Vivid Imagery In Capote's Holcom, Kansas

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While Holcomb, Kansas can be seen as a crazy and busy since the murders there is not much too it. Capote writes how there is not much to the small town but buildings, wheat fields, railroads and the Arkansas River with a beautiful atmosphere around Holcomb. He quotes that it is a "lonesome town"(Capote 1).

Capote describes Holcom, Kansas as not having much to it. He uses vivid imagery to describe the surroundings such as blue skies, desert like air and flat lands.

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