Truman Capote is a fascinating character (no pun intended). He makes an immediate impression on whoever he meets. He is considered by many as one of the great writers of the 20th Century. Capote was born in New Orleans but didn't live there for long, although he didn't abandon the south altogether because some of his summers were spent in Alabama. However, in the movie Capote he claims he doesn't miss Alabama. At this time he met his eventual long-time friend, Harper Lee. His relationship with Harper Lee extends into his experiences with the investigation of the Clutter murders and the writing of his book, In Cold Blood. Capote lived and worked in a few different places throughout his early years, including working for a paper in New York. He had a reputation for being very unique, strange, some say creepy, and he was flamboyantly homosexual, which only added to his oddities. His uniqueness and idiosyncrasies influenced his work in In Cold Blood and allowed him to become very close with the murderers.
In his book about the Clutter murders Capote goes into much detail about the murderers themselves and gives lot of information about them on a very personal level. This means that Capote obviously got very close to Dick and Perry and they were willing to share an abundance of information about themselves and their crime. Capote was said to have related well to the murderers and took special interest in Perry. Perry was a character with much inner conflict. He had a period in his life where he contemplated God and spirituality, but mostly decided it wasn't for him. He had a bit more obvious conscience than Dick did and Perry was the one who made the victims more comfortable before killing them. This, along with Perry's hate of sexual misconduct, reveals that Perry still maintained at least a shred of humanity and common decency about him. Capote sensed this depth to Perry within the first few times he spoke with him. This is when Capote called for more money said he had a book rather than an article.
One of the reasons Truman Capote may have related to Perry especially well was because there was much more than meets they eye with both of them. Capote mentioned his disgust at being judged by his appearance and first impression. Perry mentions in the movie that first impressions are very important and this intrigues Capote. Capote uses his idiosyncrasies to get closer to a reserved character than any other person probably could have, and then he used his writing experience and brilliance, along with the help of Harper Lee, to turn this story into a powerful and captivating novel.
Capote is strange, abrupt, fairly narcissistic person, but his intuition and brilliance in this investigation lead to his writing of an incredible book to add to his already impressive collection of works. This snapshot of his background and culminating achievement does not hardly explain everything about Truman Capote or what he has done, but it may give some general insight to his influence and construction of the novel which spawned the successful movie.
Truman Capote is a fascinating character (no pun intended). He makes an immediate impression on whoever he meets. He is considered by many as one of the great writers of the 20th Century. Capote was born in New Orleans but didn't live there for long, although he didn't abandon the south altogether because some of his summers were spent in Alabama. However, in the movie Capote he claims he doesn't miss Alabama. At this time he met his eventual long-time friend, Harper Lee. His relationship with Harper Lee extends into his experiences with the investigation of the Clutter murders and the writing of his book, In Cold Blood. Capote lived and worked in a few different places throughout his early years, including working for a paper in New York. He had a reputation for being very unique, strange, some say creepy, and he was flamboyantly homosexual, which only added to his oddities. His uniqueness and idiosyncrasies influenced his work in In Cold Blood and allowed him to become very close with the murderers.
In his book about the Clutter murders Capote goes into much detail about the murderers themselves and gives lot of information about them on a very personal level. This means that Capote obviously got very close to Dick and Perry and they were willing to share an abundance of information about themselves and their crime. Capote was said to have related well to the murderers and took special interest in Perry. Perry was a character with much inner conflict. He had a period in his life where he contemplated God and spirituality, but mostly decided it wasn't for him. He had a bit more obvious conscience than Dick did and Perry was the one who made the victims more comfortable before killing them. This, along with Perry's hate of sexual misconduct, reveals that Perry still maintained at least a shred of humanity and common decency about him. Capote sensed this depth to Perry within the first few times he spoke with him. This is when Capote called for more money said he had a book rather than an article.
One of the reasons Truman Capote may have related to Perry especially well was because there was much more than meets they eye with both of them. Capote mentioned his disgust at being judged by his appearance and first impression. Perry mentions in the movie that first impressions are very important and this intrigues Capote. Capote uses his idiosyncrasies to get closer to a reserved character than any other person probably could have, and then he used his writing experience and brilliance, along with the help of Harper Lee, to turn this story into a powerful and captivating novel.
Capote is strange, abrupt, fairly narcissistic person, but his intuition and brilliance in this investigation lead to his writing of an incredible book to add to his already impressive collection of works. This snapshot of his background and culminating achievement does not hardly explain everything about Truman Capote or what he has done, but it may give some general insight to his influence and construction of the novel which spawned the successful movie.