Step 6: Unit 2.5 Portfolio: Outline your paper • Paper Topic: Clutter Family • Introduction: In Cold Blood was written by Truman Capote on the account of a true case of multiple murders in Holcomb, Kansa. It is famous for portraying how the story happened. But it is too opinionated and exaggerated, to what degree is so? • Possible ideas for introduction: o The subjectivity o 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 …show more content…
Many claims that capote added scenes and that his depiction of Bonne Clutter is untrue. Capote himself admitted that the book is a very opinionated account, and that non-fiction writers change the meaning of the story by choosing what to tell. o Main Point: The reputation of the suspects, prior to when In Cold Blood was written, was bias. o Examples/Details/Explanations: After the Clutter murders, the people of Kansas wanted justice and they wanted the monsters responsible to be caught. However, when Smith and Hickock are caught and extradited to Kansas, people are shocked that they have the appearance of normal people. Many of the townspeople feel no justice or understanding in the case when these two seemingly normal men, committed horrible crimes for the sake of forty dollars and a radio. o Main Point: The morality and other aspects of the community were greatly