Both Uses of
anecdote
in
In Cold Blood
- The anecdote elevated Dick's opinion of Little Perry; he began to see more of him, and, like Willie-Jay, though for dissimilar reasons, gradually decided that Perry possessed unusual and valuable qualities.†
Chpt 1 *anecdote = a short story that is true -- often told for amusement or to make a point
- But he was not isolated, there were people to talk to, a plentiful turnover of drunkards, forgers, wife-beaters, and Mexican vagrants; and Dick, with his light-hearted "con-man" patter, his sex anecdotes and gamy jokes, was popular with the inmates (though there was one who had no use for him whatever-an old man who hissed at him: "Killer!†
Chpt 4anecdotes = short, true stories