...Holcomb, Kansas, is a village containing approximately three hundred citizens. The square town is with described with having rivers, stations, horses, fields of wheat, a bank, and a school. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, an image of the town of Holcomb is presented throughout types of style such as, diction, imagery, syntax, and tone. In order to communicate a Western way of speaking used in Holcomb, Truman Capote mentions the town as, "out there," and says the pronunciation of the Arkansas River as "Ar-kan-sas." Throughout the town there are a few signs which cause a ghostly presence there. For example, "—Dance—but dancing has ceased and the advertisement has been dark for several years," and "HOLCOMB BANK," which later on said,...
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...Analysis of Truman Capote’s Purpose and Language in “In Cold Blood” Truman Capote, author of “In Cold Blood” wrote this book, like most authors, for the entertainment of others, but he has created a new genre, true crime. This wasn’t his intended purpose but it was the start to crime drama. If Capote didn’t write this crime entertainment wouldn’t be the same. This novel was different than anything ever done before, making this genre more appealing to consumers creating a feedback loop expanding the industry. His actions are clearly effective through the strong evidence of crime drama in today’s society. This new genre let readers ‘get into the mind’ of the criminals which is appealing to the average person. A backstory doesn’t justify...
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...In Truman Capote’s novel, In Cold Blood, the story of Dick Hickock and Perry Smith’s brutal murder of the Clutter family is shared with the reader. Capote writes to show the reader Perry and Dick in a new light. Using syntax, tone, and diction, Capote wraps the reader into getting to know Dick and Perry. Capote begins introducing the reader to Dick and Perry in a clearer sense starting with their arrival to Garden City. One technique that Capote uses in his syntax to connect with the reader is hyphens; they are used to expose the reader to the situation as well as the mood that Dick and Perry’s arrival holds. Capote makes the reader experience the atmosphere of their arrival as he writes: “It was the return of Hickock and Smith these professional...
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...To be young and in love with both life and a boy...that’s the stuff a teenage girl dreams about. Yet, to have these taken away in an instant through a heinous murder...is the stuff of nightmare. In the passage describing Nancy in In Cold Blood, Truman Capote utilizes imagery, syntax, and pathos forcing us to understand who Nancy was and feel sad she is gone because she was an innocent teenage girl who was unexpectedly murdered. Capote displays the usage of imagery in the description of her room and the memories of her journey through life, giving us the general perception of the loss, taking us through the actions of her daily life and the layout the sweet and blameless girl and her room. The purity of a girl's room is seen in this passage,...
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