One thing I appreciated greatly in section 4 “The Corner”, in, “In cold Blood” by Truman Capote is how even though the story was concluding he still introduced new characters and their stories, continued to develop and show changes in Dick and Perry, and lastly forced me personally to ask if Dick and Perry were given a fair trial. Near the beginning of “The Corner”, Perry began to record his thoughts and daily occurrences while in jail. While this is not abnormal I feel like this was a way for Perry to express himself and block out the fact that he was alone except for his talks with Josephine Meier (Wife of the undersheriff). Dick on the other hand , true to his nature continued to act as if he was superior to everyone else and began to
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I feel this way because he shot down the defendant's request for a change of venue (To me this is an understandable request as the Clutters’ home was auctioned off days before the case was set to stand trial. Forcing the jury to relive the weeks following the murders of the Clutter family and the emotions involved.), allowed a juror who when asked about his beliefs on the death penalty said “ Ordinarily I’m against it. But in this case no.” (Which sounds to me as if he is already biased and has already made his decision on if Dick and Perry are guilty or not), and would not allow the psychologists to elaborate on his educated opinions on Dick and Perry’s psychological health. Limiting Dr. Jones’ responses to Logan Green’s (Prosecuting attorney) questions to either a yes or a no. While some of these things (limiting Dr. Jones’s responses and changing of venue) are technically at the Judge Tate’s discretions under Kansas’ state laws, I feel like under normal circumstances the defense attorney’s wishes would have been granted , the juror would not have been selected, and Dr. Jones would have been allowed to elaborate on Dick and Perry psychological health. However, I feel these were not granted by Judge Tate because he had lived in the same area as the Clutter’s, conducted business with Mr. Clutter, and finally due to the fact that Dick and Perry were …show more content…
I find the fact that Truman Capote provided so much detail into Lowell Lee Andrews and York and Latham’s backstories and personalities very surprising. Most authors would have had a blur of information about these characters as they were essentially not all that important and with the book so close to being finished. However, even though this is the case Capote still developed these characters as if they were the most important ones in the book. Nonetheless, the one thing I found the most surprising once the story switches to Leavenworth Prison would have to be Perry’s attempt at suicide. Not only is suicide a terrible thing, but the way Perry attempted suicide would have to be the most painful. By opting to starve and dehydrate himself by refusing to eat or drink anything. Refusing to wait for his death at the hands of an executioner. Yet, I feel as if his attempt at suicide was to try and beat the state of Kansas at it's on game. I say this because as Perry had said earlier in the book the only times he had considered suicide was when he thought it would hurt his enemies the most. In spite of this, the one thing that saved him from this attempted suicide was a letter from his father, the one person he wanted to hurt the most.
I feel this way because he shot down the defendant's request for a change of venue (To me this is an understandable request as the Clutters’ home was auctioned off days before the case was set to stand trial. Forcing the jury to relive the weeks following the murders of the Clutter family and the emotions involved.), allowed a juror who when asked about his beliefs on the death penalty said “ Ordinarily I’m against it. But in this case no.” (Which sounds to me as if he is already biased and has already made his decision on if Dick and Perry are guilty or not), and would not allow the psychologists to elaborate on his educated opinions on Dick and Perry’s psychological health. Limiting Dr. Jones’ responses to Logan Green’s (Prosecuting attorney) questions to either a yes or a no. While some of these things (limiting Dr. Jones’s responses and changing of venue) are technically at the Judge Tate’s discretions under Kansas’ state laws, I feel like under normal circumstances the defense attorney’s wishes would have been granted , the juror would not have been selected, and Dr. Jones would have been allowed to elaborate on Dick and Perry psychological health. However, I feel these were not granted by Judge Tate because he had lived in the same area as the Clutter’s, conducted business with Mr. Clutter, and finally due to the fact that Dick and Perry were …show more content…
I find the fact that Truman Capote provided so much detail into Lowell Lee Andrews and York and Latham’s backstories and personalities very surprising. Most authors would have had a blur of information about these characters as they were essentially not all that important and with the book so close to being finished. However, even though this is the case Capote still developed these characters as if they were the most important ones in the book. Nonetheless, the one thing I found the most surprising once the story switches to Leavenworth Prison would have to be Perry’s attempt at suicide. Not only is suicide a terrible thing, but the way Perry attempted suicide would have to be the most painful. By opting to starve and dehydrate himself by refusing to eat or drink anything. Refusing to wait for his death at the hands of an executioner. Yet, I feel as if his attempt at suicide was to try and beat the state of Kansas at it's on game. I say this because as Perry had said earlier in the book the only times he had considered suicide was when he thought it would hurt his enemies the most. In spite of this, the one thing that saved him from this attempted suicide was a letter from his father, the one person he wanted to hurt the most.