In Cold Blood Journal Entry #5

5 comments

1.) Dick and Perry have been found guilty.
2.) Perry is going to be hanged.
3) Dick is going to be hanged.
4.) I feel bad for Perry because he is the one with a good heart unlike Dick.
5.) Dick had it coming to him.

4 questions

1.) How did Capote feel during the hanging of Perry?
2.) Why did Perry and Dick even kill in the first place?
3.) Why did Perry listen to Dick?
4.) Why does Dick smarten up?

3 vocabulary words

1.) Gravid - Pregnant Pg. 200
2.) Discrepancy - state of being unequal Pg. 217
3.) Iconoclast - Critic of ideas

2 literary techniques

1.) "Any last words?" This is man vs. man conflict because Perry is being asked if he has any last words before he dies. Pg. 201
2.) "I'd like to apologize, but to who?" This is characterization because it shows how Perry is somewhat reluctant to admit he is wrong. Pg. 227

1 summarizing

1.) Capote wrote a true masterpiece and I understand why it is critically acclaimed.

In Cold Blood Journal Entry #4

5 comments



1.) Truman Capote was attached to Perry.
2.) They developed a strong relationship when he was in jail.
3.) Perry and Dick have been caught and are in prison.
4.) There will be a trial for them and it will detgermine whether they are guilty or not.
5.) I think they will be found guilty.


4 questions


1.) What will the jury predict?
2.) Will they be found guilty?
3.) Will they be found innocent?
4.) If they are found guilty, what will be there punishment.


3 vocabulary words


1.) Oneiric - pertaining to dreams Pg. 177
2.) Incoherent - A broken down response Pg.177
3.) Incongruent -Not fitting with the situation Pg. 188


2 literary techniques


1.) "I have never felt so low in my life." Pg. 166 This is man vs. himself conflict because Perry is having conflict with himself.
2.) "You fool!!" Pg. 179 This is man vs man conflict because Perry and Dick are having a conflict.


1 summarizing sentence


1.) Perry and Dick have been caught and are about to go on trial.

Journal Entry #3 In Cold Blood

5 comments

1.) Mrs. Clutter has many issues with herself and her lifestyle.
2.) Now that the Clutter's are dead, the town of Holcomb is living in fear.
3.) Perry and Dick are on the run.
4.) Perry is fearful of getting caught, unlike Dick.
5.) The town of Holcomb will never be the same.

4 questions

1.) Why is Perry scared but Dick isn't?
2.) Will they get caught?
3.) Who will find them?
4.) Where will Perry and Dick go next?

3 vocabulary words

1.) Portended - To foreshadow Pg. 109
2.) Envenomed - To impregnate with venom Pg. 117
3.) Sulky - Gloomy or dull Pg. 121

2 literary techniques

1.) "Perry was not a gifted liar, or a prolific; however, once he had told a fiction he usually stuck by it." Pg. 112 This is characterization because the reader is learning more about Perry's personality.
2.) "Square, squat, in the earlier forties..." Pg. 114 This is alliteration because the first two words begin with S.

1 summarizing sentence

1.) Dick and Perry are on the run, and the story is focusing on their cat and mouse time.