Capote
The fact that the time of day described is that twilight gives the atmosphere an almost eerie feeling. Twilight can sometimes be foggy, with partial light and a blue glow. When first analyzing this sentence, the reader can think of the time when the Clutter’s were murdered, which was close to the time of twilight. The cats are also said to be performing their chief ceremony, which relates to Dick and Perry performing their chief ceremony of the novel, killing the Clutters.
Capote appeals to the logos by saying, “But when the sun descended when the shadows of the square’s giant shade trees met and combined, the coldness, as well as darkness, numbed the crowd.” This shows clearly that darkness or tension is bound to fall a community upon acts of crimes being committed. The numbness is used to show how uneasiness creeps in because no one is no longer sure that they can be safe in what they used to call their community.
At the end of the section, it says, “No one lingered—neither the press corps nor any of the townspeople. Warm rooms and warm suppers beckoned them, and, as they hurried away, leaving the cold square to the two gray cats, the miraculous autumn departed, too; the year’s first snow began to fall. “Capote is trying to show us that sometimes our life much depends on what happens in our community, and even though we may not know it, we end up picking up the scraps thrown to us by the community like the two grey stray cats.
In conclusion, Capote’s attention to detail smoothes the gaps that might have been present in identifying the impacts of crime in a community. Even in a small town like the one where the murder of the Clutter family.