Rhetorical Strategies Used In Truman Capote's In Cold Blood

Truman Capote, the author of In Cold Blood, creates sympathy for almost every character the reader comes across. Through the use of manipulating the reader's emotions and connecting them to each character, Capote successfully pulls it off. There are four main groups that Capote chooses to create sympathy for the murder victims, the murderers, the law officials involved, and the ordinary citizens of Holcomb, Kansas. Truman Capote created the most sympathy for two characters, Perry Smith and Detective Dewey. From the beginning of the novel, Capote showcases Perry Smith a likable character.

Throughout this essay, I have shared a lot about both the novels, mainly their similarities. Every example that I mention shows everything that relates to both of the stories. As a result, I can now understand and go deeper into analyzing the importance of similarities between two subjects. All of those examples support the valid point, that both the novel and the allegory are similar. Many people don’t realize the importance of comparing things and we as a collective society are continuing to dwindle on the outcome of what two subjects are saying.

Archetypes are symbols of the basic human motives. There are many different archetypes with their own set of values, traits, and emotions. The literary criticism, mythological, looks at the analysis of the monomyth; which explains how all stories are just different variations of each other. Archetypes explain how the characters, symbols, or places in the stories we read are all really just variations of one monomyth. The characters in The Scarlet Letter can be represented through the many of the universal archetypes.

Throughout the novel of The Death of Ivan Ilych, Tolstoy conveys his thematic focus through his unique use of diction. Tolstoy examines several factors that have altered Ivan Ilych’s lifestyle. The only way to enhance our understanding of these factors is to observe how Tolstoy portrays Ivan’s evolving comprehension of what death means to him. Evidently, such portrayal can be thoroughly observed and understood by carefully analyzing Tolstoy’s use of diction. Furthermore, there are several themes that Tolstoy focuses on primarily, which are often associated with the depiction of the human existence as a conflict between different sides of the spectrum and Ivan’s tendency to alienate himself from the world.

Lakoff and Johnson argue that our life experience is based in metaphor and lists several examples in their piece Metaphors We Live By. Building on their examples, one can apply that the phrase LOVE IS WAR can also fit in with their list of examples. Disregarding fairness, these concepts appear to be polar opposites of each other at first glance. However, a deeper examination shows that we can use components of each subject to highlight parts of the other. LOVE IS WAR can be broken down into its subcategories: LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD, LOVE IS A STRUGGLE, and LOVE IS A FIGHT.

All Quiet on the Western Front is a story, in which it allows people to know the true horrors of war. Throughout the story and in Erich Maria Remarque’s writing he uses many literary devices to emphasize what he experienced and the emotions he felt. The devices that he used are used in order to help the readers understand his experience and emphasize the theme of his war novel. Throughout this essay, I will show you a few of the literary devices used within the novel that emphasized the theme, the brutality of war. Within this essay you will learn about imagery, metaphors, and symbolism.

In The Oedipus Rex and Beowulf both have two major epic hero that sets the overall theme of each text. Epic heroes are significant characters that take on a role in the book that sets them apart for the rest of the characters. Hierarchy provides you with the ability to piece together problem, make concrete decisions, and accept change. Oedipus and Beowulf are two distinct characters will always be classified as epic heroes. Ability to piece problems together has a strong connection with Beowulf when through the text you see him facing the different challenges from Grendel, the dragon, and Grendel’s mother have enhanced his character.

The balance between her reminiscing the past or holding on to so much aggression that she is forced to let go. These balances of struggle hold true throughout the entire poem to highlight the subliminal metaphors equipped with items typically used to destroy rather than build, along with symbolism that alludes to fighting

This language allowed for the novel to target two different types of readers whom will have two different perceptions of the novel and especially of its protagonist. Furthermore the narration overall inspires the creation of a contradiction between good and evil, providing a freedom of perception of Alex himself. One of the readers (reader #1) may sympathize towards Alex and let his understanding of the novel be manipulated in a way by the character, leading to the eventual assumption that Alex is not as bad as he appears to be and that there is actually some humor in his way of living. On the other hand reader #2 sees the novel through a whole different perspective. He finds disgust in the character of Alex as a whole and recognizes that he is a complete madman who should’ve had an even worse punishment than what he had.

However, the main emphasis is put to the similarities and differences between these two stories in the setting from a fictional point of view. The conflict of good and evil is a hot topic in writing and is available in the stories "Young Goodman Brown,” by Nathaniel Hawthorne and "The Rocking-Horse Winner" by Lawrence. The stories, "Young Goodman Brown,” and "The Rocking-Horse Winner", can be compared on the basis of Puritanism and how the portrayal of evil is displayed in each story. “Young Goodman Brown” and “The Rocking Horse Winner” use symbolism, names of the characters, and the setting to portray

“The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge” (as cited by Kirszner & Mandell, 2012, pg. 190). In other words, I have put up with a lot from this person but now that he has insulted me, I will make him regret it. The symbolisms within this story are numerous and uncanny, and can be seen throughout, the entire piece, by analyzing the elements of fiction contained within. The story is written from a first person point of view, meaning the narrator is telling his or her story. It isn’t until near the end of the story, that we find out the narrator’s true identity, but we do get a detailed account of how he made good on his pledge, for vengeance.

One woman in particular, Zadie Smith, uses her novel as a sounding board for a variety of topics concerning the complexities and apparent irrationality of human behavior. In particular, she explores the idea of the idea of the ordinary. This novel contains a sequence of events that range from the mundane to the fantastical, and Smith presents them all from the same matter-of-fact viewpoint. Smith uses the men, women, and children in this novel to show a full spectrum of different behaviors and personal characteristics. The novel White Teeth boasts a wide cast of characters with questionable motives and convoluted decision making skills, but one man corners the market in terms of allowing chance and ordinariness to commandeer his life: Archie Jones, the coin tosser.

Helen Garson, while reflecting deep understanding of plot points consecutively, induces her beliefs on what Truman Capote intended when writing In Cold Blood. She reveals both flaws and hidden gems that may have not been noticed easily by the reader. With this criticism being made in 1980, after the first publication of In Cold Blood in 1965, Garson acknowledges accounts when Capote’s nonfiction novel ignited controversy due to the fact that he merely took notes after his encounters with the criminals based on memory. In addition, including Capote’s emotions while writing each part of the book.

Imagery is prevalent throughout In Cold Blood, a novel written by Truman Capote about a rather wealthy family, The Clutters, that were suddenly murdered in Holcomb, Kansas in 1959. Capote used imagery in In Cold Blood to describe the surroundings that every scene is taking place in and how people can be shaped by them. In the beginning of the novel, Capote uses imagery to describe the Kansas town of Holcomb and uses that description to contrast with the brutal murders of the Clutter family. He says that “the land is flat” and that Holcomb is a “lonesome area” to emphasize the isolation and relative quietness of Holcomb.

In Cold Blood Rhetorical Analysis Typically upon hearing about a murder, especially a brutal and unwarranted one, we find ourselves feeling a great sense of disgust for the murderer or murderers who committed these crimes; however, in Truman Capote’s novel In Cold Blood, the lives and experiences of the murderers, particularly Perry Smith, are displayed in a way the makes you feel pity for him as well as the victims. When comparing Capote’s Novel to a typical news article on a similar topic it is easy to see the that Capote's style varies from typical journalism. An article written by Frances Robles and Nikita Stewart titled “Dylan Roof’s Past Reveals Trouble at Home and School,” discusses the childhood and background of Dylann Roof, a twenty-one