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Sheree | Keeping Up With The Penguins
In my mind, this question captures one of the most essential elements of In Cold Blood as a classic book: it can be read as both supporting and disavowing the death penalty. I would imagine that people who believe in capital punishment would read it and find ample evidence to justify their view, as would people who advocate against it. It's a very clever approach from Capote, and I'm not sure even he could answer your question. "You don't read the book, the book reads you", after all. As to whether I personally think Perry deserved a death sentence: I'm lucky enough to live in a part of the world where capital punishment has been outlawed for longer than I've been alive, so of course my opinion is going to be coloured by that, and it's not really possible for me to be truly objective. :) Great question, though, thanks for asking!!
Delia Mccrary
I agree, but also not. I think he deserved so much better than how his life went, but at the same time, he decided to kill the Clutter's. I think that's what Capote is trying to get at by putting Dick and Perry's pov's in the book. They both didnt have the best lives, but they are the ones that decided to commit murder. I think how Capote wrote the book, he wanted the reader to feel for Perry. That's just my opinion.
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