Use Of Imagery In Truman Capote's In Cold Blood

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An old town with nothing but sixteen miles of barren land surrounding the creaking houses never held the slightest significance to anyone but farmers. The scenery: quaint, dreary, and full of farmland and cattle. Almost a ghost town, as no one ever passes through. The town of Holcomb finds itself as the setting for the novel In Cold Blood. The author, Capote, uses vivid imagery to describe this quite depressing town that holds a few uplifting qualities. “High wheat plains” and “hard blue skies” describes the setting around the incredibly dreary, although beautiful, town of Holcomb, Kansas. Capote pulls you into the scene using specific details of the town while also not using exaggerative examples so the town appears ordinary. He describes

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