Capote connects every character in the novel with some version of a higher power. Using motif, Capote makes sure that everyone knows how important religion is in the lives of everyone in the novel. Pointedly the Clutter’s, the first words being used to describe each of them being pious, and it wasn’t just Capote who says so (6). Even the town people emphasized how religious the family was, some stating how shocking it was to even think that Mr. Clutter would ever “miss church to sleep” (58). In an effort to link the people of the novel, Capote refers to religion almost too often, and sometimes even in a shocking way. Especially with Willy Jay, a convicted criminal who could be heard singing gospel music during his time in jail(42). To