In Cold Blood: The Corner

What was your favourite part in this section?

• Either this one or the previous one

  • Both of them tie everything together very well

Who was your favourite character?

• Perry

  • Very complex and well written

• Kenyon

  • Very relatable and lovable

What did you think of the book as a whole? Did you like it?

• Overall Consensus: liked it a lot

When talking about Doc Savage (353) is comparative to A Clockwork Orange: taking away a man’s evil— is altering his nature and just as nefarious. You make the man a clockwork orange.

What is your opinion of Dick’s and Perry’s psychoanalysis?

• Accurate

• For some reason, Dick comes off as mentally sane, but reading this section makes you realise how much he is not

• Perry should have gotten an insanity plea and gotten the mental help he deserved

What is your opinion of the trial’s equity?

• Unfair

  • They should have been a different judge

  • Defense attorneys could have tried harder

  • Changed locations

    • Although the reasoning for choosing Holcombe makes sense— generally against capital punishment

How do you feel about the witnesses brought in throughout the trial?

• Perry’s character witnesses were cool to hear from

  • Sad how their opinions were devalued

    • Joe was not taken seriously because he was native American

• The inmate who informed the authorities of Perry and Dick was very interesting to see interrogated

  • Only snitched for the money