Post by oscarheithaus on Nov 16, 2014 17:54:38 GMT
"Literary non-fiction" is the romanticizing of factual events. Capote doesn't just report to the reader the impartial account of the murder of a family. Instead, he diverges from the nonfiction method of factual reporting to one of character analysis and in depth emotions. Through Capote's use of 3rd person Omniscient, the reader gains an understanding of the characters in ways such as their thoughts, like in the book when Dick and Perry were with Mr. Bell, and the audience was given a look at Perry's thoughts, "The memory of his father's laughter increased his tension; his head hurt, his knees ached." This style of point of view is usually used in works of fiction, and understanding the thoughts of Perry not only allows the audience to sympathize with the character, but also have a better understanding of the story. This differs heavily from just the reporting of the crime, and the audience a better understanding of the reasoning behind the crime, and the chronology of events following it, even if there is a slight partisan view of the true "guilt" of the character of Perry.