Murders In Truman Capote's In Cold Blood

In Truman Capote's book In Cold Blood, he describes the events of an actual murder that happened in Holcomb Kansas. The Clutter family of four, were savagely murdered in their own home with shotguns during the night. The book follows the murders Dick and Perry through events that follow the murders. The two murders have many similarities, but are also very different. Their background, affections, and mental awareness. Perry and Dicks childhoods couldn’t compare to each other they were so different. Out of the two characters, Perry’s background takes up a few pages in the book by itself. First the book states that Perry’s parents had gotten divorced when he was little. Then, it tells us he was beaten as a child. His father ends up saving him from the people that were beating him. "I was always thinking about Dad, hoping he could come take me away, and I remember, like as second ago, the time I saw him again. Standing in the schoolyard” (Capote pg 82). However, Perry’s life didn’t get better after his dad “saved” him. He only was able to acquire an elementary education. Him and his father traveled constantly never staying in one place too long. Later in the book Perry exclaims that almost all of his family besides one person was murdered, committed suicide, or has passed away. The only one that is still alive is his sister, and she
including their background, affections, and mental awareness. In the end Perry is the one that the readers should understand, and feel more sorrow for. Throughout the book it tells more about Perry and his life, and he did try to take all the blame for the murders in Kansas. He was trying to save Dick’s parents from any grief in knowing that their son had killed somebody. In the end the truth comes out that Perry didn’t murder everyone. Dick had helped murder the Clutter family that night in kansas. Both Perry and Dick were given the same sentence,