When you can tell the difference between good and bad, it shows morality. When you can differentiate between principled behavior and nefarious behavior you have, by definition, values and ethics; but having morals is more than just knowing the difference between right or wrong, it is showing compassion for other people and animals, feeling guilt when you know you have done something wrong, and taking personal responsibility for your actions. Perry shows all of these characteristics, whereas Dick does not; which makes Perry more moral than Dick. “In Cold Blood,” Perry shows an abundance of characteristics that relate to feeling compassion for fellow people and animals. With these attributes, Perry shows relations of having morals. Dick does
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It does not faze him that he just “splattered him,” instead he keeps driving on, not thinking twice about the carrion on the side of the road. In this event, Perry doesn’t show much reaction to the dog getting hit, possibly because he is used to it. “ Which was something he (Dick) did whenever the opportunity arose” (Capote, 113). Unlike Hickock, Smith has an appeal for animals. When on Death Row, Perry found an escape in a squirrel, named Red, which wandered into his cell. He finds content in the auburn squirrel by teaching him various tricks. This shows that Perry can care and love a creature other than himself, which can go along with the commencement of the murders. When looking back on Perry at the beginning of the book you can tell that he has a sort of sympathy for the Clutter family, by making sure they were comfortable before they breathed their last. This compassion for them shows how different he is from Dick, Perry had made sure that Herb wasn’t dangling from the steam pipe; he wanted to …show more content…
It is that sensation of regret, that feeling of knowing you shouldn’t have done what you did, and Perry felt that on the peninsula in Mexico. It hit him like a bullet, it impaled his brain and released that poison called penitence and made him regret what was done. “I think there must be something wrong with us. To do what we did” (Capote, 108). As shown on page 108, Perry feels remorse for what he did, he began to think about it more and he realized he had done something unacceptable, but as for Dick he has no clue what Perry is talking about, it doesn’t hit him until he actually begins to think back to that night. It doesn’t faze him that he had just killed four innocent people just for a couple of dollars; thus giving Perry yet another point towards more
It does not faze him that he just “splattered him,” instead he keeps driving on, not thinking twice about the carrion on the side of the road. In this event, Perry doesn’t show much reaction to the dog getting hit, possibly because he is used to it. “ Which was something he (Dick) did whenever the opportunity arose” (Capote, 113). Unlike Hickock, Smith has an appeal for animals. When on Death Row, Perry found an escape in a squirrel, named Red, which wandered into his cell. He finds content in the auburn squirrel by teaching him various tricks. This shows that Perry can care and love a creature other than himself, which can go along with the commencement of the murders. When looking back on Perry at the beginning of the book you can tell that he has a sort of sympathy for the Clutter family, by making sure they were comfortable before they breathed their last. This compassion for them shows how different he is from Dick, Perry had made sure that Herb wasn’t dangling from the steam pipe; he wanted to …show more content…
It is that sensation of regret, that feeling of knowing you shouldn’t have done what you did, and Perry felt that on the peninsula in Mexico. It hit him like a bullet, it impaled his brain and released that poison called penitence and made him regret what was done. “I think there must be something wrong with us. To do what we did” (Capote, 108). As shown on page 108, Perry feels remorse for what he did, he began to think about it more and he realized he had done something unacceptable, but as for Dick he has no clue what Perry is talking about, it doesn’t hit him until he actually begins to think back to that night. It doesn’t faze him that he had just killed four innocent people just for a couple of dollars; thus giving Perry yet another point towards more