In Cold Blood: A Nonfiction Novel
Every story needs to have original characters and an original storyboard. That’s not what Truman Capote and John Steinbeck thought. Capote and Steinbeck both portrayed two characters that have more similarities to each other than differences. They describe a tall and masculine fellow who follows the orders of their smaller and more bright individual. The perception is that Capote created these characters but his novel, “In Cold Blood,” the character's Perry Edwards Smith and Richard (Dick) Eugene Hickock are real people. That is why Capote’s book is considered a nonfiction novel. On the other hand, John Steinbeck writes the book, “Of Mice and Men,” which is about what it means to be human. The main characters George Milton and Lennie Small
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As in that the both have dynamic duo’s and stick together till the end. That lasts till George shoots Lennie to spare him from having someone else kill him instead. “Lennie begged, 'Le's do it now. Let's get that place now.' 'Sure, right now. I gotta. We gotta’"(Quoted. in pg.103). The very last thing he says, besides the talk of their dream place, is that he wants Lennie to know that he's never been mad, and he isn't mad now, even as he raises the gun. Which in “ICB”, Perry did not want to kill the Clutters but get some money and leave. The element that made him want to kill the rest of the Clutter family was the sound of Mr. Clutter when they slit his throat. Neither George or Perry wanted to kill, but only was by instinct. The dynamic duo trait goes through many novels like Batman & Robin, Tom & Jerry, and Han Solo & Chewbacca. In these particular novels, these dynamic duo’s impact how the story runs. In “ICB”, if Dick and Perry were not together throughout the book, the reader would not get the background on each of them because they were constantly together and could understand what each of their personalities was, not being known as killers. Capote made it seem in the story that Perry was a nice guy who is very lonely inside and reflects on the past too often. The reader couldn't have been given that information if they were not together as a
As in that the both have dynamic duo’s and stick together till the end. That lasts till George shoots Lennie to spare him from having someone else kill him instead. “Lennie begged, 'Le's do it now. Let's get that place now.' 'Sure, right now. I gotta. We gotta’"(Quoted. in pg.103). The very last thing he says, besides the talk of their dream place, is that he wants Lennie to know that he's never been mad, and he isn't mad now, even as he raises the gun. Which in “ICB”, Perry did not want to kill the Clutters but get some money and leave. The element that made him want to kill the rest of the Clutter family was the sound of Mr. Clutter when they slit his throat. Neither George or Perry wanted to kill, but only was by instinct. The dynamic duo trait goes through many novels like Batman & Robin, Tom & Jerry, and Han Solo & Chewbacca. In these particular novels, these dynamic duo’s impact how the story runs. In “ICB”, if Dick and Perry were not together throughout the book, the reader would not get the background on each of them because they were constantly together and could understand what each of their personalities was, not being known as killers. Capote made it seem in the story that Perry was a nice guy who is very lonely inside and reflects on the past too often. The reader couldn't have been given that information if they were not together as a