I’m actually really enjoying the
Answers part of the novel, because it provides exactly what it is titled. The pieces
are beginning to come together on Dick and Perry’s motives for their murder,
and how they ended up in Kansas to begin with. Dick’s cell mate Floyd Wells is
the one who fed him the false information about the Clutter’s fortune. It’s
interesting because even though he is the one who started the whole thing, when
he receives word about the Clutter murder, he reaches out to the authorities
and confesses. He even admits that he never thought that Dick would go through
with it. I find this to be so intriguing, the minds of criminals and that some
of them are all talk. It just turns out that Dick isn't one of them.
With
the help of Floyd, another KBI again, Harold Nye begins to close in on the
case, visiting Dick’s family and finding out that he and Perry were near the
farm the weekend of the murders, and he even sees the possible murder weapon
leaned up against the kitchen wall. Detective Dewey is very excited about these newfound suspects, that he even hesitantly shows his wide, feeling confident in
the new findings.
Even
with all of the evidence and confessions stacked against them, Capote still
manages to present the information in such a way that the reader is still not
sure how, when, or if these two men are going to be caught. A manhunt has begun
to take place, and Dick and Perry are ignorant to the whole thing, although
Perry is still a nervous wreck. It doesn't help that Dick returns to cash hot
checks all over the state of Kansas, leading Dewey and Nye directly to him. The
suspense is killing me to find out how these two murders are actually caught,
and how long it will be dragged on for. Knowing that they did it, but not
knowing how they are caught is truly keeping me captivated, and I admire Capote
for that immensely. Answers has proven to be my favorite part of the book so
far, and I can’t wait to learn the rest of them throughout the rest of the
novel.
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