In Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, Dick Hickock and Perry Smith, are portrayed as polar opposites. Dick is found cold and ruthless by the reader whereas Perry is found kind and intelligent. The reader views their personalities as contrasting. Ostensibly, Capote portrayed the protagonists in such contrasting ways in order to persuade the reader that only one man could have delivered the fatal bullets that would end the lives of the Clutter family. Capote’s writing displays the monstrous difference in Dick and Perry’s character and personality. Dick Hickock’s face is disfigured from a car accident. He is deceitful, brutal, and tough. He shows no mercy when killing and has no regret after he has committed the crime. Capote depicts him in this
