“The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call 'out there'...The land is flat, the views are awesomely extensive; horses, herds of cattle, a white cluster of grain elevators rising as graceful as Greek temples are visible long before a traveler reaches them”(Pg. 3) Capote wants the ready to begin the book with a serenity. Capote fills this quote with diction filled with a positive connotation, such as Greek temples and awesomely. Capote is using this words to show the nature of Kansas to the reader. The reader is caught of guard when the beginning of this murder novel is beautiful and calming. The effectiveness comes in how Capote uses diction to and his structure to bring in the readers attention early on. “A year …show more content…
140) “One look and I saw what he was. With his perfume. And his oily hair. It was clear as day where Dick had met him.” (pg. 169) Capote is trying to demonstrate that Perry is seen differently from the usual or Mrs. Hickock. You can see that Capote wants the reader to see that Mrs. Hickock thinks of Perry as different when he uses diction in calling a person a what instead of a who or whom. The effectiveness is coming from Capote's choice of using diction with a judgmental connotation such as what. “They shared a doom against which virtue was no defense.” (Pg. 185) The reader is meant to feel sad or distressed that Barbra is resentful and is focused on leaving her childhood. This is visible when Capote uses diction such as doom. Words such as doom are held together with an evil or sorrowful connotations. The quote remains effective, because its short syntax sentence structure and sad diction allow the reader to flow through it better and hit the main points more efficiently. “I meant to call his bluff, make him argue me out of it, make him admit he was a phony and a coward.” (Pg.