ICB Part 2: Incompetence

Dick and Perry is the non-fiction novel In Cold Blood in the formulating and aftermath of the crime are portrayed as incompetent and were blinded by some other feelings. In the beginning and construction of the crime they clearly didn’t know what they were doing as a rumor in Hartman’s Café states, “In the opinion of a good part of the café’s clientele, Mr. Jones and his family, not the Clutters, were the murder’s intended victims… ‘Taylor Jones, he’s a richer man than Herb Clutter ever was’” (113). If they had studied or observed the workings of Holcomb they would have known this fact making it a more worthwhile endeavor for them in part and a smarter one too. They aren’t too bright and robbed the wrong house to gain the most profit. They do not seem to be that clever or anywhere smart enough to escape even if they had succeeded in robbing the right house. The other point I must bring up is the reaction of Perry after they committed the crime. Perry says, “‘I think there must be something wrong with us. To do what we did’” (108). This is a great realization but a little too late. He should have realized this before shooting and killing four innocent people. Perry and dick aren’t that smart