A strange thing happens when people like the Clutters experience an “undeserved” misfortune. Perhaps misfortune is an understatement in the Clutters case, but the fact is that when bad things happen to good people, everyone around them cannot help but question the nature of good and evil; with that comes the existence of God. Capote …
Disparities in Capote’s In Cold Blood The long argument about the disparity between the rich and the poor—its roots and consequences—often leave the audience contemplating on whether the rich is really responsible for the plight of the poor. Time and again, the Marxist claim that the rich are the ones who make the poor poorer, …
In Cold Blood. Question 2 “Nature vs Nurture” Truman Capote’s acclaimed “non-fiction” novel, In Cold Blood explores the concept as to whether killers are born or made, following the brutal murders of the Clutter family in rural Kansas. Capote develops Perry Smith’s horrid, unfortunate upbringing as a key narrative device which serves to illustrate the …
Capote, Truman. In Cold Blood. New York: Random House, 1965. 343 pages. Summary. In Cold Blood is the true story of a multiple murder that rocked the small town of Holcomb, Kansas and neighboring communities in 1959. It begins by introducing the reader to an ideal, all-American family, the Clutters — Herb (the father), Bonnie …
