Questions 13-18

13. What promise do Perry and Dick make to each other?

They promise each other that if they get caught they would be together and would say the same things.

14. Describe Perry’s dream. Analyse this dream.

Perry is in Africa, it is a jungle.  He claims on the trees and something smells terribly bad. The tree has blue leaves and diamonds that are hanging everywhere. Those diamonds are like oranges. He knows that he is there to pick up the diamond, a bustle of them. But when he picks up the “oranges” a snake is going to fall on him. That snake, takes care of the tree and the diamonds (he knew that beforehand).

He is scared because does not know how to fight a snake. He wants the diamonds more than the afraid of a snake. So he picks one but the snake lands on him and he is crusted by the animal.

Suddenly, in the fight, he sees a sort of yellow “parrot” that appeared. It was a nun; from the orphanage where he lives, that is waking up him from his dream.

Perry loves money, loves anything that makes him have money. He does whatever is possible to get it. It does not matter if it is taking the biggest risks, he would do it.  “Money was greatly on his mind”

15. Describe the episodes when Dick cons people. How is he able to do this?

Dick enters a store; it is a clothes store in Kansas City, Missouri. He asks Perry to be quiet and to stand where Dick says. They enter the store and Dick says that Perry is about to get married and that he needs some clothes. Minutes later, they are selecting trousers, jackets but when the clerk presents them the bill. Dick argues that he has forgotten his wallet. The employer presents a blank check but Dick makes it for eighty dollars more and paid the difference in cash.

Probably he has this type of ability because of his father.

16. Explain why Cookie was so important to Perry. What does this tell us about Perry?

Cookie is the nurse he meets when his is hospitalized because of the motorcycle accident. She likes him and takes care of him as if he were a baby. She also inspires him to read serious literature. When it seems to be the beginning of a sort of relationship and love and marriage is mentioned, Perry tells her goodbye and leaves her a poem that supposed to be written by him.

We can see that Perry is a more sentimental person. He tries to come back to the “good” side of life but his nature carries him to move on and pretend to be another person. Even though he seems to be a person that needs love and this makes him happy.  

17. Why does Dick worry about his family? Why is this ironic?

He is worried because the checks will star to bounce and he will be far from his father and mother to help them. Moreover, His parents are old and sick people and have got anything. Dick is really sorry about them. However, Perry tries to calm down Dick saying that once they are in Mexico they can pay back the checks because there they will be making lot of money.

I this it is ironic because when Dick commits those crimes he does not care or think about his parents.

18. What new evidence does Mrs. Elaine Selsor provide?

Mrs. Selsor is Nancy’s aunt. This woman finds a gold wristwatch tucked in the toe of a shoe. Dewey thinks that Nancy’s watch is not there just by accident but because she putted it there minutes before the “thieves” enter the house. This treasured watch is a gift from her father and she had tried to hidden it from those people.