Dick Hitchcock
Character Analysis
Who is Dick Hitchcock?
Dick isn't a very smart person, but he is "talented" in the crime business. He's very good at manipulating people into doing things for him, like getting money out of people without them realizing what's happening.
Analysis of Dick
"Something of the kind had happened; the imperfectly aligned features were the outcome of a car collision in 1950 - an accident that left his long-jawed and narrow face tilted, the left side rather lower than the right, with the results that the lips were slightly aslant, the nose askew, and his eyes not only situated at uneven levels but of uneven size, the left eye being truly serpentine, with venomous, sickly-blue squint that although it was involuntarily acquired, seemed nevertheless to warn of bitter sediment at the bottom of
his nature." (Capote 19)
Perry describes Dick as the "real masculine type" of person.
"When he'd told Dick that story, it was because he'd wanted Dick's friendship, wanted Dick to "respect" him, think him "hard," as much "the masculine type" as he had considered Dick to be." (Capote 69)
Dick is a horrible person.
"And he thought he had made his views obvious to Dick; indeed, hadn't they almost had a fist fight when quite recently he had prevented Dick from raping a terrified young girl? However, he wouldn't care to repeat that particular test of strength. He was relieved when he saw the child walk away from Dick." (Capote 126)
Works Cited
Capote, Truman. In Cold Blood. Rearsby, Leicester: W.F. Howes, 2007. Print.