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Capote: Positive And Negative Views Towards The Death Penalty

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Capote has showed both positive and negative thoughts toward the death penalty. In my opinion, Capote is Perry and he shows his opinions and thoughts through this character. Capote delivers how other people think about the death penalty through other people such as court people while he delivers his own using Perry. From my perspective, it seems like Capote is comparing two different perspectives to explain how there cannot be one exact answer to the death penalty which is a very heavy punishment or even a cruel punishment.
In the book, most of people seem to agree to settle the death penalty against to the criminals, Perry and Dick. “I feel that due to the violence of the crime and the apparent utter lack of mercy shown the victims, the only
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