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    Will Smith In my life ‚ I have had many Idols-From Eddie Murphy to Tupac‚ they have never been scarce in number. However‚ I am taking this time to dedicate my essay to the one person I find has had an adventurous life-Will Smith. At the age of sixteen‚ Smith met a DJ at a party. The pair became friends‚ and the rapping duo DJ Jazzy Jeff and soon enough the Fresh Prince was born. Wilfard Christopher Smith Jr. was

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    family in a small town called Holocomb‚ Kansas. However‚ Capote has focused more on the murderers - Perry Smith nad Richard Hickock - ratehr than the family murdered. In majority of this novel‚ Capote has persuasively justified Perry smith while presenting Richard Hickock as a selfish and cold hearted person. Capote defends Perry throught the whole novel only becuase he felt a connection with Perry since both of them had a similar family problems. Both are from a disfunctional family‚ both have

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    the two murderers‚ Richard Hickock and Perry Smith‚ as he recreates their experience (much as he sees it as it would be from their eyes). He gives accounts preceding the event‚ through it‚ and eventually into their trial and execution. From the descriptions Capote provides‚ a psychological analysis of the mental states of Hickock and Smith can be asserted. Richard Hickock can be seen as possessing significant traits of psychopathy‚ while his partner Perry Smith is seen with traits similar to that of

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    murderers‚ Dick Hitchcock and Perry Smith. It seems impossible to understand the way a murderer thinks‚ let alone show compassion towards them; however‚ this is the purpose of Capote’s novel‚ and he does so with a masterful hand. Through the use of figurative language‚ pathos‚ and characterization‚

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    details to leave the viewer’s wondering why something happened. Capote focuses on the text and characterization In Cold Blood‚ as the film Capote challenges the characterization of Perry Smith and Dick Hickock. Perry Smith was described in the novel with crucial details as in the film they skip the introductory details. Perry grew up under difficult circumstances as stated in the book “six of us riding in an old truck‚ sleeping in it‚ too‚ sometimes‚ and living off of mush and Hershey kisses and condensed

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    Blood” Truman Capote’s novel “In Cold Blood” written in 1966 became such an American crime classic that it was turned into a novel immediately in 1967. The book and the movie follow the story of a murder in Holcomb‚ Kansas by Dick Hickock and Perry Smith. This great American crime novel was turned into a movie by director Richard Brooks. The movie follows the book step for step due to the writing style by Truman Capote. The novel lets us use our imagination and films usually loose the effect of

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    spectrum of topics. They include the effects (if any) caused by environment in childhood‚ how a person of any of locale can be a victim of hostility‚ and the presence of contrasting personalities. Truman Capote gives the reader a detailed account of Perry Smith’s and Dick Hickock’s childhoods. Smith’s childhood was very problematic and scarred by years of abuse. He witnessed beatings of his mother by his father; as a result of the domestic violence‚ his parents divorced. Due to these problems he rans

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    English assignment plan- Definitions * Human Nature- The general psychological characteristics‚ feelings‚ and behavioural traits of humankind‚ regarded as shared by all humans. * Justify-Support an argument or conclusion. * Analysing- Identifying components and the relationship between them: draw out and relate implications * Literacy merit- literary merit when you gain something of value from reading it (such as deeper knowledge or new ideas to consider).  * Moral questions-Concerned

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    described in the book and vice-versa. Capote‚ though not an exact replica of In Cold Blood by Truman Capote‚ is essentially the same story. In Cold Blood is told from mainly two view points; that of the two killers (specifically Perry Smith) and that of the people in the town of Holcomb‚ Kansas and the surrounding areas. Capote on the other hand is a depiction of Truman Capote’s work in writing In Cold Blood. It follows Truman Capote through the ups and downs of his writing at the

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    The mother‚ Bonnie is different she is always ‘nervous’ with some psychological disorder. | 3.  Find at least one passage that describes Capote’s attitude toward Perry Smith. | "There was this one nurse... she’d fill a tub with ice-cold water‚ put me in it‚ and hold me under till I was blue. Nearly drowned. (128) | Innocent. Perry has reasons to be the way he is‚ thats what Capote is getting at because he had a

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