Dewey Investigation RA Insights by Sara Hannon

What are Dewey's feelings toward the investigation?

smhannon2 — 2024-10-15 02:12:08 UTC

What details did you notice? List 1-2 and provide some quick notes.

smhannon2 — 2024-10-15 02:13:45 UTC

Give some examples of words/diction that stuck out in the passage. List 1-2 and provide some quick notes.

smhannon2 — 2024-10-15 02:14:45 UTC

Give some examples of syntactical choices you noticed in the passage. List 1-2 and provide some quick notes.

smhannon2 — 2024-10-15 02:16:18 UTC

Dewey's feelings

2024-10-15 22:18:58 UTC

Dewey feels disturbed and almost lost from the investigation. Rather than finding concrete evidence of the motive behind some of the things left at the scene, he is speculating which leaves him troubled as he hasn't discovered the murderer's reasoning.

Dewey's Feelings

2024-10-15 22:20:00 UTC

distraught, all-consumed

Details

2024-10-15 22:20:04 UTC

Paul's brother promising to teach him poker to calm him down (?)
How oddly comforting the murder was described (pillows under victim's heads, etc.)

Adria N.

Mila

2024-10-15 22:20:31 UTC

I noticed how Truman Capote emphasizes the growing tension and confusion with the telephone revealing that Dewey was "too tense to sleep, even if the telephone could be silenced" and that Dewey's wife had "heard him once more answering the telephone".

Dewey's feelings

2024-10-15 22:20:54 UTC

Dewey feels hopeless and overwhelmed. Every time Dewey thinks he is getting somewhere with the case his ideas are shut down. All he can think about is the case and how he hasn't progressed in figuring it out.

dewey's feelings toward investigation

2024-10-15 22:21:33 UTC

he is feeling consumed by the investigation and seems to be extremely worried or antsy and very analytical

Veronica

2024-10-15 22:21:36 UTC

Dewey feels frustrated and overwhelmed by the investigation. He's tense because none of the clues or leads have brought him closer to solving the case. He tries to analyze small details, including how the murderers treated the victims, but these theories don't give him any satisfaction or feeling of progress.

Deweys feelings

2024-10-15 22:21:41 UTC

confused, troubled. All of Dewey's leads and possible suspects are getting him nowhere, and has no idea where to look for.

Dewey's Feelings

2024-10-15 22:21:45 UTC

Dewey feels Tense and dissatisfied as his investigation had been plateauing and he prioritizes the case over his sleep.

Syntax

2024-10-15 22:21:52 UTC

In the second paragraph of this passage when Dewey's speculating how the murder happened, Capote uses really long sentences to emphasize that Dewey thoughts are all over the place and erratic.

Details

2024-10-15 22:22:21 UTC

The dynamic between Dewey and his family, this case does not only effect him but also his wife and children
A lot of what Dewey has gathered is just speculations and he has little to no hard evidence

Dewey's feelings

2024-10-15 22:22:29 UTC

Dewey, as he investigates the events of the murders, soon becomes enthralled to the point of distress, where he eventually became too consumed to rest, or take a moment to reflect.

Dewey's Feelings- Laksha

2024-10-15 22:22:30 UTC

Dewey is "tensed" and rather "fretful and frustrated." He is basically overwhelmed and is consumed by the investigation.

Syntactical Choices

2024-10-15 22:22:31 UTC

"The quantity of facts to be sought and sifted, and the agenda planned to obtain them, promised perspiration aplenty, entailing, as it did, the tracking down, the “checking out,” of hundreds of people, among them all former River Valley Farm employees, friends and family, anyone with whom Mr. Clutter had done business, much or little—a tortoise crawl into the past"

In the text, Capote lists our many of Dewey's tasks at hand. The purpose of building this list is to demonstrate how overwhelmed he is due to the investigation.

Mila

2024-10-15 22:22:32 UTC

Dewey feels both overwhelmed and confused.

Nila

2024-10-15 22:23:32 UTC

The word "fretful" conveys Dewey's state of mind as restless and filled with anxiety due to the unsolved case. It illustrates not just frustration but a deeper emotion uneasiness that goes beyond just normal frustration. This demonstrates the magnitude of the how much the case weighs on not just his mind, but also his emotional well-being. The word "tantalized" illustrates Dewey's sens of being tormented by the details of the crime scene implying a combination of frustration but also curiosity as he is drawn in by the puzzle of the evidence but also haunted by his inability to decipher it completely. This symbolizes his struggle to grasp the truth.

Dewey's feelings

2024-10-15 22:23:52 UTC

Dewey feels frustrated and anxious about the investigation. Even though he spends a lot of time thinking about the strange details, like why the killers made the victims more comfortable, he doesn't feel like he's making progress. He believes in solving cases with solid facts, not theories, but the stress of the investigation is wearing him down and affecting his family.

-Ani

Dewey's feelings toward the investigation

2024-10-15 22:23:53 UTC

Dewey presents feelings of anxiousness and slight worry about the reason behind the murders. The evidence that he finds in his investigation is not sufficient enough for him to really establish a motive. Overall, Dewey feels like he is overloaded by the investigation. This is evident in the selection of detail in the first sentence of the passage where Dewey states that, "He was too tense to sleep".

Samuel

Deweys feelings

2024-10-15 22:24:09 UTC

He feels obsessed and troubled with the investigation.

Details

2024-10-15 22:24:45 UTC

Capote emphasizes the growing tension using details. He uses many details of situations involving the murder to illustrate truly how effecting the murder is.

details

2024-10-15 22:24:54 UTC

the comparison about the investigation being so dry that it is "leading" down a blind alley toward the blankest of walls stands out

Words/Diction

2024-10-15 22:25:18 UTC

"Approaching knife..."
"Speculations such as..."
"Tantalized..."

1-2 details

2024-10-15 22:25:22 UTC

One detail that delineated Dewey's obsession was the phrase "we have to keep going till we know the Clutters better than they ever knew themselves", as it emphasizes his determination to solve the case, despite the extraneous effects that have affected both his bodily and mental health.

Atul

2024-10-15 22:25:36 UTC

Words that I noticed which both encapsulate how Dewey feels about the investigation

Tantalized - implies that he is interested in the investigation as it is making progress very slowly which is very agonizing for him as he is very curious to solve the crime.

Fretful - also implies anxiousness and nervousness as he is very anxious so see if the crime is going to be figured out

Dewey's feelings

2024-10-15 22:25:38 UTC

The word "Tantalized" conveys how the case both frustrates and tempts Detective Dewey. The choice of "tantalized" suggests a psychological torment, as if the mystery is just out of reach, constantly teasing him without providing answers. It evokes a sense of something desirable but unattainable.

Details

2024-10-15 22:25:52 UTC

"Why had the murderers taken the trouble to move the box from the far end of the basement room and lay it on the floor in front of the furnace, unless the intention had been to make Mr. Clutter more comfortable—"

The detail about the murderers moving the box around is a simple task, however it has a bigger meaning to the thoughts of Dewey because it shows how desperate he is to create a story from the evidence that he is presented.

Syntactical Choices

2024-10-15 22:26:22 UTC

A lot of questions in his inner monologue, showing his confusion and general lack of knowledge on the motives of the murderers
A lot of quotation marks that again highlight his uncertainty and show that he is untrusting of what seems to be certain

Words/diction

2024-10-15 22:26:41 UTC

Tantalized: It describes dewy feelings about the mattress box, he sees it as an unreachable temptation

Fussy: Dewy describes the killed oddly, as a combination of violence and tenderness he then uses fussy to sum it up

Details

2024-10-15 22:26:48 UTC

The contrast between the gruesome act of the murder and the care that the murdered took of the victims

There was little gain if this was an act of theft or personal gain, suggests a personal motive

Details

2024-10-15 22:27:00 UTC

Dewey being "too tense to sleep" and speculations "absorbing Dewey" demonstrates Deweys persistence and efforts in trying to solve the case. These details characterize Deweys dedicated personality and his efforts despite not making much progress on the case.

Nila

2024-10-15 22:31:15 UTC

The fragmented sentences and rhetorical questions mimic Dewey's scattered thought process and his puzzled mind as he keeps reaching dead ends as he mentally reviews the leads. This conveys his frustration and the overwhelming complexity of the investigation which highlights his struggle to make progress.

The repetition of got when "Got to be one. Got to" illustrates Dewey's determination and how desperate he is to find a connection to solve the case. He not only believes that there must be a link but knows that there is, reinforcing his refusal to give up despite the lack of solid evidence.

Dewey's feelings

2024-10-16 01:13:01 UTC

It sounds like Dewey felt very tense and overwhelmed - almost like he was stressed because he wasn't seeing any progress, even when he came up with new ideas. This lack of progression is likely the cause for his feelings of hopelessness.

Diction/Words that stuck out

2024-10-16 01:15:18 UTC

One word that stuck out was tantalized, which means tormenting because something is unattainable. This applied to Dewy's feelings about the mattress box.

Dewey's feelings

2024-10-18 03:42:11 UTC

The word Fretful stands out in the passage because it describes Dewey's constant state of nervousness. It emphasizes how the investigation is wearing him down, capturing the intensity of his frustration.