Although the novel‚ In Cold Blood‚ by Truman Capote‚ shocked the nation in its description of a heinous murder of an entire family‚ the initial crime theory included a murder-suicide since the husband and wife slept in separate bedrooms. However‚ through careful‚ descriptive analysis of the crime scene‚ the actual culprits of the cold‚ blooded killing were found and determined to have serious mental illness of schizophrenia and other brain injuries leading to a series of events that ended in a brutal
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novel‚ "In Cold Blood" written by Truman Capote he illustrates the events leading up to‚ during‚ and after the murder of the infamous Clutter family. Throughout these events‚ the author frequently compares and contrasts the two main characters‚ Richard Hickock and Perry Smith. Perry Smith is one of the two main characters in the novel and also one of the murderers of the Clutter family. Perry "seemed a more than normal-sized man‚ a powerful man‚ with the shoulders‚ the arms‚ the thick crouching torso
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“The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas‚ a lonesome area that other Kansans call ‘out there.’ . . .The land is flat‚ the views are awesomely extensive; horses‚ herds of cattle‚ a white cluster of grain elevators rising as gracefully as Greek temples are visible long before a traveler reaches them.” pg. 3 The book begins and ends with descriptions of the landscape; the serenity of the plains is an unlikely setting for a tragedy‚ which makes it all the more disturbing
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Not in Cold Blood In the book‚ "In Cold Blood"‚ by Truman Capote‚ Dick Hickock and Perry Smith commit a heinous crime by slaughtering the Clutter family. Should Dick and Perry die for their crimes by receiving the death penalty? Throughout the book there is clear evidence that supports both sides. Would this case adhere to the M’Naghten rule or were both defendants aware of what crime they were committing? After close analysis of both defendants I do not believe either one deserves capital punishment
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murders. Evil is easily banalized when there is a story to go along with it. At the beginning of In Cold Blood the Clutters murderers‚ Perry Smith and Dick Hickock‚ are “persons unknown” elevating them to a state of inhuman‚ mythical form. The town of Holcomb‚ a small quite place where nothing happens‚ is suddenly shaken and view Smith and Hickock as motiveless evil that has come down to destroy the peaceful life the community has. “This hitherto peaceful congregation of neighbors and old friends
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In Cold Blood On November 15‚ 1959‚ the small town of Holcomb‚ Kansas‚ was severely shook up because of the gruesome murders that took place which ended with a shotgun blast to the face of four members of the Clutter family. Seven years later Truman Capote publishes his book In Cold Blood based on this case. In his book he goes into details of the murders‚ and describes the life of the family leading up to their deaths‚ and the investigation of the murderers that were eventually captured and executed
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were tied up and brutally shot to death one by one in exchange for $52. Throughout the novel‚ the author develops the perspectives of both the murderers and the victims‚ however‚ narrows down on that of the murderers‚ Perry Smith and Richard‚ also known as Dick‚ Hickock. In exploring their perspectives‚ the reader learns what inspired them to commit such a heinous crime. We learn about their motives by diving into their upbringing.
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a pre-modified noun phrase‚ ‘raw country roads’. This suggests to the reader that Dick’s parents live in a very primitive and rural area. We are then presented with a farmer’s wife through the use of exclamatory sentences‚ ‘Dick Hickock! Don’t talk to me about Dick Hickock!’. This suggests to the reader that she is very angry with Dick. It could also suggest that she could know why Nye has come to question Dick’s parents. This is further reinforced by the use of a minor rhetorical interrogative‚ ‘Steal
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What makes a murderer? Is it the nature they are born with or the nurture they receive growing up? This is a question asked when reading In Cold Blood‚ a true crime novel about the murder of the Clutter family written by Truman Capote. In Cold Blood was published in late September of 1965. This book closely follows the finding and capturing of the criminals‚ the detectives on their journey to catch the killers and the background into the killers lives. A person’s personality is not solely decided
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marriage to Herb is troubled. Nancy and Kenyon‚ are hard‚ working smart teenage children. One night in mid-November‚ four gunshots ended the lives of the Clutter family. The town goes into frantic mode as the killers Perry Edward Smith and Richard (Dick) Eugene Hickock flee to Olathe. As a group of detectives lead by Alvin Dewey go to the crime. There Alvin finds one of two clues that will bring down the killers a boot print and the material that the killers tied the clutters
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