Monday, 24 December 2012

What is a passage from In Cold Blood that describes Capote's attitude towards Dick and Perry's relationship?

Early in
Chapter 2 of , titled "Persons Unknown," Capote reveals his
attitude towards Perry and Dick's relationship with these three lines of dialogue:


"Perry, baby, Dick said, you don't want that burger. I'll
take it.

Perry shoved the plate across the table. Christ! Can't you let me
concentrate?

You don't have to read it fifty times. (85)


This brief exchange reveals telling information about each man's
personality and temperament while demonstrating Capote's willingness to contrast Dick's pushy
self-centeredness with Perry's sensitivity. Dick's assumption that he can help himself to
Perry's food as well as his mockery of Perry's need to focus positions Dick as an antagonistic
person. At the same time, Perry, with his mild cursing and futile protests, is presented as a
victim of Dick's bullying.

As the events and the plot line continue to
unfold, the relationship between the two killers becomes an important focus of In Cold
Blood
, and Capote's sympathetic...

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