Tone Shift In The Mood Of Capote's

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Tone Shift: Capote immediately establishes to the audience the tone of floyd wells. He uses the words “short” and “chinless” (pg.159) to paint the picture of a weak man with no power Capote later shifts the tone of floyd wells from weak to powerful . Wells’ knowledge leads to this shift because he represents the first real lead of the entire case. “He knew very well who had murdered them. (pg.160)” This power changes the tone of wells from little and weak to strong and brave.

Interesting Organization principal: Capote uses Floyd as an opportunity to restate the event of the Clutters murders. Reminding the audience of the tragedy the readers Ethos towards wanting FLoyd to talk to the detectives regarding what he knows. Restating the details

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