Perry Smith, one of the characters involved in the novel in Cold Blood, is one of the murders of the Clutter family. Perry comes from a troubled past which can conclude why he acts the way he does. He was abused as a child. He also had a mother who died and two siblings that committed suicide. Even though Perry didn’t finish school he has a thing for always correcting Dick’s grammar. He also has a mindset of a child, being he still wets the bed and sucks his thumb. In the story he is described as a small man he is muscular on his upper part of his body. His legs were injured in a motorcycle accident. This can explain why his bottom half of his body is in smaller proportion. Dick Hickok, the second murderer of the clutter family, also plays
