In the excerpt for the beginning of the novel, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, he describes his personal view on the city of Holcomb, Kansas. In order to illustrate his opinion, Capote employs a number of stylistic elements. He also use spatial description. To portray his view, Capote makes use of imagery, diction, tone and selection of detail. Overall, he sees the hamlet of Hamlet, Kansas as a town with an inactive and spiritless town. Throughout the entirety of this excerpt, Capote organizes it by utilizing spatial description. He describes his surroundings while using selection of detail. He focuses on the most prominent aspects of the land. He begins the novel by brining the reader on a view of the city from a distance. In order to achieve
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He brings in a closer perspective to the audience of the village and describes it as a land with "The land is flat, and the views are awesomely extensive; horses, herds of cattle, a white cluster of grain elevators rising as gracefully as Greek temples are visible long before a traveler reaches them." He later brings in a closer view of the city. This time as he takes us through the streets of Holcomb, there is a dance club but according to Capote "The dancing has ceased and the advertisement has been dark for several years". Nearby the dancing club is a rundown bank. Capote states that the train rarely makes drop offs. Another major part Capote extensively used in writing the entry for this novel is imagery. In using imagery, he accurately portrays an image of a lethargic rural town. He describes that at a full view, Holcomb is just "Simply an aimless congregation of buildings divided in the center by the main-line tracks of the Santa Fe Railroad." Capote then goes on to describe the less populated streets in saying that they are "unnamed, unshaved and unpaved." At this point in the story, the city's image only seems to be composed of unpopulated streets and buildings. The authors then goes onto describe the school, which is just "camouflaged in
He brings in a closer perspective to the audience of the village and describes it as a land with "The land is flat, and the views are awesomely extensive; horses, herds of cattle, a white cluster of grain elevators rising as gracefully as Greek temples are visible long before a traveler reaches them." He later brings in a closer view of the city. This time as he takes us through the streets of Holcomb, there is a dance club but according to Capote "The dancing has ceased and the advertisement has been dark for several years". Nearby the dancing club is a rundown bank. Capote states that the train rarely makes drop offs. Another major part Capote extensively used in writing the entry for this novel is imagery. In using imagery, he accurately portrays an image of a lethargic rural town. He describes that at a full view, Holcomb is just "Simply an aimless congregation of buildings divided in the center by the main-line tracks of the Santa Fe Railroad." Capote then goes on to describe the less populated streets in saying that they are "unnamed, unshaved and unpaved." At this point in the story, the city's image only seems to be composed of unpopulated streets and buildings. The authors then goes onto describe the school, which is just "camouflaged in