Wednesday, November 18, 2009

I agree with Katelyn, in the fact that Capote basically re-introduces Perry. The way Capote wrote about Perry in the second section, the 3 letters and the memories, Capote wanted the reader to connect with Perry. The way he wrote it, he wanted the reader to see Perry as an innocent, persuadable man who has had one of the worst childhoods. But now, in section 3, Perry is presented as the type of guy who has problems, with himself and pretty much everyone else. His only sister, Barbara, nicknamed Bobo, is scared to death of him. She even moved, from Denver to San Francisco, because she was afraid he would find her and her family and kill them. She was afraid he would kill her. The last time she ever saw him was at her old home in Denver. Apparently Perry had to much to drink, and pushed her against the wall. He yelled at her, saying, "No, Bobo, I'm talking. Shut up, or I will throw you in the river...I hate you, all of you-Dad and everybody"(185). Just the fact that Bobo would travel all the way to the west coast just to get away from her brother is enough to say Perry is a mad man; but the fact that he threatened to kill her is more than enough for the reader's opinion to change about Perry. Perry has had a troubled life; but he has an internal problem that Capote shows in his writing. The way Capote describes Perry in the third section can allow the reader to see the evil side of Perry, the one that murdered an innocent Kansas family of four.

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