Within humanity we are a very emotional based species. We would do just about anything if we felt strongly enough about it. Now stopping emotions is completely out of the question but there are times when emotions cloud our judgement of bad and good. After looking at the book In Cold Blood with this set in mind I have come to realise that Truman Capote has let his emotions show through to the book. Within the book In Cold Blood the author Truman Capote presents the killers Dick and Perry through a very subjective way. Capote is very biased towards Perry and show Dick in a very bad light throughout the story. Capote shows his blatant biased towards Perry through the uses of selection of detail. By selecting certain things that happened to
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The first personal things we find out about Dick is when Capote narrates “ Bob Sands establishment, an auto-repair garage, where Dick had been employed” (23). Compared to the information Capote was giving about Perry he makes Dicks information so small and pointless. Capote then goes on to give background information when Dick states “We never had much money, but we were never really down-and-out,” (218). In a way this humanizes Dick but not to the point of sympathy because nothing really tragic every happened in his life, it's just pretty basic. Much like how the Clutter’s were the perfect American family Capote indicates that Dick’s family is almost the same way “My parents never argued, either … She’s wonderful, my mother. Dad’s a good guy, too. I’d say they did the best for me they could” (218). Capote generalizes Dick’s family up in just a few word and keeps it pretty much impersonal. Capote also states how Dick was basically every teenage boy you see in a movie got good grade on almost every sports team (218). Capote again keeps the family information impersonal and very blan. They impersonal way Capote makes Dick seems makes the reader is emotionally detached from his side of the story to which they can have a better judgement
The first personal things we find out about Dick is when Capote narrates “ Bob Sands establishment, an auto-repair garage, where Dick had been employed” (23). Compared to the information Capote was giving about Perry he makes Dicks information so small and pointless. Capote then goes on to give background information when Dick states “We never had much money, but we were never really down-and-out,” (218). In a way this humanizes Dick but not to the point of sympathy because nothing really tragic every happened in his life, it's just pretty basic. Much like how the Clutter’s were the perfect American family Capote indicates that Dick’s family is almost the same way “My parents never argued, either … She’s wonderful, my mother. Dad’s a good guy, too. I’d say they did the best for me they could” (218). Capote generalizes Dick’s family up in just a few word and keeps it pretty much impersonal. Capote also states how Dick was basically every teenage boy you see in a movie got good grade on almost every sports team (218). Capote again keeps the family information impersonal and very blan. They impersonal way Capote makes Dick seems makes the reader is emotionally detached from his side of the story to which they can have a better judgement