Truman Capote’s tone for pages 103-104 reflects a feeling of perplexity and anecdotic. The reason of perplexity exists in consideration of being given details on the Clutter family being murdered. The apologia of the anecdotic tone exists in view of how Capote gives a vivid description on how the murders actually happened and how the assassins left them and what their intentions were. These two pages make the reader feel the irresolution of the crime scene.
The reason for the murders o How the community was affected • Thesis Statement: o We can express Capote’s intended audience, his person outlook of the suspects, and the many ways the actual event effected the community from the story of the Clutter Family murders. • Body: o Main point: Why did Capote put other information into the book to make the tragedy seem harsher than it was? o
But the unfortunate truth is that the justice system fails to provide justice and Capote uses details to potray just that. After reading, “In Cold Blood” it was evident that both Smith and Hickock had some serious mental disabilities. For example, Perry, when discussing Mr. Clutter, said, “I didn’t want to harm the man. I thought he was a very nice gentleman. Soft spoken.
‘In Cold Blood’ demonstrates that compassion must be extended to both victims and their killers’ Discuss Truman Capote, through his celebrated nonfiction work ‘In Cold Blood’ depicts the events preceding and following the brutal murder of the prominent Clutter family of Holcomb, Kansas, 1959. The text clearly emphasizes that compassion must be extended to all victims of the violent crime. The term ‘victim’ is not exclusively reserved for the murdered but is extended to the family, friends and the entire community of Holcomb. To a lesser extent, Capote demonstrates that compassion should be shown to one of the killers. Capote challenges the reader to become compassionate towards Perry Edward Smith, despite knowing he murdered four innocent
From the time of hanging to the time their hearts ceased beating, it took nineteen and twenty minutes, respectively. Also, in preparation for the trial of the Clutter family murderers, doctors did psychiatric evaluations of the pair. Capote includes what the doctors would have said had they been allowed to elucidate during the trial. The evaluations suggest that Hickock and Smith might have been better off in a mental institution. By including the conversation at the hangings, the elapsed time before death, and the doctors' unspoken evaluation, Capote suggests that neither the death penalty nor hanging is always the best course of action for a person's crime.
Murders occur on a day-to-day basis all over the globe. Though many are covered in the news, many are left in the dust and never gain any relevance. The murder of the Clutter family, an exemplar of a case left under the dust, occurred in Holcomb, Kansas in the late 1950s. Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood follows the Clutter murder, yet primarily focuses on the stories of the killers, Dick Hickcock and Perry Smith.
While nurture may be the primary factor in deciding why Perry did what he did, his childhood does not excuse him from being prosecuted the the full extent of the law. The controversial debate of nature versus nurture may never be fully solved, however it is clear in the case of Perry Smith that his surroundings were the primary cause of his motivation to kill the Clutter family. Between his abusive family and the inmates at the Kansas State Penitentiary, the emotions convening inside of Perry fell too much to bear. Perry was a victim of his environment and projected the rejection he felt onto
The book I chose to write this report on is titled In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. The book follows the cruel murders of the Clutter family, and the lives of the perpetrators, Perry Smith and Richard Hickock. Truman Capote's In Cold Blood is an excellent and entertaining book which thoroughly examines the complexities of human nature, the blurred boundaries between innocence and guilt, and the haunting consequences of a senseless act of violence. I chose to read this book due to the brutal nature of the killings, and the psychology behind the killers who performed this brutal act of violence. Capote deep dives into the lives of both the Clutter family, those the murders affected, but even more so on the lives of the killers.
No matter how we try to change our situation or better ourselves in society, variables will obstruct the path we choose. One cannot take control of everything that surrounds us as fate decides what happens to us. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote explains the murder of the Clutter family in the quiet town of Holcomb, Kansas. The murderers, Richard (Dick) Hickock and Perry Smith, try to escape the consequences of their actions, believing that they can get away with what they did. The story tells what the murderers were thinking after and before they committed the crime and their various interactions.
In In Cold Blood, the issue over the death penalty is prominent. Did Perry and Dick deserve to die? Should the severity of one’s crime determine one’s fate? Although Truman Capote writes the novel in a straightforward, “from a distance” way, he conveys, through his characters, theme, and plot development, that the death penalty is an issue that should be looked at from all sides and that the legal system itself is the real issue at hand, and that the death penalty is used as a means to suppress the distress and indignation of the citizens surrounding the case, instead of suppressing the victim himself.
I’m going to be talking about three reasons they should get the death penalty, which are: They killed the family to get money, how brutal the murder was, and how they made people feel bad for them after the murder. Perry and Dick went into the Clutter’s house one night to get their money. Someone told them there was $10,000 in the house when there really wasn’t. They started tearing the whole house up, they were taking up the floors, tearing down the walls, asking them where the money was.
Truman Capote’s novel, In Cold Blood, depicts his extensive research and interviews conducted regarding the murder of a successful farmer and his family from Holcomb, Kansas. Capote’s rigorous research twisted into an obsession as he dedicated nearly six years to studying every miniscule aspects of the Capote-killer's mentality in hopes to provide a contrary point of view of the murders’ intimate lives . Through this, Capote sways the reader to sympathize with Perry because of his troubled past. Capote wants the reader to see and understand that Perry’s upbringing influenced his mental state during the time of the murder, and he stresses to the reader to comprehend the flaws in the judicial system and for society to see how people who suffer
Although there is no excuse for his actions, Smith’s background provides much-needed information regarding his character and the crime. Capote has significant credibility with his inclusion of statements on the night of the murder, and information on the perpetrators’ childhoods, which allows the reader to further grasp the situation while adding a sense of a story as opposed to a simple retelling of events. Hickock’s interactions with the Clutter family on the night of the murder reflect his thoughts regarding the American
In the village of Holcomb, Kansas a wealthy family, the Clutters, was murdered on November 14, 1959. Dick Hickock and Perry Smith were convicted of these murders and received the death penalty. In Truman Capote’s novel In Cold Blood, the audience receives different viewpoints on why Dick and Perry either deserved the death penalty or not. Though the decision to sentence someone to death should be based on the truth, the truth is not always easy to define; Capote shows this through his depiction of the controversial executions of Dick Hickock and Perry Smith. Criminal punishment is an immensely ongoing controversial and societal issue in the United States, Europe and other parts of the world.
This shows that the death penalty is expensive and is sometimes tossed at innocent people. The murder of the Clutter family was done by Perry. The bystander Dick also
