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Character Analysis Perry In Cold Blood

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Perry smith is a main character and murderer who struggles against his own personality characteristics. He fails to achieve this goal because of certain characteristics. But what really mad perry tick? Who really knows; could it be because the way he was raised, was it only for attention or was he looking for someone to show him differently; what's right and what’s wrong. In the book “ In Cold Blood” By Truman Capote's he shows a different side of Perry. Perry was born on October the 27th, in 1928. No Perry didn’t grow up in the best home. One technique Capote uses to demonstrate Perry is sympathy. Capote paints Perry in a sympathetic way by using childhood memories to show readers reasons why he is the way he is. “Look at his family!

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