Even though they may not be "normal" people, they are human beings. He transformed what people believed to be horrible, unbearable, sinister, desolate beasts into human beings unable to control their actions or feelings. The expression “never read a book by its cover” somehow applies to the story of Dick and Perry. They were convicted killers who murdered an innocent family – a crime no “human” could commit. So people automatically assumed they weren't human; they must be beats. However, Capote uncovers their life stories to dig deeper, and eventually it can be seen that Dick and Perry are not beasts after all. Capote was able to humanize beasts that everyone thought were not