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Jeremy Garcia
English 101
November 25, 2014
Compare and Contrast Truman and O’Conner
In both stories of “In Cold Blood” by Truman Capote and “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by O’Connor, similarities and contrasts exist in their literacy forms. The characters in both stories are also comparable, although diverse at certain points. Several of the similarities ranges from foreshadowing, character simulation, and even the setting is similar since it envies' and harbor criminal incidences (O’Connor, 121). Characters have similar qualities that originate them advance their heinous acts. It’s evident when the two stories culminates with the unwarranted deaths of innocent individuals i.e. grandmother in cold blood and the Clutters by O’Connor’s story. First, several linkages between Capote’s story and O’Connor’s story arises. Among the other similarities between O’Connor’s short story and Capote’s book includes foreshadowing, and the premise of the American landscape violated by an invader. In addition to that, similarities between the murdered families and the killers persist. Moreover, revelations of mistrust among members of an apparently complacent American community among others linger throughout their styles. Perry Smith’s fantasy of a parrot that defeats a snake (Capote, 92) is uncannily similar to the ending of “A Good Man is Hard to find”. It is where The Misfit, wearing a parrot shirt, shoots the grandmother now when she appears snakelike. All the same, O’Connor’s grandmother and Mrs. Bonnie Clutter share similarities since they both suffer moments of mental instability. In addition, they both are lost members of their families through shooting. It is evident that Capote borrows a speech O'Connor offers as the grandmother loses her life. The grandmother insists, "I know you're a good man. You don't look a bit as if you have common blood. I know you must come from polite people!' (Capote, 147) Another second borrowing is the Misfit’s words relating to how one
English 101
November 25, 2014
Compare and Contrast Truman and O’Conner
In both stories of “In Cold Blood” by Truman Capote and “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by O’Connor, similarities and contrasts exist in their literacy forms. The characters in both stories are also comparable, although diverse at certain points. Several of the similarities ranges from foreshadowing, character simulation, and even the setting is similar since it envies' and harbor criminal incidences (O’Connor, 121). Characters have similar qualities that originate them advance their heinous acts. It’s evident when the two stories culminates with the unwarranted deaths of innocent individuals i.e. grandmother in cold blood and the Clutters by O’Connor’s story. First, several linkages between Capote’s story and O’Connor’s story arises. Among the other similarities between O’Connor’s short story and Capote’s book includes foreshadowing, and the premise of the American landscape violated by an invader. In addition to that, similarities between the murdered families and the killers persist. Moreover, revelations of mistrust among members of an apparently complacent American community among others linger throughout their styles. Perry Smith’s fantasy of a parrot that defeats a snake (Capote, 92) is uncannily similar to the ending of “A Good Man is Hard to find”. It is where The Misfit, wearing a parrot shirt, shoots the grandmother now when she appears snakelike. All the same, O’Connor’s grandmother and Mrs. Bonnie Clutter share similarities since they both suffer moments of mental instability. In addition, they both are lost members of their families through shooting. It is evident that Capote borrows a speech O'Connor offers as the grandmother loses her life. The grandmother insists, "I know you're a good man. You don't look a bit as if you have common blood. I know you must come from polite people!' (Capote, 147) Another second borrowing is the Misfit’s words relating to how one