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Truman Capote's, In Cold Blood is an account of the murder of the Clutter's family; who had not done anything wrong to their murderers, had never met their murderers and whose deaths came unexpectedly. Capote analyzes the reason of the killings and reenacts the crime. He starts from the beginning of everyday life of the Clutters and ends with the hanging of Perry and Dick. Capote's illustration of the uses of metaphors, imageries and flashbacks gives him the opportunity to get into the character's

suspects. Capote wrote the first ever non-fiction novel, “In Cold Blood.” Truman Capote tells a timeline of events as he learned them, from before, during, and after the killings of the Clutter family by using imagery, foreshadowing, and pathos to continue the plot and to make it more interesting to the reader. One of the most noticeable rhetorical devices used throughout “In Cold Blood” was Capote’s use of imagery. An example of Imagery being used in this novel was Capote’s description of the weather

In Truman Capote’s book In Cold Blood, Capote takes readers to the town of Holcomb, Kansas. As someone who has always lived in large cities, such as New Orleans, Louisiana or New York City, Truman Capote was a complete outsider to this town. His interest in traveling to this town came as a surprise to his publishers, it was so tremendously unusually for his character. Capote’s depiction of Holcomb, Kansas from an outsider's point of view, was that of a small country town in the middle of nowhere

One of the most interesting passages in In Cold Blood is when Perry describes to us a dream he had when he was younger. It starts off with Perry talking to Dick about his recurring dream he has, “Since I was a kid, I’ve had this same dream.” (Capote 92). Perry goes on to explain the dream, which involves him on Africa with a tree and a snake trying to swallow him “feet first” (Capote 92). However, Dick seems uninterested as he says, “So? The snake swallows you? Or what?” (Capote 92). This agitates

his nonfiction novel, In Cold Blood, he gives the them a clear conception of the characters in his story. The characterization of Dick Hickock and Perry Smith, the two vicious killers, enhances the richness of the story by adding depth to the characters. Capote manipulates ethos and visual imagery to illustrate Dick’s corrupt nature, while he skillfully exploits assumption and pathos to characterize Perry as a sympathetic character. Capote uses ethos and visual imagery to present Dick Hickock as

Truman Capote’s book In Cold Blood, focuses on a small town in eastern Kansas where the slaughter of the Clutter family occurred. He uses many descriptors to give the town a bland look and uses dramatic irony throughout the whole first portion of the book. Through his imagery, diction, and rhetorical devices, he shows his feelings toward the town of Holcomb, Kansas. Although Capote portrays the town with many dull details, the viewpoint he gives the readers is an important part of the story; therefore

In the novel “In Cold Blood” Capote uses many forms a similar imagery to show his purpose. How it is written Capote is able to show the harsh realism of the violence. Capote’s purpose in “In Cold Blood” is to allegorically show Perry’s death and his own mourning. Throughout the novel Capote depicts Perry’s actions as somewhat justified. He depicts Perry as having has a bad childhood, “after [a] beating … away to ‘paradise.’”. This helps to set up Perry as a character who has been troubles in life

Although Perry’s retelling is embellished with relatable stories pointing to peer pressure, insecurity, and other classic human struggles as being the reasoning behind the murder. These ideas are displayed through diction and imagery; therefore solidifying the theme that evil is often not sinister, but an extreme, yet human, response to struggle and despair. Truman Capote incorporates unusual diction in his writing to reveal a haunting and mysterious tone. "The expert execution of the crimes was

In the passage, In Cold Blood Truman Capote utilizes Syntax, Diction and Imagery to convey the mood of the novel and its setting. Capote’s sentence structure causes tension, hooking the reader to continue reading, “Unless you include, as one must, the Holcomb School, a good-looking establishment”. He creates a tone of extreme caution at the end of the opening passage with his diction, for example: somber, explosions, strangers, mistrust. Capote begins with a detailed description of the setting, “seventy

In the reality-based novel In Cold Blood written by American novelist Truman Capote, Capote utilizes juxtaposing polysyndeton, hypersensitive pathos, and sympathetic logos to paint convicted murderer Perry as the victim of a mental illness rather than a cold-blooded killer. Throughout the novel, Capote strategically persuades the reader that Perry is more of a victim than a perpetrator. Capote employs juxtaposing polysyndeton when he illustrates how Perry actually feels compared to how everyone