Thursday, December 3, 2009

In this final section of the novel Capote gives the reader a sense of sympathy for Perry due to that he soon will die. Capote adds the details of Perry wanting to kill himself by use of cutting and starvation so that he will not hav to die by hanging. Whereas Dick almost sees this time in jail as a nonchalant leisure time. Dick in his spare time whistles showtunes and makes vulgar jokes and puns to entertain others, Dick truly does not see the true value of human life. Dick thinks only about his life, and even his life he does not give full respect to. Perry as he thinks in his jail cell finally gets a sense of the value of not only his life, but the life of others. This could very well be him showing off his false facade, yet the reader could infer that Perry was truly sorry for what he had done to the Clutters. Dick just would like to get out of the whole mess of the trial and death sentence due to that he actually was not the man that had pulled the trigger, yet without Dick the murders would no thave taken place.

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