From: Andrew Lorimer <andrew@lorimer.id.au>
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 03:53:04 +0000 (+1100)
Subject: further character notes on Clutters - around p.38
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further character notes on Clutters - around p.38
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diff --git a/english/cold-blood.md b/english/cold-blood.md
index 9c38fc5..22cd32b 100644
--- a/english/cold-blood.md
+++ b/english/cold-blood.md
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ p 25, 41, 52, 63, 67
 - married twice, had three sons
 - calls Perry "honey"
 - impulsive - if he had enough money, he "would spend it on vodka and women"
+- egotistical - e.g. tattoos (contrasting themes) etc
+- moderately high IQ
+- diction - indicates uneducation
+
+*Perry and Dick appear less genuinely criminal at the beginning of the novel*
 
 ### Perry Smith
 
@@ -102,6 +107,7 @@ p 25, 41, 52, 63, 67
 - personal account of boyhood while in Mexico
 - parents were rodeo riders
 - two siblings and one inlaw committed suicide
+- tattoos - more delicate / meaningful than Dick's (juxtaposition). contrasting themes
 
 ### Willie-Jay
 - assistant to prison chaplain
@@ -128,3 +134,4 @@ p 25, 41, 52, 63, 67
 
 - appearance vs. reality
 - family & relationships
+- juxtaposition/irony