Richard Hickock And Perry Smith Analysis

Richard Hickock and Perry Smith left a permanent mark on the town of Holcomb and on our nation as a whole with the heartless and grisly acts they committed in the early hours of November 15, 1959. There is never an excuse for someone to take the life of an innocent human being, but once it has happened, nothing seems to help the healing process more than understanding. By taking a look at Richard Hickock and Perry Smith’s early childhood, their upbringing and their adult lives and background, it provides a way to begin to understand. By connecting their lives and their actions to various communication principles and theories they displayed, it sheds light on a sobering situation and provides a new perspective into the events that transpired