Perry Smith

Perry Edwards Smith is one of the murders of the clutter family. Smith believes that he is highly intelligent and is also artistic, and wishes that he could be educated. Smith is a short man with a large torso and small legs. Smith also injured his legs in a motorcycle accident. Richard Eugene Hitkock also murders the clutter family along with Smith. Hitkock has been married twice and has been to jail before, for passing bad checks. His persona gives confidence and cruelty, when in reality he…

“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.” Is a quote from Arthur Conan Doyle. Both the Misfit and Perry Smith are archetypal criminals, or villains, because they both are murders Perry Smith is a person that comes from. But there was a part of him that was not that good. As we read the book, “In Cold Blood”, we read that perry along with Dick. The book states,”[Dick] was holding the knife. I asked him for it, and he gave it to me, and I said, ‘All right,…

Perry Smith, a man forever shrouded in infamy, shot four innocent people, two of which were minors, with no apparent motive. Yet, throughout the novel In Cold Blood, Truman Capote masterfully weaves a complex web of factual evidence and first-hand accounts to repaint a cold-blooded killer as a human being in which to sympathize with. The most obvious way Perry draws sympathy is his traumatic and turbulent childhood. Smith spent the first few years of life moving constantly with his family, often…

Perry Smith was one of the murderers involved in the slaughter of the Clutter family on the night of November 15, 1959 in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas. Nancy Clutter was the youngest daughter of the well-loved Clutters who had displayed much promise in her future. Truman Capote is the author who becomes captivated by the case and follows the investigation, interviewing and paying close attention to detail in his narration of it. In his novel, In Cold Blood, Capote paints depth in the…

shotgun and knife by two men, Perry Smith and Richard Hickock. As the book follows the murder case, we see sides of the killer that, given the circumstances, seem impossible. Capote makes it almost impossible for us to view Perry Smith as what he actually was (a cold-blooded murderer) in this famous novel as he spends most of his time trying to convince us that he isn't as bad as we thought. Capote choses to show the contrasts between Dick, the inhumane mastermind, and Perry, the unconvincing…

Perry Smith was a murderer, who along with his partner, Richard Hickock, killed a family of four in Holcomb, Kansas in 1959. This brutal crime is portrayed in a book called “In Cold Blood” by Truman Capote. This book is non-fiction and conveys the lives of these two criminals before, during and after the murder, up until their death sentence in 1965. Capote traveled to the small town of Holcomb to interview and investigate in order to write the most accurate version of the story that he…

November 15, 1959 (Capote, 1966). The killers, Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, drove 400 miles to the Clutter house with the goal of breaking in and robbing them of a safe containing 10,000 dollars (Capote, 1966). However, there was no safe, and they murdered the family for a mere 43 dollars (Capote, 1966). Being labeled as criminals and living in poverty were the key factors to why these two men committed such a crime. I will investigate the behaviors of Perry and Dick as revealed throughout…

Hickock and Perry Edward Smith, the cold blooded killers of the Clutter family in In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. When you describe them like that, they seem one and the same, they’re murderers. But, there is way more to them as people than just that, they are similar and they are very different. Dick and Perry are character foils, although they possess a few similar characteristics and experiences. Both men met in jail for petty crimes (Dick for bad checks and petty theft, and Perry for petty…

black boy in New Orleans, just a face without a name, swimming in sea of poverty trying to survive,” quoted by one of the most successful filmmakers in the United States. Writer, Producer, Actor, Director. Born Emmitt Perry Jr. on September 13, 1969, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Tyler Perry has forged his own way in the entertainment industry, building an empire that consist of successful films, plays, and even best selling books. One of four children, had a difficult childhood, suffering years…

television show “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” first aired on September 10th, 1990 (IMDb, 2016). The television show grew in popularity and lasted until May 20th, 1996, consisting of six seasons and 148 episodes (IMDb, 2016). The protagonist of the sitcom, Will Smith, is a young Black street-smart teenager born and raised in a working class neighbourhood who is forced to move to his affluent Aunt and Uncle's house in Bel-Air, California. Will's Mother forces him to move as a way of protecting his…