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Truman Capote's 'Deal Me Out Baby'

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Truman Capote writes “ Deal me out baby, ‘ Dick said. ‘I’m a normal.’ And Dick meant what he said. He thought of himself as balanced, as sane as anyone - maybe a bit smarter than the average fellow, that’s all. But Perry - there was, in Dick’s opinion, ‘something wrong’ with Little Perry.” (Page 108) In this quote, Dick uses Perry to hinder his own self- image. However, he often censures him for more irregular, and childish traits in comparison with which Dick considers himself to be normal. However, each man looks to one another for an oath of his own maturity. Capote uses a relating unrefined to when Dick and Perry talks in the book. This quote Capote shows characterization and insight among the two characters, but in unique
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