem. This poem ends with the quote, “The paths of glory lead but to the grave”(332). The reader infers that Andrews, the
