In Cold Blood Dialecticals Part 1

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1) “At one end of town stands a stark old stucco- structure, the roof of which supports an electric sign – DANCE- but the dancing has ceased and the advertisement has been dark for several years. Near by is another building with an irrelevant sign, this one in flaking gold on a dirty window- HOLCOMB BANK.” Page 1 Imagery 2) “Then touching the brim of his cap, he headed home and the day’s work, unaware that it would be his last.” Page 12 Foreshadowing 3) “’Take ye heed, Watch and Pray: For ye know not when the time is’” p 28 Allusion 4) “Perry, too had been maimed, his injuries received in a motorcycle wreck were severer than Dick’s.” p 30 5) “At one end of town stands a stark old stucco- structure, the roof of which supports an electric sign – DANCE- but the dancing has ceased and the advertisement has been dark for several years. Near by is another building with an irrelevant sign, this one in flaking gold on a dirty window- HOLCOMB BANK.” Page 1 Imagery 6) “Then touching the brim of his cap, he headed home and the day’s work, unaware that it would be his last.” Page 12 Foreshadowing 7) “’Take ye heed, Watch and Pray: For ye know not when the time is’” p 28 Allusion 8) “Perry, too had been maimed, his injuries received in a motorcycle wreck were severer than Dick’s.” p 30 The author uses imagery in this quote to depict the scenery of where the novel takes place. Capote uses vivid words to give the reader an accurate view of the town of Holcomb. The author’s use of imagery provides the reader with a sense of a quaint town and helps us visualize how the story took place. The scenery of the town becomes very important when we’re trying to figure out how something happened. With this quote Capote is allowing the reader’s to know something the characters in the book don’t know. In this quote he foreshadows

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