Capote’s uses detailed sensualistic description of characters,
setting, and events to make the characters and setting exceptional.
Capote uses so many adjectives to describe the main elements of the story,
the reader can easily see, smell, feel, or hear the characters, apartments,
and movement Capote illustrates:
| A creature answered the door. He smelled of cigars and Knize
cologne. His shoes sported elevated heels… His bald freckled head was dwarf-big: attached to it were a pair of pointed, truly elfin ears. He had Pekingese eyes, unpitying and slightly bulged. Tufts of hair sprouted from his ears, from his nose; his jowls were gray with afternoon beard . . . (Capote, page 29) |
Capote does an excellent job of depicting the unique traits of this
character; the scent of cigars and Knize cologne, bald freckled head, and
elfin ears. With such description, a detailed and clear picture of the
character is created: a short man, with a balding, freckled head and pointed
elfin ears. Capote is able to capture the reader’s attention and
most of his novel is based on such description. Capote’s description of
setting places the reader in the story:
| The room in which we stood (we were standing because there was
nothing to sit on) seemed as though it were being just moved into . . . Suitcases and unpacked crates were the only furniture. The crates served as tables. One supported the mixings of a martini; another a lamp, a Libertyphone. . . Bookcases covered one wall and boasted a half-self of literature. (Capote, page 29) |