Characters by Capote and Marques

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This paper describes and analyzes the characters of Perry Smith, the murderer in Truman Capote's novel "In Cold Blood" and Alberto Villamizar, the husband in Marques' novel, "News of Kidnapping", who is trying to free his wife from the clutches of Pablo Escobar. From the examination of these two characters the paper then takes a closer look at Marques and Capote's moral ladder to find out what precisely it is that separates perpetrator from victim, the moral from the immoral, and whether there is any hope for redemption.

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"In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote, is perhaps one of the most chilling, yet enthralling novels ever written. Gabriel Garcia Marques, the author of News of a Kidnapping, himself a Nobel Prize winner (for 100 years of Solitude) is also a fascinating writer of our own time. One of the many attributes that distinguish these two authors is not just that they understand the human condition and present it in a compelling way; it is that they often ask difficult questions, questions of time, place, morality, and responsibility. They bring up questions that most people would never think to ask. Both of these books are the accounts of true crimes that happened. Both authors spent many years researching the stories and preparing the books. They both ask us chilling questions about the darker side of human nature."

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