Violence In Truman Capote's In Cold Blood

Violence is never a single victim crime. Violence can have long lasting effects across more people than intended, and have effects more everlasting than can be believed by the person committing the violence. Truman Capote in his book “In Cold Blood” manages to convey the darker meaning of the actions of the characters in this novel. Capote manages to show the everlasting effects and what has been lost from the violence committed. Through his use of figurative language Capote depicted the harsh realism and the true effects of the violence. Capote shows the harsh realism of murder when talking about the Clutters funerals. When he begins talking of the passage he describes how the Clutters look. Capote Purposely omits the condition of the face,
Previously in the novel Capote tends to omit any graphic details. However when talking about the dreams of Perry Capote chooses to describe scenes in a more violent manner. When Capote uses phrases such as “slaughtered as they begged for mercy “ and “feasted on their eyes”, he is trying to represent how violent Perry is, and more importantly how common violence is to Perry. By doing this, Capote creates the image of who Perry truly is, and then builds on this picture of his character with Perry’s sister and her warning about Perry. With the inclusion of “oh, he can fool you” Capote manages to finalize an image of a truly sick man who should be feared and avoided. By doing this he further develops the story by creating such a terrifying character. This is then expanded when Capote reminds the audience that the Clutter family was at the mercy of this
He then builds on this by talking about the reasons that Perry committed this crime and his other crimes. When building on Perry’s reasons he adds to the recurring theme that violence can have dark, lasting effects on more than just the original victim. Capote also uses the figurative language to further the fact that the murders were not just taking someone’s life, but that they were also taking these people's futures that they never got to