In Cold Blood Rhetorical Analysis
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. Truman Capote’s use of diction helps the reader to understand the hardships faced by the Hickocks and the great toll it took upon them. The “defeated eyes” of Walter Hickock are caused by a “lifetime of dawn-to-dark endeavor” in which he and
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. Truman Capote’s use of diction helps the reader to understand the hardships faced by the Hickocks and the great toll it took upon them. The “defeated eyes” of Walter Hickock are caused by a “lifetime of dawn-to-dark endeavor” in which he and