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Persons Unknown - Coggle Diagram
Persons Unknown
Key quotes
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"even entire families, who had sat the whole night wideawake, watchful, listening." p96 Holcomb fear
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There was 'something wrong' with little Perry, old Perry, ‘such a kid’ ‘scary as hell’, ‘he might be ready to kill you, but you’d never know it, I'm a normal p116
‘He’d wanted Dick’s friendship, wanted Dick to ‘respect’ him, think him ‘hard’ p118
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It is a foolish letter, but one of human failing. P150
Is it good, baby? Is it good? P153
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Context
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Capote originally wanted to focus on the effects of the murders on Holcomb but when he got to know the murderers better, he changed focus
Structure and style
Uses lots of real records eg. newspapers, transcripts of letters and WJ's diary
Events from 2 points of view: Holcomb residents then D and P, D's view of convo then P's view of the same convo
Dick and Perry
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Their relationship seems to begin to strain after the murders as Perry becomes fearful of their exposure which irritates Dick.
Their relationship shows the struggle with masculinity, especially for Perry, as they have to make themselves ‘manlier’ in order to impress one another.
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