Movie Analysis : The Fighter

In order to paint an image of Dick as a controlling and condescending killer, Capote uses a simile to describe his stature. On page thirty-one capote describes Dick’s physique:“as though his head had been halved like an apple, then put together a fraction off center.” (Capote 31). Because Dick is described as abnormal it helps Capote achieve his purpose of demonstrating that Dick was a true monster who changed and molded Perry from a man into a killer. Capote describes Dick in this way to set Dick apart from a normal human being. A normal person could not have changed someone but because Dick was not normal he was able to change Perry. Because Dick is not normal he will be seen as the true

Continuing throughout the story, the narrator not only notice the good in Dick 's character, but also became suspicious of other things as well. He senses a presence at times in which he feels is creeping in the dark. Dick continued on

Throughout the passage told from Dick’s point of view, the syntax is surprisingly curt and choppy. As he is expressing his exasperation towards Perry, his sentences break off repeatedly. He states, “He was annoyed. Annoyed as hell”, which not only is comprised of two extremely short sentences, but also emits an aggressive tone (Capote 108). Dick’s attitude towards Perry becomes apparent quickly, as whenever Perry begins to speak Dick is filled with negative thoughts about his half-witted partner. The curtness and negative content of his thoughts show the annoyance and sheer contempt that Dick feels. Also, Capote uses the short and concise sentences when describing Dick to show his clear mindedness and his seemingly rational thought process. The simplicity of Dick’s thoughts make him seem more focused and reliable. He uses this contrast to emphasize the

motor company, "when I [Dick] had an automobile wreck with a company car. I was in the hospital several days with extensive head injuries" (Capote 278). The car accident caused his face to be slightly maligned, and, as concluded by Dr. Jones, caused residual brain damage and instability in his personality (Capote 286). Dick's father also confirmed that Dick had changed after the crash, expressing that "He just wasn't the same boy" (Capote 255). After experiencing the crash, many parts of Dick's life began to go downhill. His marital life twisted woefully, and when all was said and done, he had gone through 2 marriages. He did not have a steady job anymore, and he began to commit petty crimes, such as writing bad checks and stealing. The latter resulted in him being in jail, where he had met Perry, who was behind bars for burglary as well, among other charges. Dick and Perry had both agreed to kill the Clutters, however when the time came, Dick showed signs of doubt and lingered, while Perry had almost no hesitation. This seems to point back to each man's past, where Perry, who had a rougher childhood, did not seem to think twice about killing the family. His scarred adolescence points to a more cold-hearted, bitter, and lonely person, while Dick's more favorable youth showed signs of mercy and conscience.

To describe Dick 's reason for this life of crime, let 's start out describing his nurture. Dick 's family did not force any traumatizing events on him. He had a relatively normal life to begin with. " 'Was nothing wrong with my boy, Mr. Nye, ' Mr.

Cultural Dictionary defines psychopath as “A mentally unbalanced person who is inclined toward antisocial and criminal behaviors.” Dick’s childhood is normal; his parents love him and provide for him as best they can; despite his parents love, Dick is a psychopath who lives a life of crime simply because it is in his nature. Dick’s psychopathic nature is evident throughout the novel. For example, when he needs money, he resorts to writing fraudulent checks. Dick shows absolutely no remorse after he tricks people into giving him money. Dick simply feels that it is acceptable to scam people in order to get what he wishes. In addition, Dick shows his psychopath tendencies after he and Perry rob and murder the Clutter family, Dick goes on with his life and never feels any remorse about the murders that he committed. Dick obviously doesn’t see anything wrong with murdering innocent people because he is a psychopath. Dick’s lack of consideration for other people’s life clearly shows that he truly only cares about himself. An additional example of Dick’s antisocial tendencies is when he is arrested for the being involved in the deaths of the Clutter family, and he decides that to blame Perry for the deaths of all four members of the Clutter family in order to avoid

Dick began to act out, adopting uncharacteristic activities such as, “gambling and writing bad checks” (Capote 166). Capote quotes Dick’s father, “I never knew him to do those things before” (166). One of Hickock’s neighbors exclaimed to Harold Nye, “Dick Hickock! Don’t talk to me about Dick Hickock! If ever I met the devil!

Dick's ideal, was to marry the perfect woman, Nicole, write his fantastic book ‘psychology for psychiatrists' and be the best psychiatrist in the world. At the beginning of his career all of these things were attainable, but slowly each one of these things slipped away to falter his life. These things were not only just an ideal or a plan in life, they were a necessity for Dick. He dreamed of them all and it was from then on that it became an obsession. This lead to Dick's belief that his life couldn't be fulfilled unless all of these things were obtained.

Although Perry and Dick are equal evildoers in crime, Dick is the one who hoards more sinister desires; therefore, those who commit heinous deeds can not be deemed sane, at least to society’s standards. Dick tells of how he is “normal” to Perry while in reality, he certainly is not normal. On the day of Dick’s execution, we can see hints of his unnatural mentality, creating a paradox, telling, “‘Nice to see you,’ Hickock said with his most charming smile; it was as if he were greeting guest at his own funeral” (Capote 339). Dick’s way of acting toward the one’s who caught him and sent him to jail is what people would call strange. To act normal on a day where you know you are going to die is extremely strange.

Everyone loved Dick he was admired in school up until his crash.“An outstanding athlete - always on the first team at school. Basketball! Baseball!Football! Dick was always the star player.A pretty good student, too, with A marks in several subjects.” After his crash, he became a psychopath he couldn't help his thoughts and the fact that he felt no remorse for anything he ever did.He even admits that it wasn’t the money that he went for it was Nancy. “Before I ever went to their house I knew there would be a girl there. I think the main reason I went there was not to rob them but to rape the girl. Because I thought a lot about

Dick presents himself as arrogant, which makes the reader think he is more cold and detached. It is clear that he is not a complex character, so what you see is what you get. The first passage of this excerpt begins with the point of view of Dick. He seems very annoyed with the thoughts of Perry, which are focused on worrying about the murder. Capote exposes Dick’s frustration with Perry when he writes, “He was annoyed.

Dick was written. He seems to exemplify expected behaviour of a young boot-black by his rough exterior, involvement in fights, lack of money, and disregard for others including their property. Micky Maguire is the enemy of the story, and it is clear that the “hero” must always rise above the bad characters in order to provide a lesson with the story being told. Dick is known to keep his cool and remain confident around Micky, even when a fight is breaking out between the two of them (Alger 94). While Micky is indeed a cruel boy as it seems, Dick does bring on some of the taunting himself because of the cocky manner he upholds when speaking to Micky. Even with Dick being smart-mouthed toward Micky, there is not any sympathy towards Micky in the novel because of his ruffian ways and rudeness towards Dick. Alger does not give Micky credit for why he acts like this towards Dick nor does he establish a true reason why Micky turned out to be such a tough street boy. His childish actions are likely caused by jealously over Dick and not because of sheer hatred (Alger 91). Micky is not given chances like Dick and whether or not Alger sets it up so that option luck is a rewarded behaviour,

Throughout the film we see Tom lie and manipulate to get closer to Dickie until eventually he tries to become him.

Ripley meet Dickie’s father. According to the book Mr. Greenleaf meet Tom at the bar after following him for some time, while in the movie those two meet at some ceremony where Mr. Ripley play a piano. Mr. Greenleaf approached Tom with his wife and start talking to him. Another change is that in the book Mr. Greenleaf says that his son has a passion for painting while in the book he tells Mr. Ripley that Dickie loves Jazz. When Mr. Greenleaf asks Tom to go to Europe, he gave him six hundred dollars for his expenses while in the movie they mentioned one thousand dollars. Next, according to the book Dickie has a very close female friend Marge, while in the movie they are a couple and are about to get engaged. Furthermore, Merge did not like Mr. Ripley from the moment he got to Mongibello, on the other hand in the movie she liked him (in the beginning). Also, the killing scenes are different. In the book was Tom intention to get out on the boat not Dickie’s like it shown in the movie. When Tom was thinking to kill Marge when she found Dickies’ ring in his belongings he was thinking to do it with a shoe, while in the movie he was thinking to do it with a blade that he holds in his robe packet really tight and hurting himself

Dick Tracy is a film based on the American comic strip series "Dick Tracy". Dick Tracy is a detective who is determined to take down Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice. Caprice becomes the new crime lord in the city when he takes down Lips Manlis, who was the crime lord before his death. Tracy's key to take down Caprice is Breathless Mahoney, a dancer who witnessed Caprice's dirty illegal work. She is more focused on taking away Tracy from his current girlfriend Tess rather than help him solve the case of a lifetime.