Thorpe

Please break your essay up into the following component parts, highlighting the various parts of each paragraph as follows:

Thesis: dark blue Topic sentence: red Opinion/analysis: light blue Supporting detail:purple Commentary: green Transitions: pink

Introduction:

Truman Capote's view of Holcomb, Kansas in the story In Cold Blood is characterized in many ways such as his physical and also his emotional view.  Capote's physical view deals with his use of vivid imagery; while, his emotional view deals with his idea of a small and deserted town.

Body Paragraphs:

Capote's emotional ideal of Kansas simply deals with his use of diction.  To Capote this small town is so easily seen as unimportant and simple. One example of Capote's view would be when the author states "the streets, unnamed, unshaded, unpaved,". This simply shows how little the author truly cares for the town. Another example of Capote's diction in the story In Cold Blood leads to the conclusion that no one truly cares for the community once he states that it is seen as "a lonesome area" or "that other Kansans call" it "'out there"'. This evidence also points out how empty or abandoned the small city is; which symbolizes the unimportance of the actual structure meaning its buildings and roads. These are just a few more examples of the representation of this so called town in Capote's In Cold Blood. Even though Capote's emotional ideals are extremely important, the physical ideals of the story are just as prominent.

Capote also has a physical appeal in the so extremely important novel In Cold Blood that deals with his imagery and selection to detail.  For example, one of the first things that Capote states is how scenic and beautiful the city is with its "hard blue skies and desert clear air". This is just one of the ways that the author uses imagery to describe his view of Holcomb, Kansas. Capote also states that the white grain is seen as an ancient Greek temple. This is simply just another way of the author stating how beautiful he believes this small portion of the world is.

Conclusion:

Capote's vivid imagery applys to his physical idea of Holcomb; while his dictation is pointed towards the emotional side of the authors story.