Blog #3 Reading description

"The land is flat, and the views are awesomely extensive; horses, herds of cattle, a white cluster of grain of grain elevators rising as gracefully as Greek temples are visible long before a traveler reaches them" (15)

"Blue-furred,orange-eye, a tiger snarled upon his left biceps a spitting snake, coiled around a dagger, slithered down his arm; and elsewhere skulls gleamed, a tombstone loomed, a chrysantheumum" (28)

"How two individuals could reach the same degree of rage, the kind of  psychopathic rage it took to commit a crime" (38)

These phrases from Truman Capote's In Cold Blood" are effective to me because it is very descriptive and it gives you a sense what he experienced. The first phrase develops a sense of place by painting a good descriptive picture on the scenery of the location he was in. The second phrase was appealing and interesting on how he described the tattoos on a man's body with his detailed description of the character. The third phrase develops a sense of personality.
Truman Capote's writing is effective to me because it is very interesting and detailed on his experience there. I chose this because Capote's details of the locations, people and the storyline overall is just very real, you feel as if you can experience for yourself.