In Cold Blood- The Last To See Them Alive by Nevaeh Smith

Thesis

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In the "Last to see them alive" Capote build suspense for readers primarily through the use of juxtaposition.

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"The broadcast has only begun when the father was startled to hear Dick snoring; as a remarked to the younger boy, he never thought he'd live to see the day when Dick would rather sleep than watch basketball. " pg 74

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"The suffering. The horror. They were dead. A whole famly. Gentele, kindly people, people I knew- Murdered. You had to believe it, because it was really true." pg 66

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"None of which appealed to Dick, who wanted "a regular car," with a business of his own, a house, a horse to ride, a new car, and "plenty of blond chicken."" pg 55

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"A fearless self assurance that set him apart, and while it created respect, also limited that affections of others a little. "I can't imagine you afraid. No matter what happened, you'd talk your way out of it." pg 36

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"Why this unreasonable anger at the sigh of others who are happy or content, this growing contempt for people and the desire to hurt them? All right, you think they are fools, you despise them because their morals, their happiness is the source of your frustrations and resentment." pg 44

Dick & Perry

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Clutter Family

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"Perry possessed unusual and valuable qualities. Several murders, or men who boasted of murder or their willingness to commit it, circulates inside Lansing; but Dick became convinced that Perry was the rarity, "a natural killer"-absolutely sane, but the coldest-blooded deathblows." pg 55

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"Stil, she had progressed in recent months, and it was in a handwriting of emerging maturity that she write, "Jolene K. came over and I showed her how to make a cherry pie. Practiced with Roxie. Bobby here and we watched TV. Left at eleven."" pg 57