Whats Wrong

'Know what I think?' said Perry. 'I think there must be something wrong with us. To do what we did.'

'Did what?'

'Out there' (Capote 108)

This is the smallest inclination of a conscience we have seen so far out of these men. What they did would usually eat away at their thoughts. I feel this is the beginning of the end of their master plan.

Perry is the first to question "what [they] did... out there". Could this foreshadow something in the future or of their capture? This passage stood out to me as some sort of turning point for the happy couple. If they question what they did, feelings of guilt will follow. Is that what Perry is feeling? Guilt? Later on Dick brushes off Perry's concerns as unimportant. Will those concerns eventually surface in Dick's mind?

I believe Dick had it wrong. Instead of Perry being the conscienceless killer, he is. How could there not be "something wrong with [them]?" To do such a random cruel act and feel nothing is surely the sign of a brain defect. So who is really the 'cold blooded killer'?

Perry seems to be the more emotional of the two. He has a sketchy background of abuse and hardships. Dick does not understand these issues, nor does he try to. The lack of basic knowledge about the other, hinders their relationship on many levels. Now that doubts are creeping in, the pieces will fall apart.