... is kept close to how people actually talk as he wrote the majority of the book from audiotapes of interviews conducted with the people in Gary's life. Capote uses colloquial language too but in a less obvious way to Mailer. He confines it to dialogue or consciousness of the character. Both of these non-fiction works are submerged in violence and brutality ... to talk because she was on edge. She was distracted by her day to day business when she heard what she believed to be a balloon pop. Mailer uses simple, colloquial language in throughout the text but this is perhaps one of the most...

• Word Count: 1480
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School