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    Truman Capote Truman Capote was known for having a grand social life. He was a very eccentric and humorous guy who loved to be in the spot light. Truman became popular because he was gay‚ he had a great personality‚ and he was a wonderful author. Some of Truman Capote’s most popular novels are Other Voices‚ Other Rooms‚ Breakfast at Tiffany’s‚ and In Cold Blood. He always wanted to be a great author and wanted more credit for what he wrote but he already had all the fame he needed. Truman

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    Cole King Hr3 Mrs. Fox Synthesis Though many a buff would say Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood was a first rate novel‚ it does not deserve such praise as a novel. In Cold Blood was filled with many corrigenda. Such examples include Capote’s lack of notes during the development of this book those causing possible fallacies‚ his miss representation of community members and lastly one of the most outrageous pieces within the novel was the last scene‚ which is an anomaly because it never occurred.

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    The short stories of Truman Capote are connected to his childhood experiences in Alabama. Truman capote was an American born writer who wrote non- fiction‚ short stories‚ novels and plays. All of his literary works have been perceived as literary classics. The tones of some of his stories are slightly gothic. His most famous short story is Children on Their Birthdays. His work shows the occasional over writing‚ the twilit Gothic subject matter‚ and the masochistic uses of horror traditional in the

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    Truman Capote Truman Capote was a brilliant author who used his terrible experiences as a child to push him further in a writing career . Capote was born in New Orleans‚ Louisiana on September 30‚ 1924 . He was originally born with the name Truman Strekfus Persons but later changed it to Truman Garcia Capote due to his stepfather adopting him . Capote’s unstable childhood resulted in him not enjoying school because he was always moving around . During his high school years he made some friends

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    Truman Capote has done a wonderful job recreating the buildup of events leading to the tragic and brutal murder of the Clutter family. It is easy to see that Capote put a lot of time into researching this incident in order to create the most realistic retelling of the account. Capote’s detailed documentary is written in a style that captures the reader’s attention‚ and keeps them wanting to read more by creating a suspenseful mood. The switching between viewpoints of the Clutter family and Perry

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    Truman Capote was a well-known American author who was known for his “attitude” in his short stories. His dark psychological themes in his early fiction caused him to be characterized as one of the best Southern Gothic writers in American literature (World Biography). Most of Capote’s works were written in his earlier years and focused on his dark childhood‚ however some were humorous. Capote was born in New Orleans‚ Louisiana‚ on September 30‚ 1924. He was the son of Archulus Persons and Lillie

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    In Cold Blood Close Reading and Analysis Questions “The Last to See Them Alive” 1. How does Capote build suspense even though the reader knows the ultimate outcome from the beginning? Pg. 62 Capote builds suspense by letting us know that the Clutter’s were murdered‚ but he doesn’t give us all of the details from the killer’s point of view until the very end. 2. What are some details Capote provides to describe the town of Holcomb‚ Kansas. Pg. 3-5 The author describes Holcomb being on the

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    separation in the human race. Truman Capote’s quote‚ “Love‚ having no geography‚ knows no boundaries‚” stresses the unity and harmony in which all people should live by. Love is unconditional‚ lasting a lifetime and going beyond a mere kiss. True love seeps into the very core of a person’s being. It accepts the flaws of an individual; the flaws that are deep inside not readily recognizable. When a child is born there are no logical reasons of why that child is loved. A baby does not yet have the mental

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    In his creative nonfiction novel‚ In Cold Blood‚ Truman Capote expresses his view of the people of Holcombe as being hard-working‚ harsh‚ and centered in one thing through the use of synesthesia‚ onomatopoeia‚ and allusion/ simile. In the line “hard blue skies”‚ Capote is characterizing the people by describing the sky. Through the use of synesthesia‚ Capote illustrates how the “hard blue skies” are clear. By stating that the skies are hard blue‚ this further implies that there are no clouds in

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    During my research‚ I found that ‘In Cold Blood’ was far from “immaculately factual”‚ as Truman Capote claims it to be. Firstly‚ in an interview with George Plimpton in 1966‚ Capote describes how he managed to input his opinions into the novel‚ without interrupting the novel. He explains that by qualifying a statement he disagrees with‚ he can convince a reader of his own opinions. Secondly‚ Capote refused to use a tape recorder. Although he claimed to be 94% accurate at remembering interviews‚ he

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