Thursday, November 5, 2009

In the second section of In Cold Blood, entitled Persons Unknown, Perry and Dick must stay together to avoid capture. Capote writes that, "It was obvious they could not now safely separate. On that point they were in accord, for Dick had said, 'If we get caught, let's get caught together. Then we can back each other up. When they start pulling the confession crap, saying you said and I said.' Moreover, if he broke with Dick, it meant the end of plans still attractive to Perry" (91). They both know that if one gets captured alone, they will likely turn the other in for a deal, and come to the conclusion that they need to stay together.

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