In, In Cold Blood, Perry constantly tries to impress Dick, while not pissing him off because of the insecurities that Perry has. And even though Perry is not a killing type, the reason that he takes part in killing the Clutters is because he wants Dick’s approval. Perry tells Dick stories about things that he feels proud about in the hope that Perry will be awarded with Dick’s approval. The first story that Perry tells Dick is the story of when he killed a colored man for no apparent reason. The book states, “When he’d told Dick that story, it was because he’d wanted Dick’s friendship, wanted Dick to “respect” him.” This shows that Perry only told Dick the story of Perry killing because of the respect that Perry was looking for from Dick. After the killing, Perry thinks a lot. He wonders how he could have done such a bad thing and got 100% away with it. He also wonders if he is “right” in the sense of mental stability. Dick does the opposite of what perry does. Dick says, “I’m a good.” And this shows that he doesn’t at all regret what he did or have any remorse about it. These two things show that Perry is constantly tru=ying to get Dick’s, and by the actions of the two killers after the killing, it is obvious that Perry accompanied Dick in killing the Clutters was another attempt to gain Dick’s approval and be looked as “masculine” towards his friend, Dick.