American Dream
The fabrication of the American Dream clouds the actuality of the dream itself. The fabrication of the America Dream is if, achieved, security, wealth, and happiness to a person are guaranteed. In the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, the Clutters, a family of four achieves the American Dream. In the perspective of two troubled men the Clutter family obtained what the men thought was unobtainable. From their unhinged adolescence two men desired an escape to happiness. The fabrication of a reality and a driving desire for self-satisfaction, two men, blindly dehumanize themselves by disgracing core values in hopes to find the source of happiness in their lives because of dissatisfaction. These two men, Dick and Perry, robbed the …show more content…
Dick and Perry lost sight of their dream, and left them with blood on their hands. Even after the Clutter’s the continued trying to find a dream of there own. They were desperate trying to escape multiple troubles of their realties to find happiness. But, because, their dream was far fetched it left them in hopelessness. Capote uses a flashback to Dick’s childhood’s poverty influences the desire for wealth and envy, “We never had much money, but we were never really down-and-out” (218). “After he graduated from high school-June, 1949-he wanted to go on to college. Study to be an engineer. But we couldn’t do it. Never had the money” (34). Dick’s dreams of going to college were shattered because of money and his desire to obtain a certain lifestyle was shattered because of the lack of money at hand. Perry had similar problems with envy and greed. Perry’s estranged relationship with his sister makes the argument for their desire for money stronger, “That was the main reason he’d come to Kansas, to get the money his sister was holding” (169). Their aim for happiness was wealth, “Money was greatly on his mind. …show more content…
“He drove to Las Vegas, sold his junk-heap car, packed his collection of maps, old letters, manuscripts, and books, and bought a ticket for a Greyhound bus. The journey’s aftermath was up to fate..” (155). The constant escape for a better life was the motivation to keep the pursuit of finding the American Dream, “Dick had reached a decision that he was certain would eradicate his current difficulties and start him on a new road, with a new rainbow in view. The decision involved impersonating a police officer. He’d already selected the officer’s rank and name; the latter borrowed from a former acquaintance. As Captain Tracey Hand, smartly clothes in a made-to-order uniform, Dick intended to “crawl the strip” By writing worthless checks right around the clock, he expected to haul in three, maybe four thousand dollars within a twenty-four hour period” (265). The importance of this passage Capote writes is that it is Dick’s blind decisions to accumulate wealth, which, contribute to his insanity. He is deceptive and is seeking only self-satisfaction not the
The fabrication of the American Dream clouds the actuality of the dream itself. The fabrication of the America Dream is if, achieved, security, wealth, and happiness to a person are guaranteed. In the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, the Clutters, a family of four achieves the American Dream. In the perspective of two troubled men the Clutter family obtained what the men thought was unobtainable. From their unhinged adolescence two men desired an escape to happiness. The fabrication of a reality and a driving desire for self-satisfaction, two men, blindly dehumanize themselves by disgracing core values in hopes to find the source of happiness in their lives because of dissatisfaction. These two men, Dick and Perry, robbed the …show more content…
Dick and Perry lost sight of their dream, and left them with blood on their hands. Even after the Clutter’s the continued trying to find a dream of there own. They were desperate trying to escape multiple troubles of their realties to find happiness. But, because, their dream was far fetched it left them in hopelessness. Capote uses a flashback to Dick’s childhood’s poverty influences the desire for wealth and envy, “We never had much money, but we were never really down-and-out” (218). “After he graduated from high school-June, 1949-he wanted to go on to college. Study to be an engineer. But we couldn’t do it. Never had the money” (34). Dick’s dreams of going to college were shattered because of money and his desire to obtain a certain lifestyle was shattered because of the lack of money at hand. Perry had similar problems with envy and greed. Perry’s estranged relationship with his sister makes the argument for their desire for money stronger, “That was the main reason he’d come to Kansas, to get the money his sister was holding” (169). Their aim for happiness was wealth, “Money was greatly on his mind. …show more content…
“He drove to Las Vegas, sold his junk-heap car, packed his collection of maps, old letters, manuscripts, and books, and bought a ticket for a Greyhound bus. The journey’s aftermath was up to fate..” (155). The constant escape for a better life was the motivation to keep the pursuit of finding the American Dream, “Dick had reached a decision that he was certain would eradicate his current difficulties and start him on a new road, with a new rainbow in view. The decision involved impersonating a police officer. He’d already selected the officer’s rank and name; the latter borrowed from a former acquaintance. As Captain Tracey Hand, smartly clothes in a made-to-order uniform, Dick intended to “crawl the strip” By writing worthless checks right around the clock, he expected to haul in three, maybe four thousand dollars within a twenty-four hour period” (265). The importance of this passage Capote writes is that it is Dick’s blind decisions to accumulate wealth, which, contribute to his insanity. He is deceptive and is seeking only self-satisfaction not the