Journal Entry # 2 In Cold Blood

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1.) Perry and Dick are walking contradictions of each other.
2.) Mrs. Clutter and Mr. Clutter have a distant relationship.
3.) Kenyon seems to be lost without his best friend around.
4.) Nancy seems to be the star child of the family.
5.) Perry is too smart to be in and out of jail.


4 questions


1.) Why does Capote focus so much on the lifestyle of the Clutters?
2.) Why does Perry promise to kill someone?
3.) Why is Dick such a bad husband and father?
4.) How come Perry doesn't do something more productive with his life?

3 vocabulary words


1.) Agog - highly excited by eagerness Pg. 24
2.) Ethereality - light, airy, or tenuous Pg. 25
3.) Despondency - state of being despondent Pg. 27


2 literary techniques


1.) "A dictionary buff, a devotee of obscure words, he had been intent on improving the his companion's grammar and expanding his vocabulary ever since they had celled together at Kansas State Penitentiary." Pg. 22 This is characterization because the reader is learning more about Perry's personality.
2.) "....each word exactly, ejected it like a smoke ring issuing from a parson's mouth." Pg. 23 This is a simile because Capote uses like to describe something.



1 summarizing sentence

1.) Dick and Perry are going to kill every Clutter for their entertainment.