Fundamentally, the author enables the reader to visualize the two main characters as for who they truly exist to be. This emphasis endears the characters to the reader, because it draws a sense of connection and profound imagery throughout the rest of the novel.
The point being made enables dramatization and displays images to the reader of the two characters- Dick and Perry. Capote uses distinct and precise words, phrases, and sentence starters that uniquely describe Dick and Perry; “..., the left eye being truly serpentine, with a venomous, sickly-blue squint…” (31), “It was as though his head had been halved like an apple, then put together a fraction off center.” (31). Not only does Capote distinctly describe their characteristics, but
he also describes their personalities, how they’re alike, and how they’re different. In this passage of the book, you can clearly examine the condescendingness in Dick that reflects as a figure towards Perry, whereas Perry being more of a conformist who bites his tongue most of the time, but also a possible demagogue. Capote emphasizes the unique features of both Dick and Perry; Dick, facially disfigured due to his tragic car accident, “It was as though his head had been halved like an apple, then put back together a fraction off center.” (31). On the other hand, he also described Perry as disabled and disfigured due to the severe motorcycle accident he has been in, and the tattoos located on his biceps, “Blue-furred, orange-eyed, red-fanged, a tiger snarled upon his left biceps; a spitting snakes, coiled around a dagger, slithered down his arm; and elsewhere skulls gleamed, a tombstone loomed, a chrysanthemum flourished.” (32). Essentially, the fact of the two characters getting in accidents and ending up, in some way, disfigured shows one point of their comparisons although being profoundly different people. This passage holds a great importancy to the story because it marks a turning point in the reader's connection and imagery of the characters throughout the rest of the novel. Imagery helps the reader visualize more realistically, especially considering this novel is non-fiction, imagery enfolds attention from the reader into the story.
He used imagery in many different ways the one that was the easiest to catch on to was tactile imagery. Capote uses this as he describes each man to convey an image how he sees and wants his reader to see the men. In In Cold Blood, Capote wanted to make Richard Hickock look as though he was a monster and a bully. Some of this imagery was given indirectly like Richard’s father describes him as, “An outstanding athlete-always on the first team at school. Basketball! Baseball! Football! Dick was always the star player.”(Capote, Pg. 250) This puts the picture of a star athlete and he hopes the reader has a perspective of how athlete are always bullying for the smaller kids and being all around jerks. Another description of Richard given by his father who said, “Concussed his head in a car smash-up.”(Capote, pg.251) This contributed the earlier statements about how Richard was messed up in the head and gave the reader an image of him with a dented head or a lopsided nose. Capote also uses imagery to describe Perry, but in contrast to Richard he makes Perry look as a kinder and a much more approachable man who doesn’t really mean harm to anyone. He did this by saying that Perry was a small man, but very muscular in his upper arms and chest. His feet and legs, however, are small and delicate. Trying to push that Perry really was an approachable
To fully understand the purpose of In Cold Blood, one must explore Capote's strategy in writing such a tale. In his "In Cold Blood," Capote raises the possibility of rational order without ever fully endorsing it, often revealing that random and accidental events shape the history of the crime. Because of this, we as readers cannot pinpoint one exact reason for the incidents that occurred at the Clutter house that fateful night, and are forced to sympathize with two opposing characters within the story, Perry Smith and Alvin Dewey.
Overall, these two passages are just an illustrative representation of Capote’s consistent characterization of Dick and Perry. What makes Capote’s methods of characterization so different is that he does not merely state facts of each in random order. Each detail included or excluded is done with a specific purpose to manipulate the mind of the reader into sharing the same opinions of each character as
Firstly, the authors use the use of protagonists to show how they can present similar ideas in different ways. The two protagonists which the authors present are Keating from Dead Poets Society and McMurphy from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s nest. These characters have readers intrigued and on their feet from the beginning. These characters always keep the readers guessing what they’re going to do next for example when Keating says “No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.” The Protagonists are presented as very different people but are in reality extremely similar and serve the same purpose. The authors present them as
Capote's structure in In Cold Blood is a subject that deserves discussion. The book is told from two alternating perspectives, that of the Clutter family who are the victims, and that of the two murderers, Dick Hickock and Perry Smith. The different perspectives allow the reader to relive both sides of the story; Capote presents them without bias. Capote masterfully utilizes the third person omniscient point of view to express the two perspectives. The non-chronological sequencing of some events emphasizes key scenes.
... also allows for deeper plot development with the characters back stories and ties two seemingly unrelated events into one flowing story removing the need to use in medias res. The shared point of view is extreamly important in connecting the story with the theme and allows for the reader to pick up on the foreshadowing and irony present throughout the story.
...statement: The characterization the authors use in these three novels determines how well the readers will get to know the main characters in terms of emotion.
purposes. Whether it is the environment going along with the story’s tone or completely contrasting it, eyes or body language providing hints as to the true nature of characters’ emotions or intentions, or the tone that the narrator imbues into the story, foreshadowing events to clue readers in on what will happen.
...rtant to look for the deeper meaning of characters in the text because that will lead to a deeper and also more profound understanding of the novel. Without having a deeper understanding of a novel that is all that it is which is a novel; but if people have a deeper understanding of the text then that novel will live forever in the mind of at least one person.
throughout the novel allows the audience to gain a better understanding and personal compassion for both the character and the author. 	The novel is written in a short, choppy sentence structure using simple word choice, or diction, in a stream of consciousness to enable the reader to perceive the novel in the rationale of an eleven-year-old girl. One short, simple sentence is followed by another, relating each in an easy flow of thoughts. Gibbons allows this stream of thoughts to again emphasize the childish perception of life’s greatest tragedies. For example, Gibbons uses the simple diction and stream of consciousness as Ellen searches herself for the true person she is.
...r the reader to notice the parallels between them and the differences from everyone else. He also does this so that we can see the contribution it has on the characters. The madness of each individual is not itself realistic, but the idea that death, grievance, and revenge can drive someone to do things that seem to be mad or make them do things out of their nature.
This leads the reader to show sentiment as through the perspective of most would feel for the character. The author also shows attitude of a sense of connection to the world, as the story feels like most people trying to get back into the
... to wake up all the senses of children. When reading these stories children begin to feel, taste, see, smell, and hear the world that the author has created. These senses within the text make children long for more of what the enchanted world has to offer. The authors of these books try to put up a veil in their writing so that it will not show that the child reader’s desire for more is in reality the longing of the author.
essential part of the novel as it brings out a key theme in the novel
allows the reader to feel as if he/she were there. It is about a young