Compare And Contrast In Cold Blood And A Good Man Is Hard To Find

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Compare and Contrast Truman and O’Conner
In both stories of “In Cold Blood” by Truman Capote and “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by O’Connor, similarities and contrasts exist in their literacy forms. The characters in both stories are also comparable, although diverse at certain points. Several of the similarities ranges from foreshadowing, character simulation, and even the setting is similar since it envies ' and harbor criminal incidences (O’Connor, 121). Characters have similar qualities that originate them advance their heinous acts. It’s evident when the two stories culminates with the unwarranted deaths of innocent individuals i.e. grandmother in cold blood and the Clutters by O’Connor’s story. First, several linkages between Capote’s story and O’Connor’s story arises. Among the other similarities between O’Connor’s short story and Capote’s book includes foreshadowing, and the premise of the American landscape violated by an invader. In addition to that, similarities between the murdered families and the killers persist. Moreover, revelations of mistrust among members of an apparently complacent American community …show more content…

In "A Good Man Is Hard to Find," both the grandmother and the Misfit are beneficiaries of mercy. They are relieved despite their several blemishes, sins, and weaknesses (O 'Connor, 158). Finally, the grandmother applies the tag "good" by chance, shadowing the description of a "good man" until tag 's meaning is misplaced. From the suspense to foreshadowing, there are other several literacy styles exhibited. All the characters in both, stories share the same experiences of death as their colleagues lose their lives in their presence. However, the contrast also arises. In Cold Blood, bothick and Perry Smith are regretful of the crime they committed. Nevertheless, in “A Good man is hard to find” by O’Connor, the Misfit is unregretful of his

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