Capote does not successfully have an objective and sympathetic tone in this novel. The two ideas are opposites of each other and contradict each other. To be objective means that one sticks to the facts and does not base anything around emotions or opinions. Capote demonstrates this with the use of the testimony during the car ride with Smith, Dewey and Duntz. Smith explains the events that unfolded before, during, and after the murder and even confesses to killing all of the family. Smith states, “I’m the one who killed them” (Capote 255). When Hickock tells the police, “Living witness! There can’t be! this also displays a objective theme, because Capote incorporates testimony rather than opinions (223). However, even though Capote uses large
