Truman Capote’s first non-fiction novel, “In Cold Blood”, recaps the events around the murder of the Clutter family, by focusing on the two murderers, Dick Hickock and Perry Smith. Throughout the book, Capote acknowledges the perpetrators without a bias perspective, he does this by giving the backstory of both Dick and Perry. Capote does not just focus on the murder, but instead introduces Dick and Perry as two people who made a horrible mistake and deserve sympathy. However, if you sympathize with them is completely up to you, the author does not force you one way or the other. For example, most people began to sympathize with Perry Smith, probably because throughout the book Capote subtly blames Perry’s murder on his own childhood. It’s also
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For Dick Hickock, he handles the post murders well and doesn’t bother to see what the police found or what any social media has to say about the loss of the Clutter family. “ Perry baby...you don’t want that hamburger. I’ll take it.” [pg. 89] This quote shows the difference between the two perpetrators and how they handle the crime differently; Perry is worried that the plan will fail and they’ll get caught therefore causing him to lose his appetite, and Dick who is too arrogant to honestly think of anyone else but himself and his hunger. Perry is more cautious about the entire crime even though Dick is constantly assuring him of the fool proof plan, and is hesitant about everything the newspapers say. “ For this killer or killers.That’s incorrect. The grammar is. It ought to be ‘For this killer or these killers.” [pg. 89] This quote proves that Perry is observing the newspaper closely to be on the lookout for any policeman or investigators who have found anything at the crime scene. Perry does not believe that they could murder a house of four and not leave at least one clue behind. He bluntly balmes Dick for having Floyd Wells involved, but never fully says anything. Overall, Dick handles the post murder feelings better than Perry, but Perry handles the interrogation better than
For Dick Hickock, he handles the post murders well and doesn’t bother to see what the police found or what any social media has to say about the loss of the Clutter family. “ Perry baby...you don’t want that hamburger. I’ll take it.” [pg. 89] This quote shows the difference between the two perpetrators and how they handle the crime differently; Perry is worried that the plan will fail and they’ll get caught therefore causing him to lose his appetite, and Dick who is too arrogant to honestly think of anyone else but himself and his hunger. Perry is more cautious about the entire crime even though Dick is constantly assuring him of the fool proof plan, and is hesitant about everything the newspapers say. “ For this killer or killers.That’s incorrect. The grammar is. It ought to be ‘For this killer or these killers.” [pg. 89] This quote proves that Perry is observing the newspaper closely to be on the lookout for any policeman or investigators who have found anything at the crime scene. Perry does not believe that they could murder a house of four and not leave at least one clue behind. He bluntly balmes Dick for having Floyd Wells involved, but never fully says anything. Overall, Dick handles the post murder feelings better than Perry, but Perry handles the interrogation better than