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    In Cold Blood

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    While reading this novel I experienced lots of characters and their experiences throughout the story‚ different emotions in different sections of the book‚ and ideas and opinions throughout the book. The author who wrote “In Cold Blood” is Truman Capote. “In Cold Blood” is a non-fictional novel of a murder of a family by two main characters‚ Perry Smith and Richard Hickcock. Alvin Dewey was in charge of the investigation of the murder and he was part of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. The members

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    Dewey's Tale Analysis

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    shows that he has deep morals and wants to bring justice to his friend. He also mentions that even if he didn’t know the Clutters‚ he would still treat it the same because it was horrific‚ and unexpected. In Dewey’s dream about Perry and Dick‚ Capote presents them as running away and Dewey not being able to catch them‚ this symbolises Dewey’s frustration at not being able to bring justice to the Clutters fast enough. Nye’s ability to corner the convicts is proven when

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    AP English Interrogation of Dick’s Parents The feelings Richard Hickock’s parents have toward his life style are revealed as Capote incorporates jaded and disenchanted tones into the scene of their interrogation. Mr. and Mrs. Hickock spent years and years struggling to provide for Dick‚ their troubled son. In spite of their unwavering efforts to guide Dick along what they see as the right path‚ Dick’s parents are rewarded with nothing more than a heart wrenching feeling of shame and disappointment

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    Detective Eliza Graham quickly read over the Police Report and proceeded to interrogate the first suspect – Jonathon Miller. He was an old‚ pudgy man with friendly eyes and a large‚ distinguishing nose. She could hardly see how this could be the man responsible for murder‚ but looks can be deceiving. ‘So‚’ the man said a little too cheerfully for Eliza’s liking. ‘Would you be able to tell me what all this—’ he waved a hand to the closed file Eliza was holding‚ ‘—is about? I’m afraid I have an important

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    given to why Tico Feo committed his crime‚ but based on his reaction to another confrontation in which he stole a comb from another inmate and “replied by spitting in his face” (pg. 147)‚ teenage angst may be the only thing that drove him to do so. Capote shows that Mr. Schaeffer is a good man despite doing the one bad thing. You can tell that he does care for Tico Feo even after he breaks out of prison. Proof of this is that Mr. Schaeffer is concerned about what Tico Feo will think when he sees

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    Secret of Success

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    com/blog/category/14/deepak_quotes/most_recent/step/7 “When you find your path‚ you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes”. Paulo Coelho http://www.thethingswesay.com/quotes/motivational/ “Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor”. Truman Capote http://www.thethingswesay.com/quotes/failure-is-the-condiment-that-gives-success-its-flavor/ “Optimists enrich the present‚ enhance the future‚ challenge the improbable and attain the impossible”. William Arthur Ward http://www.thethingswesay.com/quotes/tag/optimism/

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    fixing it. Their true mistake is letting their ego hold them back from doing so. Characterizing Charlotte Phelan from The Help by Kathryn Stockett‚will support the validity of the quote‚ whereas examples of Perry Smith‚ from In Cold Blood by Truman Capote‚ disproves it. Ms.Phelan is portrayed as a proud white mother who couldn’t even stand up for her maid Constantine‚ a long time servant of the family‚ who was being treated unfairly by the other wealthy stuck up guests in the house. Constantine had

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    In Cold Blood Symbolism

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    a rich man safe‚ and here I am crawling on my belly to steal a child’s silver dollar. One dollar. And i’m crawling on my belly to get it" (Capote 240). Then‚ before he killed Mr.Clutter he remembered the silver dollar again. “I knelt down beside Mr. Clutter‚ and the pain of kneeling–I thought about that goddam dollar. Silver dollar. The shame. Disgust” (Capote 240). Perry knew he would never be rich and have money once Mr. Clutter told them he had no safe. But it was too late to turn back then so

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    novel In Cold Blood‚ and they cover a wide spectrum of topics. They include the effects (if any) caused by environment in childhood‚ how a person of any of locale can be a victim of hostility‚ and the presence of contrasting personalities. Truman Capote gives the reader a detailed account of Perry Smith’s and Dick Hickock’s childhoods. Smith’s childhood was very problematic and scarred by years of abuse. He witnessed beatings of his mother by his father; as a result of the domestic violence‚ his

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    Alice‚ who was in her twenties‚ Louise‚ who was in high school‚ and Edwin‚ who was the only boy at age ten. Growing up there was no other girls close to her age in her neighborhood‚ and the only child close to her age was a neighborhood boy‚ Truman Capote. Their common bond was the fact that they didn’t meet their parent’s mold of what they considered a perfect child. They would play games together and‚ after Lee’s father gave them an old typewriter‚ would write stories together. When Nelle began school

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