Imagery, not only is it used for creating a vivid picture for the reader, but to further understand the characters and get inside their minds. Through Capote’s writing he uses imagery to add feeling, or sometimes even veer from creating biased opinions. Capote expresses how he feels through the story and wants the reader to establish their own opinion, for his morals are not the exact same as any one person.

When Capote is talking about the deaths caused by a shotgun it sounds as though he doesn’t have any emotion towards it, “ended six human lives.” Capote never mentions the fact that two of those lives were those of the killers or that the others were the victims, they were all simply “human”. He does this so that he will not influence the reader’s …show more content…
Perry was a swindler it’s as if he knew he could manipulate people, “seem so warmhearted.” Perry could be sweet, there’s no doubt he could get people to care for him, but he could turn right around and stab them in the back. It was never proven that his past affected his mental state and how are the Clutter’s ever to receive justice if Perry were to walk out a free man? It does not seem logical, Perry’s thought were so unethical it made those around him feel threatened, “I’m afraid I always have been.” The death punishment is permanent, once they’re gone they’re gone, you can’t take it back. It was fair, it’s one way to make citizens feel safer or even bring closure to the two surviving daughters of the Clutter family. What other way would there be to at least provide some justice to the Clutter’s what was done to them was unforgivable and can never be changed. Even if Perry were not to be hanged he would spend his life in prison, which could quite possibly put others in the prison in danger. Perry had an absurd view on murder, “it’s easy to kill”, his actions would be unpredictable seeing as he viewed killing almost fun for