Analyzing Truman Capote's Novel 'In Cold Blood'
Anastasia Montgomery
Mr. Wells
3rd Hour
05/08/14
English Final
Truman Capote demonstrated in his novel “In Cold Blood” there was a pattern of planning and emotions to commit their crimes. The book took six years to write, and took place when the author seen a huge article in the New York Times about an unsolved multiple murder of a wheat farmer and his family in Holcomb, Kansas. Truman went straight to Holcomb to the scene of the crime. It was six years later that the killers were executed by being hung on the very same day, that Truman Capote finished his nonfiction novel “In Cold Blood”. The novel sold out instantly and became one of the most talked about books of its time. An instant classic, In Cold Blood brought Capote millions of dollars and fame unparalleled by nearly by nearly any other literary author …show more content…
In Cold Blood on the other hand is that of finding the murderer’s motive. Capote tells you at the beginning of the book who the killers are then spend the rest of the book trying to explain why Dick and Perry committed the murders. The narrative style removes the author from the story and instead focusing completely on each character, giving the story of the family and the story of the killers with a real, chilling perspective.
The title suggest that it’s about a murder committed in an unemotional manner without feeling or passion. Dick and Perry did not care about who they killed they were only interested in the money the former employee told them about. The mood of the title suggests the killer did not care that he was killing someone’s family he only cared that they were standing between him and something that he wanted. In Cold Blood, he organizes it in a way that you’re familiar with the murderer’s names and lives, but you are searching for the deeper meaning of the whole
Mr. Wells
3rd Hour
05/08/14
English Final
Truman Capote demonstrated in his novel “In Cold Blood” there was a pattern of planning and emotions to commit their crimes. The book took six years to write, and took place when the author seen a huge article in the New York Times about an unsolved multiple murder of a wheat farmer and his family in Holcomb, Kansas. Truman went straight to Holcomb to the scene of the crime. It was six years later that the killers were executed by being hung on the very same day, that Truman Capote finished his nonfiction novel “In Cold Blood”. The novel sold out instantly and became one of the most talked about books of its time. An instant classic, In Cold Blood brought Capote millions of dollars and fame unparalleled by nearly by nearly any other literary author …show more content…
In Cold Blood on the other hand is that of finding the murderer’s motive. Capote tells you at the beginning of the book who the killers are then spend the rest of the book trying to explain why Dick and Perry committed the murders. The narrative style removes the author from the story and instead focusing completely on each character, giving the story of the family and the story of the killers with a real, chilling perspective.
The title suggest that it’s about a murder committed in an unemotional manner without feeling or passion. Dick and Perry did not care about who they killed they were only interested in the money the former employee told them about. The mood of the title suggests the killer did not care that he was killing someone’s family he only cared that they were standing between him and something that he wanted. In Cold Blood, he organizes it in a way that you’re familiar with the murderer’s names and lives, but you are searching for the deeper meaning of the whole