Capote uses logos to show facts within the text. He also uses logos in the novel to show the true story of the murder of the Clutter Family. The somber tone, Capone used creates the cold-hearted nature of the investigation of the horrific murders, and how there is no happiness about the conflict. The Murder of the Clutter family has the entire town in shock and afraid. Which shows the un stable mentally people they’ve met have similar personalities as them.Ĭapone creates the somber tone in the book “in cold blood “to create a dark tone to emphasize how significant this murder is. Capote then explains the people that Dick and Perry have met in the past. This situation gives off imagery to picture one of the murders and can get an idea of the murderer’s early life and what could be an idea that led up to the killing of the innocent family. The reason being is an aftermath of a car accident that happened years before in his life. This quote compares an apple that is put together in bad shape to the structure of Dicks Face.
Capone then uses a simile, “It was as though his head had been halved like an apple, then put together a fraction off center”. After the foreshadow, Capone begins to give the descriptions of the two convicted murderers. This is important because it foreshadows death is coming sometime soon. Clutter has in her room while she is in her room all day. “The last to see them alive” is a quotation from the Bible that the disabled Mrs. Then he foreshadows to what may happen later in the book. In his book, Capone starts off by talking about the quiet town of Holcomb and introducing the victims the Clutters. Capote throughout the book uses rhetorical devises and tone to get the reader to think about the events the horrific events that happened in Holcomb and to get the reader to think about the overall argument of the book. Truman Capote wrote this to argue the controversial topic of capital punishment. In the novel “in cold blood” a family of four is murdered horrifically in a small town named Holcomb, Kansas that has the whole town in shock and fearful.
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