Even after his death, Truman Capote is still impacting the world with his literary style and techniques. Numerous examples of such can be found throughout his novel In Cold Blood. For instance, his nonfiction novel is composed as if it were in fiction. An example of this is how Capote introduces his characters. In Capote’s novel, real characters are gradually introduced. Slight details of a character, Mr. Clutter, are found in page five: “The master of river valley farm, Herbert William Clutter, was forty-eight years old” (Capote 5). Mr. Clutter is first described in the early pages of the book as a middle aged farmer. Nothing else can be derived from the thought an d only physical details of him are given to nudge the reader in to seeking
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Most people in this case are satisfied with all villains losing; however, Capote’s use of text leads the reader to feel sympathy for one of the captured delinquents. Conflict in the start led the reader to assume that Perry Smith and Dick Hickock are just criminals; however, there is more to Perry than just a mindless killer. According to the chapters, his parents had numerous complications. His mother “took to whiskey” (Capote 131) and “departed for San Francisco” (131), leaving his father behind. After this, he “set out to find his lost father, for he had lost his mother as well” (131). Despair filled most of his childhood and he ended up going to a Catholic orphanage. It was here “where the Black Widows [nuns] were always at [him]. Hitting [him]. Because of wetting the bed” (132). Perry’s childhood was certainly tormenting for him to bear. Not only did he have to cope with the loss of both of his parents, but he also had to deal with the supposed “holy people” who ended up beating him and making his life more miserable. The reader at this point knows more than what he started out with. At first glance, he thought negative of Perry; however, now he gets a different perspective of the person. Certainly, the man who murders for no reason hides his true self with a mask that covers an abused child crying at the corner of a shadowy
Most people in this case are satisfied with all villains losing; however, Capote’s use of text leads the reader to feel sympathy for one of the captured delinquents. Conflict in the start led the reader to assume that Perry Smith and Dick Hickock are just criminals; however, there is more to Perry than just a mindless killer. According to the chapters, his parents had numerous complications. His mother “took to whiskey” (Capote 131) and “departed for San Francisco” (131), leaving his father behind. After this, he “set out to find his lost father, for he had lost his mother as well” (131). Despair filled most of his childhood and he ended up going to a Catholic orphanage. It was here “where the Black Widows [nuns] were always at [him]. Hitting [him]. Because of wetting the bed” (132). Perry’s childhood was certainly tormenting for him to bear. Not only did he have to cope with the loss of both of his parents, but he also had to deal with the supposed “holy people” who ended up beating him and making his life more miserable. The reader at this point knows more than what he started out with. At first glance, he thought negative of Perry; however, now he gets a different perspective of the person. Certainly, the man who murders for no reason hides his true self with a mask that covers an abused child crying at the corner of a shadowy