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Diction And Imagery In Truman Capote's In Cold Blood

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After reading a section of In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, I have come to conclusion that Truman thinks very little of the village Holcomb. “A lonesome area that other Kansans call “out there.” Knowing that they consider this town as, “out there” tells me that it appears as a open field with nothing in sight. Truman uses fascinating diction to display the emptiness of this town, “The land is flat, and the views are awesomely extensive…” While reading, Truman can easily capture your attention with his lifelike uses of diction and imagery. Truman’s diction appears very true to life, mostly because of the adjectives he uses to describe each noun. For example, “the countryside with its hard blue skies and desert-clear air…” In this excerpt

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