In these pages Capote gives the readers clues that lead to Perry and Dick being the murderers. In the beginning pages of this section Capote states how the aunt of Kenyon and Nancy Clutter looked through the Clutter house and took along with her a person of authority because she had a feeling she was going to find something that would help in discovering the killers. The aunt got to Kenyon's room and knew something was different. She then realized that something felt different because Kenyon's Zenith radio was missing. She knew it had to have been stolen by the murders so this lead to another clue in the case. Then later on page 106 Capote proves the speculation true about Dick and Perry stealing the radio. He tells the reader of all the possessions that Perry has and along with them he states the Perry has a "gray Zenith portable radio." This is one identical to Kenyon's. This foreshadows the radio as being evidence later on in the book to prove that Dick and Perry were the killers.
Another clue given to the reader is a pair of binoculars that Dick has on page 108. Dick scans the landscape with a "luxurious receptacle initialed H.W.C." These are the initials of the father of the Clutter family, Herb. The only way that Dick could have these is if he took them at the time that he murdered the family. This is another instance of foreshadowing because it know seems like the binoculars are also going to be used as evidence against Perry and Dick.
I also realized the repetition of one detail in these pages. When describing the location that Dick and Perry are ate in these pages, Capote repeats "Mountains. Hawks wheeling in a white sky." He uses this only detail to describe the landscape. I think he uses this detail because hawks circle around in the sky before they prance on their prey. The hawks are the investigators waiting to catch their prey which is Dick and Perry. It is a metaphor set up by Capote. It can also be used to show how both Dick and Perry have had moments when they think about the possibility of them getting caught.
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lol. seriously, don't take that the wrong way if you read this. the word is pounce, not prance. unless you mean to say the hawks skip and dance merrily around their prey. but yeah, its no big deal, personally i found it to be a bit of comic relief in these impending posts of the blogs. but on a more serious note, i'm not sure if it would be called foreshadowing, it could very well be, but that term ust doesn't sit well with me because we ome into reading the book mostly aware that, yes, dick and perry did kill the clutters. you are really pulling out good details though, so far you keep pointing out things i never would have noticed me first time through.
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