Ineffable is an adjective that means incapable of being expressed in words. In the story, In Cold Blood, many characters are ineffable or portray ineffable actions. One character stands out as particularly incomprehensible, Dick Hickock. After the crime, the reader finds out that Dick has a family, money, a house, food, children, he has had wives and he has some friends. Already possessing everything he needs, Dick’s motive behind killing the Clutters is completely unclear. The reader is not able to conclude what Dick is after or what he feels he obtains by killing this innocent family. This ineffable feeling towards Dick contributes to the very important question of why. Why did he (and Perry) do it? The reader is forced to try and understand why Dick was motivated to commit this crime when he already had money. What did he really gain out of killing them? Capote ponders these questions throughout the first part of the story. Unlike Perry, who is driven by shame, loneliness and abandonment, Dick’s only plausible motivation is money. No matter, money or craziness, in the end killing is always wrong.