Troubled Past of Perry Smith The brutal murder of the four Clutter family members was a tragedy to the “American Dream”‚ filled with anguish and longing. The Clutters’‚ known as the most secure and trusting family in their community‚ death caused paranoia and mistrust to spread throughout the town of Holcomb. There was no apparent motive for the crime‚ and there were almost no clues. Until criminal investigator Alvin Dewey received information leading him to the suspected killers‚ Perry Smith and Dick
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Truman Capote’s book “In Cold Blood” was filled with many complex characters who ended up meeting a tragic end. While reading this novel I experienced lots of characters and their experiences throughout the story‚ different emotions in different sections of the book‚ and ideas and opinions throughout the book. The author who wrote “In Cold Blood” is Truman Capote. “In Cold Blood” is a non-fictional novel of a murder of a family by two main characters‚ Perry Smith and Richard Hickcock. Alvin Dewey
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Perry vs. Chigurh Perry: detailed look at childhood‚ abusive relationship with parents‚ domestic violence‚ lack of education‚ alcoholic mother‚ her death‚ orphanage‚ nuns – sexual abuse‚ homosexual Appearance: victim‚ deformed physique‚ stunted life‚ needy‚ childhood Victim of American Dream and victim of American justice system Failed business with his father Chigurh – little insight into background‚ no nationality‚ no family background – although Vietnam mentioned (military efficiency
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Truman Capote explores the idea of victimization in his renowned American novel In Cold Blood. The Clutters are the most apparent victims‚ in which they all were brutally murdered in their own home. Without Capote’s depiction of the events that let up to that heinous crime‚ they would be known as the only casualties. In writing this novel‚ Capote portrays the two murders‚ Dick Hickock and Perry Smith‚ as victims as well; not of a homicide‚ but of life’s circumstances. Dick was born mentally handicapped
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Although Dick and Perry are both equally unforgivable further Dudley acts‚ Capote suggest Perry may have committed the crime only because of the manipulation of Dick; therefore‚ Capote verbalizes that the most dangerous people can be seemingly innocent. Capote suggests Dick was abusive towards Perry‚ and his hierarchy could have influenced Perry through the use of hyperbole. Packing up to leave the country after the murder‚ Capote adds a concise but vital statement from Dick: “...and hadn’t Dick
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both Dick and Perry took part in the devastating slaughter of the Clutter family‚ Capote uses literary devices in order to emphasis upon Dick’s overall repulsive character rather than Perry; therefore‚ although two people commit an equal crime‚ one may deserve harsher punishment than the other. Dick has gone through life showing no compassion to anyone besides himself‚ taking everything for granted. With the use of amplification Capote is able to represent how Dick just viewed Perry as an easily-manipulable
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without a problem. This is Dick Hickock and Perry Smith’s relationship; although they are not exactly alike they both are in on a murder that creates one of the most shocking tragedies in history. In the book In Cold Blood by Truman Capote‚ Capote displays the relationship between Dick and Perry as contradicting and extremely dysfunctional. Dick is a strong minded and harsh person not letting anything change his mind and turn him around; on the other hand Perry seems similar‚ but he actually has an emotional
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Although the novel‚ In Cold Blood‚ by Truman Capote‚ shocked the nation in its description of a heinous murder of an entire family‚ the initial crime theory included a murder-suicide since the husband and wife slept in separate bedrooms. However‚ through careful‚ descriptive analysis of the crime scene‚ the actual culprits of the cold‚ blooded killing were found and determined to have serious mental illness of schizophrenia and other brain injuries leading to a series of events that ended in a brutal
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Trials of Dick and Perry Can murderers be justified by their actions and motives? There was surely a motive behind the murders of the Clutter family. Dick Hickock wanted to rob the family‚ but Perry Smith’s intention was yet unidentified. The Clutter case had become one of the most mysterious incidents that Kansas had ever encountered. It took many brilliant detectives from all around the country to solve this curious case. Countless numbers argued that the criminals were cold-blooded and that they
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Rachel Jenkins Period 5 In Cold Blood In the novel‚ "In Cold Blood" written by Truman Capote he illustrates the events leading up to‚ during‚ and after the murder of the infamous Clutter family. Throughout these events‚ the author frequently compares and contrasts the two main characters‚ Richard Hickock and Perry Smith. Perry Smith is one of the two main characters in the novel and also one of the murderers of the Clutter family. Perry "seemed a more than normal-sized man‚ a powerful man
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