In Cold Blood Truman Capote
During my research, I found that ‘In Cold Blood’ was far from “immaculately factual”, as Truman Capote claims it to be. Firstly, in an interview with George Plimpton in 1966, Capote describes how he managed to input his opinions into the novel, without interrupting the novel. He explains that by qualifying a statement he disagrees with, he can convince a reader of his own opinions. Secondly, Capote refused to use a tape recorder. Although he claimed to be 94% accurate at remembering interviews, he is still very susceptible to confirmation bias. I believe it is likely that Capote misremembered events, choosing to include, consciously or subconsciously, details that supported his preconceived ideas of the story.
With this in mind, I decided to …show more content…
This can be seen after the murder, when Perry tells Dick “…there must be something wrong with us”, suggesting that Perry has a sense of guilt about the murders. In response to this, Dick tells Perry to “shut up” and swerves the car towards an old dog in the road. This creates a stark contrast of moods; with Perry feeling remorseful in the passenger seat, and Dick staying optimistic, delighting in running over the dog. Consequently, the reader would be naturally inclined to dislike Dick more than Perry, as he appears to have no remorse and is unnecessarily aggressive towards Perry and the dog in the road. Another of Perry’s morals is that Truman makes him appear loyal to a fault to Dick. This is made evident after questioning when Perry wants to talk to Dick to see what the police had asked him, while Dick wants to talk to Perry to make sure he hadn’t told the police anything, calling Perry a “punk”, and later revealing that he believed he should have killed Perry. This is another example of how Truman juxtaposes the two characters’ thoughts to make Perry appear more favourably than Dick, because as you read Dick’s violent thoughts towards Perry, we are left with Perry wanting to “give an arm, a leg to talk to
With this in mind, I decided to …show more content…
This can be seen after the murder, when Perry tells Dick “…there must be something wrong with us”, suggesting that Perry has a sense of guilt about the murders. In response to this, Dick tells Perry to “shut up” and swerves the car towards an old dog in the road. This creates a stark contrast of moods; with Perry feeling remorseful in the passenger seat, and Dick staying optimistic, delighting in running over the dog. Consequently, the reader would be naturally inclined to dislike Dick more than Perry, as he appears to have no remorse and is unnecessarily aggressive towards Perry and the dog in the road. Another of Perry’s morals is that Truman makes him appear loyal to a fault to Dick. This is made evident after questioning when Perry wants to talk to Dick to see what the police had asked him, while Dick wants to talk to Perry to make sure he hadn’t told the police anything, calling Perry a “punk”, and later revealing that he believed he should have killed Perry. This is another example of how Truman juxtaposes the two characters’ thoughts to make Perry appear more favourably than Dick, because as you read Dick’s violent thoughts towards Perry, we are left with Perry wanting to “give an arm, a leg to talk to